The Education and Sports ministry has extended student holidays by one week for the over 20 government-aided schools that will be used to train teachers in the new lower secondary school curriculum taking effect this...
South African mining tycoon Patrice Motsepe has apologised for telling US President Donald Trump that Africans love him. The billionaire made the statement following a backlash, with critics saying he had no right to assume...
Government, through the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development will next month hold celebrations to mark the 100th-anniversary of the establishment of the Directorate of Geological Survey and Mines (DGSM). Uganda’s mining story dates back...
A Uganda Peoples Defence Air Force (UPDAF) jet has crashed, killing two people on board. According to the army spokesperson, Brigadier Richard Karemire, the jet was on a training mission with two people on board....
Kampala Parents School will on Friday morning host the release of the 2019 national Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) results, ministry of education and sports has said. The First Lady and Minister of Education and Sports,...
Victoria University, one of the many education investments made by the Ruparelia Group, has announced that aspiring students can now get fully funded scholarships to study courses of their choice at the Jinja Road based...
Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) and Ruparelia Group of Companies owned by tycoon Sudhir Ruparelia are the main sponsors of the first ever Social Media FestUg slated to take place on 25th January 2020 at Silver...
Former Bank of Uganda deputy governor Dr. Louis Kasekende has written a brief but hearty letter to his workmates at Bank of Uganda wishing them success and assuring them that they had become friends. Kasekende...
Young businessman and heir to the Ruparelia Group business empire celebrated his 30th birthday in the Rocky Mountains on Colorado, the United States of America on 2nd January. Rajiv was in the company of some of his...
The reasons why businessman Dr. Sudhir Ruparelia chose his only son Rajiv Ruparelia to steer the Ruparelia Group business empire are beyond bloodlines. Rajiv, who celebrated his 30th birthday on 2nd January 2020, was drafted into the...
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