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The Minister of State for Relief, Disaster Preparedness and Refugees Hon. Lillian Aber has visited Bulambuli District and on behalf of Government extended support to 24 households affected by recent landslides in the Distric t. The victims are being accommodated at Namisuni Sub-county headquarters. The minister said Landslide is still a big challenge in the Bugisu Sub-region. “Today, I was in Bulambuli District and I held a stakeholder meeting following the incident that occurred on Sunday 26th of October 2024 leaving over 464 households affected. They are apparently being sheltered at the sub-county headquarters awaiting relocation to the land that was procured by the government in Bulambuli District,” Hon. Lillian Aber said. She called on local leaders to mobilize people who are leaving along areas which are already spotted with cracks to kindly accept and join the team being relocated to the secured safety zone. The post Minister extends support to Bulambuli distaster victi...

By Mike Rwothomio Post Bank in partnership with West Nile private sector development promotion Centre Ltd (WENIPS), has launched Wendi Mobile financial platform in the West Nile sub region. Under this partnership, the organization targets to incorporate over 7,500 SAACOS and village savings and loans Associations from the west Nile districts of Nebbi, Yumbe, Arua, Koboko, Moyo, and Adjumani. Launched by Post Bank in 2023, Wendi mobile wallet is a mobile money service platform designed to promote financial inclusion to all Ugandans by enabling them to securely save and manage their finances conveniently and offers financial services to undeserved and last mile customers, access, manage and transact funds efficiently. Patrick Okwi Osakan, the Postbank`s regional distribution head for the Northern and West Nile region during the Press launch on October 28, urged west Nile community more especially the village saving groups to embrace the innovative financial solutions, that foster ro...

Discord is about giving people the power to create space to find belonging in their lives. We want to make it easier for you to talk regularly with the people you care about. We want you to build genuine relationships with your friends and communities close to home or around the world. Original, reliable, playful, and relatable. These are the values that connect our users and our employees at Discord. The central Data Platform seeks to build a self-service tooling platform to make the petabytes of data at Discord easily accessible for everyone at the company. We build full-stack applications, tooling, and frameworks to improve the productivity of teams at Discord, in particular our product, analytics, and machine learning teams. Our tooling covers the end-to-end lifecycle of data from acquisition to consumption. Reporting to the Engineering Manager of Data Infrastructure, you will work on strategy that is foundational to the company and product. To learn more about Discord Engineering...

Kampala : Africa’s largest music festival, the Nyege Nyege festival slated for the 14th to the 17th of November is returning with a new addition dubbed Afrogalactic Carnival. This year’s edition yet again organized by Talent Africa Group incorporates the new “Nyege In The City” daytime program, seeking to showcase a variety of experiences within Jinja City to deliver a more wholesome uniquely Ugandan experience. Doubling as the 9th edition of the festival, the festival will include a new, carefully curated, “Nyege In The City” daytime program with experiences spread across Jinja City, that will include guided tours, fine dining experiences, water-based activities on the Nile and cultural experiences, culminating into the party experience at the festival grounds. This is in place to accommodate the main festival grounds being closed from 8 am to 3 pm for security sweeps to ensure the safety of all festival-goers. While addressing the media, festival organizers re-echoed their conti...

Wakiso resident, Charles Muwonge walks away with a brand new 2024 Toyota Rav 4 hybrid vehicle Over UGX 1.5 billion in rewards has been distributed in cash, motorbikes, and a brand-new 2024 Toyota Hybrid car Kampala : Airtel Mobile Commerce Uganda Limited(AMCUL) has today finalized the three-month nationwide rewards campaign, Vroomula Amajja, a transformative initiative designed to reward Airtel Money customers and agents while promoting the shift towards a cashless economy in Uganda. Launched in July, the Vroomula Amajja campaign was unveiled to appreciate Airtel customers loyalty and promote financial inclusion across Uganda. Throughout the campaign, customers were awarded prizes on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis, including cash prizes, motorbikes, and a grand prize of a brand new 2024 Toyota Rav4 Hybrid, all aimed at encouraging digital financial engagement. Japhet Aritho, Airtel Money Managing Director, expressed his delight at the grand finale of the Vroomula Amajja campai...

The 2024 National Population & Housing Census report has revealed that the highest percentage of agricultural households (53%) undertook agricultural production mainly for home consumption and 27 percent for only home consumption. The report reveals that 17.1% of the households in Uganda engaged in agricultural production mainly for sale. According to the report, 62 percent of households in Uganda are engaged in agriculture as at May 2024 compared to about 80 percent reported in the 2014 Census. The report reveals that households engaged in crop growing are 61 percent compared to 75 percent reported in census 2014. In addition, 37 percent of the households are engaged in livestock keeping compared to 58 percent in the 2014 census. The results reveal that there are more households engaged in crop and livestock (22 %), followed by those engaged in crop growing only (21%), while those keeping livestock were three percent. The results further show that the Teso sub-region has the...

We’re looking for a  Senior Frontend Engineer  to help us build and maintain Webflow’s Designer User Experience. The goal of our Designer UX team is to deliver a best-in-industry user experience that decreases time-to-build new website designs. In this role, you’ll play a major role in building, improving and evangelizing a high quality, performant and scalable Designer experience. About the role Location: Remote-first (Ireland, United Kingdom) Full-time The cash compensation for this role is tailored to align with the cost of labor in different geographic markets. We’ve structured the base pay ranges for this role into zones for our geographic markets, and the specific base pay within the range will be determined by the candidate’s geographic location, job-related experience, knowledge, qualifications, and skills. Ireland  (All figures cited below in EUR and pertain to workers in Ireland) EUR 91,500 – EUR 121,650 United Kingdom  (All figures cited below in...

At Help Scout, we’re on a mission to help businesses delight more customers .  We’ve been on this journey since 2011, and today more than 12,000 companies use our platform to provide outstanding customer support. We’ve been fully remote from the beginning, and have a team of 140+ people all over the world. We love crafting beautiful products and growing a business together, but we’re also trying to do something bigger. We’re building a company that brings out your best  and  leaves the world a better place — a company that seeks  balance  between profit and purpose. That’s why we’ve been a Certified B Corporation since 2019 and have pledged 1% of our equity back to the community. Help Scout’s success hinges on hiring talented, high-accountability people who want to be part of creating a culture where we all feel challenged and supported to do our best work. We hope that excites you to join us! Company values Happy to Help Help ...

As a Customer Support and Pre-ODD Information Specialist at Mercury, you’ll be the first point of contact for users navigating our KYC (Know Your Customer), KYB (Know Your Business), ODD (Ongoing Due Diligence), and EDD (Enhanced Due Diligence) processes. Your role will focus on helping users with questions relating to these Risk and Compliance requests, guiding users through requirements, and answering questions up to the point of actioning the requests. You’ll act as a crucial link in the chain between our users and our compliance team, ensuring smooth communication and process understanding. Because this body of work is very time sensitive but has variable inbound volume, you’ll also be cross-trained to help in other types of tickets that our Customer Support team handles as needed and as volume allows. Key Responsibilities Serve as the first point of contact regarding KYC, KYB, ODD, and EDD and other Risk and Compliance processes in order to explain process requirements, timelin...

Mercury is building financial products to help startups and small businesses scale. Turns out this requires a lot of talented people, so we’re looking to add a Senior Technical Recruiter to our recruiting team! As a member of our tech recruiting team, you’ll play a critical role in building a strong pipeline for the highest priority engineering roles at Mercury. Here are some things you’ll do on the job Run a recruiting pipeline end to end across various teams and roles within the Engineering org Work closely with managers and interviewers to build high-performing, diverse teams Source passive candidates, conduct phone screens, keep candidates updated throughout the process, extending offers, and offer negotiations Be a strategic partner to hiring managers and interviewers, and guide them to make the best decisions on candidates Develop rapport with candidates early on in the interview process, meanwhile building a strong reputation for Mercury in the market Stay closely align...

The Senior Channel Sales Manager will be responsible for growing and managing our partner ecosystem across Australia, New Zealand and ASEAN regions and will be instrumental in accelerating revenue contribution in the region through existing and new partnerships. The Senior Channel Sales Manager will define and execute the regional partner ecosystem strategy including partner marketing, partner recruitment, partner sales opportunities, prioritization and enablement with the support & alignment of your Fastly colleagues to drive impactful growth with our Partners. What You’ll Do: Identify, recruit and on-board new strategic channel partners within ANZ and ASEAN Coordinate with partners to create and execute business plans to meet sales goals and build mutual success Promote joint sales and marketing activities with partners to generate deal registrations through partners Actively monitor and report on partner pipeline and key metrics by territory and partner Drive regular comm...

Kampala-born singer-songwriter and producer Joshua Baraka, a rising Spotify RADAR Africa artist, is set to captivate global audiences with the release of his latest single “Lonely” alongside an intimate documentary. This upcoming phase marks a pivotal moment in Joshua’s career as he prepares to solidify his place on the international stage. The documentary offers a rare glimpse into Joshua’s journey, featuring moments with his family, a visit to the boxing gym that shaped his discipline, and the premiere of “Lonely”, his next big hit. It provides fans with a deeper understanding of his roots, artistic process, and future ambitions. As Joshua reflects on his RADAR Africa journey, he shares, “I’m really thankful to be part of the RADAR programme this year. It’s been an opportunity for me to showcase my art and show people a bit of my world. It feels good to be recognised by a programme that has birthed a lot of the artists I look up to. I hope this opens doors for other Ugandan artis...