A while ago, Google announced it was going to provide wireless internet services in Africa in an effort increase access to affordable fast internet. On Thursday 3 December, this was realized at least in Uganda by the Minister for ICT,
A beautiful documentary about Brutus and other chimps in the Kyambura Gorge and its sad lessons
This article is based on the one hour BBC Natural World documentary “Chimps of the Lost Gorge“ [Update Jan, 2015: unfortunately, video removed from Youtube.] featuring Brutus the chimpanzee and his family which were virtually trapped in the Kyambura Gorge.
Is the Uganda government now advocating for fewer children?
I was really surprised to read the article Govt wants four children per woman in the New Vision Newspaper Online the other day where it says “The Government wants each Ugandan woman to produce only four children in the next
Increasing number of clashes between animals and humans across the country
There was this article in the Newvision today: “Parents whose baby was injured by chimpanzee demand sh300m” Excerpts: The Parents of the eight months old baby recently injured by an irate chimpanzee are demanding sh300m from Uganda Wild Life Authority
Obelix the Robot tours Freiburg City
After 3 years of development and 6 million Euros invested, a group of scientists at Albert-Ludwigs University Freiburg’s faculty of Engineering today sent out a robot being develop to take on human tasks in a city center called “Obelix” on