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It has been over a week now and the whole world still remains intrigued with the disappearance of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. Amidst the suspense clouding the unfolding events, our own Air Uganda, came out and demonstrated the true Ugandan spirit of oneness and brotherhood. Late last week, Air Uganda commissioned an advert with the main dailies as a small gesture from one airline to another and it simply read ‘Malaysia airline flight MH370 our prayers are with you.’ This campaign was also given an online   presence on their website, Facebook and Twitter pages to encourage more people to continue to pray for the missing flight.

In this cutthroat business world, where every brand is dangerously fighting for market share, Air Uganda stood out of the crowd with this gesture of compassion towards a fellow airline. They have proved that they are beyond just a business, but that they actually stand for the same values and principles of the Ugandan people. In the eyes and hearts of many, they have respectfully earned the name on their airline emblem. They have captured and demonstrated the true spirit of every single Ugandan.

In reflection of their chosen words, let us all keep Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in our thoughts and prayers.

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Samsung Electronics East Africa presented its 3^rd generation of DVM S (Digital Variable Multi System) air conditioning systems for large buildings during the upcoming regional System AC Conference that was held in Kampala on 15^th March 2014.

The global electronics giant showcased its highly innovative system that adopts the new 3rd generation SSC (Samsung Scroll Compressor) technology that provides world class energy efficiency and the most powerful cooling and heating performance to the attendants of the conference that brought together engineering consultants, architects and contractors across the region.

While announcing this, Samsung Electronics East Africa’s Vice President, Robert Ngeru said, “We are showcasing our ability to innovatively use technology to ease life and improve energy efficiency through the new 3^rd generation air conditioning system that caters to all building types”.

“Unlike the conventional system composed of inverter and fixed compressors where one compressor operates longer than the other resulting in one compressor wearing down faster; the DVMS air conditioning systems ensures better stability than conventional air cooling systems, fitted with the DSI (Dual Smart Inverter) the system automatically responds to subtle indoor load changes, which allows you to save on energy costs”, said Ngeru.

Apart from the dual inverter compressors and an upgraded vapor injection system which surpasses the performance of previous versions of the system, Samsung’s new 3rd generation technology comes with the Dual Smart Inverter that runs the compressors simultaneously ensuring balanced oil distribution, quicker cooling, heating and better energy efficiency.

The upgraded vapor injection system within the compressor increases the refrigerant flow rate by 20% compared to the conventional products; using refrigerant cooling system, DVM S ensures better stability than conventional air conditioning systems.

The event concluded with a raffle draw where Eriaku Martin of Unikool Technical services won a 32” LED TV. 

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Joel Lonjamae, 28 from myghos Greek Tervana and lounge Kololo emerged Kampala’s Master Bartenderat UBL’s training program, Master Bar Academy (MBA) event held at Serena Hotel Kampala yesterday attracted up to thirty bartenders who had made it to the final round. The winner was awarded a $1,000 (US dollars) cash prize, an iPad loaded with exclusive cocktail apps, and title of Master Bartender.

Speaking to the media, excited Joel said, “I am so happy that I have won. The program has been transparent and fair. Winning the title of Master Bartender 2014, has so far been the highlight of my career. I intend to invest the $1000 I have won into my small shop in Seeta. I am thankful to UBL for the opportunity to expand my knowledge of serving experiences and I encourage my fellow bartenders to enroll into the program when the opportunity arises to upgrade their skills. I now understand what the perfect serve and a perfect balance. With this knowledge I hope to serve more interesting drinks like Cosmopolitan cocktail to my clients.”

MBA is Africa’s largest bartender training programme, sponsored by the world’s No. 1 selling premium spirit– Smirnoff Vodka, run by Uganda Breweries Limited(UBL)with support from Diageo UK and facilitating instructors from South Africa.UBL established this program to up-skill bartenders in Uganda and in-turn deliver better drinking experiences to its consumers. Consumer demands are dynamic and people are on the lookout for new, more exciting and better drinking experiences. The MBA aims to raise the bar behind the bar.

According to Mark Barrett, Spirits Capability Manager – Diageo Africa, “To date we have trained more than 600 bartenders in Uganda in the last few years. We expect to finish off this round of training with a further 300. UBL & Diageo are committed to promoting responsible drinking and this course is an excellent way of teaching the people that serve our brands to consumers; the bartenders.”

“We at UBL are committed to developing bartender capabilities through raising the standard in the bartender profession, as a guarantee to deliver much better drinking experiences to our consumers. Uganda Breweries is set to train over 300 more bar staff in 11 MBA 101 training sessions starting 18th March. The cycle will then be repeated in the search for Uganda’s next Master Bar tender.” Says Emmy Hashakimana, Customer marketing manager UBL

The winning bartender leaves with an MBA iPad loaded with exclusive cocktail apps, $1000 (US dollars), the MBA winner’s certificate and the title of Master Bartender Uganda.

All the MBA 303 finalists receive an exclusive MBA shirt, sweat band, MBA towel and a MBA certificate. The top 5 receive all of the above plus a special cocktail kit.

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Unilever Uganda Limited has today officially announced the winners of the “Blue Band Schools’ Puzzle Challenge”. Making the announcement today was the Minister of State for Primary education Hon. Bataringayawho lauded the efforts by Unilever and Blueband of enriching children’s and parent’s knowledge on proper nutrition which is essential for healthier families.

The objective of the Blue Band’s puzzle challenge campaign was to educate consumers and children on optimal nutrition, as well as the importance of spreading Blue Band on every slice of bread as it contains fats and vitamins that kids need to grow.

A unique 500 piece puzzle entirely devoted to nutrition was distributed to over 700 schools countrywide. Schools competed to complete the highest number of puzzles through their students collecting puzzle tokens which were made available under the label lid of special promotional packs of Blue Band for parents to purchase.  Each child was also issued with an information booklet with the brand’s call to action and nutritional information.

Speaking at the grand finale Country ManagerPeter Muchiri said: “We wanted to get primary school students to learn about nutrition issues in an engaging and fun way and to learn from each other. The challenge was developed to make learning an interactive and enjoyable experience for students utilizing the puzzle as a way for students to talk to other students, their parents, and teachers about proper nutrition and continue the dialogue about healthy eating.”

In his remarks, the Minister of State for Primary education Hon. Bataringaya commended Unilever for its efforts to raise awareness about nutrition and in engaging parents and youth to take an interest in their health and education saying: “We must engage students in the process and give them the knowledge and experiences to make their own healthy choices.”

The campaign was also championed by celebrity mom and radio personality Keturah Kamugasawho added: “The importance of teaching our children and giving them energy cannot be understated, in terms of both the quality of what they eat and nutrition level. I am happy to see Blue Band engage with parents, students and schools in such an imaginative way.”

The National Grand Prize of a 37- seater school bus was awarded to KitantePriamry School in Kampala. This is a government aided school in Kampala City and emerged as the best school country wide having a total of 29900 tokens.

The grand student prize for the top 2 students nationally went to Kakoza Hilary from Kitante primary school with 20392 tokens and AseaRamandan from Future Foundation primary school with 14264 tokens collected winning a fantastic all expenses paid trip to the world famous Disneyland in California.

In addition, the national campaign awarded the top 3 schools per region that have the highest number of completed puzzles by supporting a school project.

1.      1^stPrize – School project worth 9M UGS:

·         Central-City Parents Primary School

·         North- Future Foundation Primary School

·         East-Lifeway Primary School

·         West- Mbarara Municipal Primary School

2.      2^ndPrize – School project worth  6M UGS:

·         Central- Kampala Parents Primary School

·         North- V.H Public School

·         East- Dawn Primary School

·         West-Homecare Preparatory School

3.      3^rd Prize – School project worth 3M UGS:

·         Central- Mirembe Junior Primary School

·         North- Pece Primary School

·         East- Victoria Nile Primary School

·         West- St. Jude Primary School

Encouraging participation the top 3 kids per region whobring in the highest number of puzzle tokens to their schools will receive a voucher put towards their school fees.

1.      1^stPrize – School Fees Voucher worth  900,000 UGS

·         Central- Zalwango Melody

·         North-Apili Rachel

·         East-Ulolo Gideon

·         West- Winnie Cynthia

2.      2^ndPrize – Schools Fees Voucher worth 600,000 UGS

·         Central- StanoRino

·         North-DriwaruJacline

·         East-Sooma Mercy

·         West- MushabeHanning

3.      3^rd Prize – School Fees Voucher worth 300,000 UGS:

·         Central-Muhumuza Arnold

·         North- Primer Vivian Daphne

·         East-Nadiah Mohamed

·         West- Asiimwe Mercy

The best teacher champions for the campaign per region will also be rewarded for their efforts.

1.      1^st Prize –  1M UGS:

·         Central- Mathew Ekabu

·         East- Obusa Bill Ivan

·         West- Okello vigil

·         North- Abdul RazakJuma

2.      2^nd Prize – 800,000 UGS

·         Central- Kalyemenya David

·         East-OdworiBorniface

·         West-Atwiine John

·         North- Keneth

3.      3^rd Prize – 500,000 UGS:

·         Central- Agaba Vincent

·         East-Igumbastephan

·         West-Tumwiine Joseph

·         North- Aciro Christine Olanya

Unilever will continue to advocate for the nutrition and education agenda through their Blueband brand across the country with new and innovative promotions

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Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates, continues to solidify its position as one of the world’s leading and most admired air cargo carriers, after it added a further two prestigious accolades to its list of industry awards this past week. 

At the annual Air Cargo World Awards that was held in Los Angeles earlier this week, Emirates SkyCargo won the Diamond Award, which is the top award given in a category. Emirates SkyCargo came out tops in the category for carriers who move 800 000 tonnes or more of cargo per annum. 

The awards are based on Air Cargo World’s Air Cargo Excellence Survey, which measures carriers and airports on specific criteria and ranks them to identify above or below average performances. Airline winners are determined by freight forwarders who rate cargo carriers on customer service, performance, value and information technology. 

Emirates SkyCargo was also named ‘Cargo Airline of the Year 2014’, at the Air Transport News Awards held in Istanbul, Turkey. Finalists were determined from more than 4000 votes by Air Transport News readers, and an international panel of cargo industry experts selected the winners in the various categories. 

“Our focus is not to be the biggest, but the best. That is why we invest in the latest aircraft, product development, facilities and the training and development of our people. Winning these prestigious awards is gratifying because it is recognition by our customers and peers for all our efforts. We will continue to work hard on delivering consistently good service to our customers, and we thank them for their support,” said Nabil Sultan, Emirates Divisional Senior Vice President, Cargo.

Earlier this year, Emirates SkyCargo was awarded the ‘International Cargo Airline of the Year’ by STAT Trade Media Group at the Air Cargo India 2014 Awards and was also voted the ‘Top Cargo Handling Airline of Cochin 2013’ by the Customs Department at the International Customs Day Celebration held in Kochi.

Emirates SkyCargo has a fleet of 12 freighters, 10 Boeing 777Fs and two Boeing 747-400ERFs, which provide cargo services to 46 destinations around the world.

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Picture caption: (From left to right) Nabil Sultan, Emirates Divisional Senior Vice President, Cargo, Steve Prince, Publisher Air Cargo World, and Pradeep Kumar, Emi

rates Senior Vice President Cargo Revenue Optimisation and Systems, at the Air Cargo World Awards held in Los Angeles.

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At the “Together We Can” Women’s Day Concert last Saturday (8^th March, 2014) evening at Garden City Rooftop, Airtel awarded Uganda’s top six women of substance. These are the women who have showed and had an impact on our society. The awards were based on an online voting process where people had to vote for the woman they think deserved to win the award.

The concert being headlined by Jamaican songstress Nyanda of the Brick & Lace group and top Uganda female musicianssaw a massive turnout of people.

Although, the Airtel Women of Substance Awards was previously being held by Warid Telecom which merged with Airtel last year, the Third Annual Women of Substance awards did not disappoint at all.

The Winners

The Nabagereka (queen) of Buganda Sylvia Nagginda was awarded the Mentor of the year award.

Kampala City Council Authority’s Jennifer Musisi was awarded the Public Service award for her efforts in revamping the city.

Juliana Kanyomozi won the Music award.

Uganda’s chess sessionPhionaMutesireceived the Sports woman of the year award.

The ever funny Anne Kansiime won the Arts and Culture award.

In the field of media, SiimaSabitti came on top of her compatriots.

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