Empowering Rural Women’s Groups with Skills, Knowledge and Positive attitudes: Amuru Ribbe Ber Integrated Farmers- a success story

Norwegian Business Centre opened its doors in May this year. This is the result of an initiative from The Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO) to set up an office for Norwegian start-up enterprises in Uganda. Norad and NHO have covered the initial cost, but the companies will be covering the operational cost from 2011. The initiative is closely linked to NHOs private sector program that ...

The new phase of the Ugandan – Norwegian cooperation program for the petroleum sector was finalized 10th March 2010, following the first annual meeting under this programme. Uganda and Norway started their partnership in the Energy Sector back in 1995.

Energy balance Of the energy generated in Uganda, traditionally 93 per cent has come from fuel wood, 6 per cent from imported petroleum and 1 per cent from electricity. 6-7 per cent of households are electrified. The corresponding number for rural households is 1-2 per cent. Power crisis There is an acute shortage of power supply in Uganda. The growing demand for electricity and the lack of pub...

Betingelsene for å gifte seg ved en norsk utenriksstasjon er de samme som gjelder for inngåelse av ekteskap i Norge. Det er imidlertid en betingelse at minst en av brudefolkene må være norsk statsborger og at ingen av dem er borger av den stat der ambassaden befinner seg.