Huawei's mobile training hub bridges digital gap in rural Uganda to improve livelihoods

STORY: Huawei's mobile training hub bridges digital gap in rural Uganda to improve livelihoods SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 30, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 9, 2024 LENGTH: 0:02:32 LOCATION: Kampala CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Sandra Apio 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SANDRA APIO, Farmer 3. various of interior of Huawei's DigiTruck 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): HENRY KUNYINGA, Lead instructor of DigiTruck 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): ROBERT OTUKE, Student of DigiTruck 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): JESSICA ALUPO, Uganda's Vice President STORYLINE: Although internet penetration is relatively low in rural Uganda, young farmers are benefiting from a mobile training hub provided by Chinese technology company Huawei and gaining skills in using the internet to research ways to improve their yields and market their produce. Sandra Apio, 28, a farmer in the Katakwi District of eastern Uganda, was glad that she could access the market for her three-acre (about 1.21 hectares) cassava plantation online, or at least know the market p

UGANDA-KAMPALA-CHINESE ENTERPRISES SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY-REPORT

UGANDA-KAMPALA-CHINESE ENTERPRISES SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY-REPORT

(221221) -- KAMPALA, Dec. 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Ugandan Vice President Jessica Alupo addresses the launching event of a document titled "Chinese Enterprises Social Responsibility Report 2022" in Kampala, Uganda, Dec. 20, 2022. A document, titled "Chinese Enterprises Social Responsibility Report 2022," was launched by Uganda's Vice President Jessica Alupo at an event held Tuesday in Kampala, the Ugandan capital. The report, which sampled 21 out of 129 member enterprises of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Uganda, showed that the enterprises have supported local communities by providing medical camps, scholarships, knowledge and skills training, and renovation of schools, among others. (Photo by Hajarah Nalwadda/Xinhua)

UGANDA-KAMPALA-CHINESE ENTERPRISES SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY-REPORT

UGANDA-KAMPALA-CHINESE ENTERPRISES SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY-REPORT

(221221) -- KAMPALA, Dec. 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Ambassador to Uganda Zhang Lizhong addresses the launching event of a document titled "Chinese Enterprises Social Responsibility Report 2022" in Kampala, Uganda, Dec. 20, 2022. A document, titled "Chinese Enterprises Social Responsibility Report 2022," was launched by Uganda's Vice President Jessica Alupo at an event held Tuesday in Kampala, the Ugandan capital. The report, which sampled 21 out of 129 member enterprises of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Uganda, showed that the enterprises have supported local communities by providing medical camps, scholarships, knowledge and skills training, and renovation of schools, among others. (Xinhua/Nie Zuguo)