{"id":102,"date":"2020-11-23T12:01:11","date_gmt":"2020-11-23T12:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/Blog\/?page_id=102"},"modified":"2020-11-25T19:49:43","modified_gmt":"2020-11-25T19:49:43","slug":"news-section","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/news-section\/","title":{"rendered":"News Section"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"102\" class=\"elementor elementor-102\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ae99976 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ae99976\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f22d99b\" data-id=\"f22d99b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6a571bd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6a571bd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9a78599\" data-id=\"9a78599\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2ead87 elementor-posts__hover-none elementor-grid-4 elementor-grid-tablet-2 elementor-grid-mobile-1 elementor-posts--thumbnail-top elementor-card-shadow-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-posts\" data-id=\"e2ead87\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;cards_row_gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;cards_columns&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;cards_columns_tablet&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;cards_columns_mobile&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;cards_row_gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;cards_row_gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"posts.cards\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-posts-container elementor-posts elementor-posts--skin-cards elementor-grid\" role=\"list\">\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-4220 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news tag-didis-world tag-iuea-future tag-iuea-scholarships tag-iuea-update tag-woner-world\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/why-iuea-demolished-wonder-world-amusement-park\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" target=\"_blank\"><div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" src=\"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Why-IUEA-Demolished-Wonder-World-Amusement-Park.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-4234\" alt=\"Why IUEA Demolished Wonder World Amusement Park\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Why-IUEA-Demolished-Wonder-World-Amusement-Park.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Why-IUEA-Demolished-Wonder-World-Amusement-Park-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Why-IUEA-Demolished-Wonder-World-Amusement-Park-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Why-IUEA-Demolished-Wonder-World-Amusement-Park-768x402.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/div><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/why-iuea-demolished-wonder-world-amusement-park\/\">\n\t\t\t\tTransforming Legacy into Learning: Why IUEA Demolished Wonder World Amusement Park\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>The International University of East Africa (IUEA) has taken a significant leap forward in its mission to deliver world-class education by officially beginning the expansion of its campus \u2014 a move marked by the recent demolition of the iconic Wonder World Amusement Park (formerly Didi\u2019s World) in Kansanga.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\t24 July 2025\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-4191 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-highlight category-community category-innovation category-student tag-iuea-africa tag-iuea-culture tag-iuea-diversity tag-iuea-innovation-lab tag-students\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/are-you-african-what-does-it-mean-to-be-african\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" target=\"_blank\"><div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data-src=\"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design-2025-05-23T131849.596-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-4196 lazyload\" alt=\"What Does it Mean to be African Today? IUEA explains what defines an African\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design-2025-05-23T131849.596-1.png 1920w, https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design-2025-05-23T131849.596-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design-2025-05-23T131849.596-1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design-2025-05-23T131849.596-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design-2025-05-23T131849.596-1-1536x864.png 1536w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1920px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1920\/1080;\" \/><\/div><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/are-you-african-what-does-it-mean-to-be-african\/\">\n\t\t\t\tAre You African? IUEA Asks: What Does It Mean to Be African Today?\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>What does it mean to be African today? Is it about where you were born, where you live, how you look, or where you feel<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\t25 May 2025\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-4177 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-community category-lifestyle category-research tag-iuea-culture tag-iuea-diversity\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/workplace-diversity-increase-profits-iueas-take\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" target=\"_blank\"><div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data-src=\"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design-2025-05-20T155516.537-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-4179 lazyload\" alt=\"IUEA offers real evidence that workplace diversity drives performance\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design-2025-05-20T155516.537-1.png 1920w, https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design-2025-05-20T155516.537-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design-2025-05-20T155516.537-1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design-2025-05-20T155516.537-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design-2025-05-20T155516.537-1-1536x864.png 1536w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1920px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1920\/1080;\" \/><\/div><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/workplace-diversity-increase-profits-iueas-take\/\">\n\t\t\t\tDoes Workplace Diversity Increase Profits? IUEA\u2019s Take\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>\u201cJust hire the best person for the job.\u201d This phrase often comes up in conversations about workplace diversity. But what if the most diverse candidate<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\t21 May 2025\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-4163 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-innovation category-education category-science-and-technology category-student tag-education tag-iuea-virtual-reality tag-student-innovation\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/iuea-graduate-transforming-virtual-reality-africa\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" target=\"_blank\"><div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data-src=\"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design-2025-05-17T101721.299.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-4171 lazyload\" alt=\"An IUEA graduate, Gael Ongoriko, is advancing virtual reality in Africa\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design-2025-05-17T101721.299.png 1920w, https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design-2025-05-17T101721.299-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design-2025-05-17T101721.299-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design-2025-05-17T101721.299-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design-2025-05-17T101721.299-1536x864.png 1536w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1920px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1920\/1080;\" \/><\/div><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/iuea-graduate-transforming-virtual-reality-africa\/\">\n\t\t\t\tThis IUEA Graduate is Transforming Virtual Reality in Africa \u2013 Gael Ongoriko\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Virtual Reality (VR) is one of the fastest-growing and highest-paying areas of the technology world. Many companies are spending billions to improve it. In this<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\t17 May 2025\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports Uganda to host 3rd biggest heavyweight fight on the continent Written by admin Published on November 25, 2020 Number of Comments 0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_canvas","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-102","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/102\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}