May 1

• Uganda: Science Research in Balance As World Bank Project Ends

  Scientists and researchers have expressed concern about the future of their projects as the Millenium Science Initiative Project funded by the World Bank comes to a close in June... Read more »

April 26

• Uganda: HIV Vaccine Trial Ends in Failure

  US authorities announced Thursday they have halted clinical trials of an experimental vaccine designed to halt the virus that leads to AIDS after discovering it did not stop... Read more »

April 23

• Uganda: Biosafety Bill Detrimental to Farmers

  The National Biotechnology and Biosafety Bill being discussed before the parliamentary committee on science and technology lacks the necessary safeguards to protect interests of... Read more »

April 8

• Uganda: Findings Suggest Drug May Not Impair Memory, Attention

  A study in rats and monkeys suggests an experimental Merck & Co sleep drug may help induce sleep without causing the memory loss and attention problems sometimes seen in the... Read more »

March 25

• Uganda: Scientists Work to Save the Irish Potato in Kabale

  The potato (Irish) that has fed the people of southwestern Uganda (Kabale) for generations is being threatened by several pests and diseases, including the potato bacterial wilt.... Read more »

March 19

• Uganda: Gov't Backs Space Observer Initiative

  The Uganda government has promised to support efforts of a group of Ugandans who are developing technology to launch the first space observer on the African continent. Read more »

March 15

• Uganda: Parliament Approves Creation of Ministry of Science

  Parliament has passed a motion calling for establishment of a ministry of science, technology and innovation. Read more »

March 11

• Uganda: FAO Warns Against Genetically Modified Foods

  The food and agriculture organization (FAO) of the United Nations has warned Uganda against the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) to improve food production saying they... Read more »

December 13, 2012

• Uganda: Quality Chemicals Asks Gov't for Support

  Quality Chemicals Industries have asked for government's support as the pharmaceutical plant strives to be the leading manufacturer of quality antiretroviral and antimalarial drugs... Read more »

December 8, 2012

• East Africa: Rwanda, Uganda Win Science Fair

  Two 16-year-old Rwandan students Miriam Nsekonziza and Precious Nyabami scooped the top slot of the East African Regional Girls Intel Science Technology and Mathematics fair... Read more »

July 27, 2012

• Uganda: Try Genetic Engineering to Sort Out Corruption [opinion]

  The brutality and pathological incompetence of the past regimes induced a kind of post-traumatic stress disorder from which Uganda seems not to have recovered. Read more »

May 18, 2012

• Uganda: Quality Chemicals Giving Locals Fighting Chance

  The Quality Chemical Industries home in Luzira is a glassy modern piece of architecture with an exterior that would pass for a grand hotel instead of a pharmaceutical plant. Read more »

May 6, 2012

• Uganda: Professor Munube Mashorogoto - First Virologist

  Prof. Germano Mashorogoto Rwakakindo Munube, 76, can no longer talk. But according to his son Dr. Deogratias Munube he was the first person in Uganda and probably in East Africa to... Read more »

January 31, 2012

• Uganda: 720 Graduate At Mbarara University of Science and Technology

  A total of 717 students graduated from Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST) during the 18th graduation ceremony on Saturday. Read more »

January 20, 2012

• Uganda: Makerere to Offer Oil Courses

  MAKERERE University College of Natural Science is to start a masters' degree in petroleum geosciences beginning this academic year. Read more »

December 7, 2011

• Uganda: Makerere University to Train Soil Scientists

  Makerere University has embarked on a three-year project that will see soil scientists trained to build capacity among tertiary institutions so as to increase food production in... Read more »

November 27, 2011

• Uganda: MPs Decry Low Funding to Busitema University

  MPs on the Science and Technology Committee have blamed the low funding to Busitema University for the low production of high-class scientists to transform innovations into... Read more »

November 17, 2011

• Uganda: ICT Propels Growth-World Science Day Supplement

  Students try out the internet during the launch of the teachers and students laptop computer ownership programme in 2008 Read more »

November 16, 2011

• Uganda: Science and Technology Top On Country's Development Plan

  The Government has placed science and technology among the four priorities of the National Development Plan for 2010/11 to 2014/15. Read more »

November 11, 2011

• Uganda: MPs Query Biosafety and Biotechnology Bill

  A Government plan to pass the Bio-safety and Bio-technology Bill without farmers input will hurt the incomes of farmers, Members of Parliament and Civil Society Organisations... Read more »

September 29, 2011

• Uganda: New Vision Wins Science Award

  NEW Vision has won a top science media award for its outstanding coverage of science stories for the year 2011 in Uganda. Read more »

August 25, 2011

• Uganda: St. Henry's College Kitovu Wins National Science Fair

  ST. Henry's College Kitovu has emerged the winner of the National Science Fair 2011 held at St. Joseph's Girls SS, Nsambya. Read more »

August 2, 2011

• Uganda: Age Old Skull Discovered

  A 20 million year old ape skull has been discovered in Uganda by a team of French and Ugandan scientists. Read more »

August 1, 2011

• Uganda: European Union Supports Science Research

  THE European Union has donated -2m (about sh52.2b) to support science research in Uganda. Read more »

July 22, 2011

• Uganda: Country Unveils Own Electric Car

  Electric cars run on electricity generated by lithium-ion batteries. Read more »