August 20, 2025
Africa: Centenary Crowned Most Admired Ugandan Bank At Brand Africa Awards 2025
Centenary Bank has been recognized with two prestigious accolades at this year's Brand Africa Awards, including the most admired Ugandan bank and the Ugandan bank doing good in the… Read more »
August 19, 2025
Africa: Coach Byekwaso On Cranes' Historic Qualification
Uganda Cranes head coach Morley Byekwaso has credited belief as the driving force behind the team's historic qualification to the quarter-finals of the 2024 African Nations… Read more »
July 29, 2025
Africa: WHO Chief Calls for Urgent Reform of Global Food Systems
The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a stark warning over the deadly toll of unhealthy diets, urging global leaders to enact sweeping reforms in… Read more »
July 25, 2025
Africa: 'A Shot That Would Stop Sperms for 24 Months'
A new male contraceptive is shaking up global conversations around reproductive health--and its potential could be felt in Uganda, where family planning remains largely centered on… Read more »
Africa: AU Commission Launches Platform to Strengthen Africa's Research and Policy
The African Union Commission, in collaboration with the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) and AUDA-NEPAD, has launched the Africa Think Tank Platform (ATTP). Read more »
July 22, 2025
Africa: Nigeria Beat Holders South Africa to Reach Wafcon Final
Nigeria scored a dramatic stoppage-time winner to beat defending champions South Africa 2-1 and book their place in Saturday's final of the 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations. Read more »
July 24, 2025
Africa: African Ministers Commit to Eliminate Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV, Syphilis and Hepatitis B By 2030
Health ministers from African Union (AU) member states, along with development partners and civil society organisations, have called for urgent and coordinated action to eliminate… Read more »
Africa: Africa Adopts 12-Point Action Plan to Eliminate Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV, Syphilis, and Hepatitis B By 2030
A call to Action has emerged from a High-Level Ministerial Conference on Triple Elimination of HIV, Syphilis, and Hepatitis B, held in Kampala, Uganda. African Ministers of Health,… Read more »
July 23, 2025
Africa: WHO Warning as Chikungunya Outbreak Spreads From Indian Ocean to Africa
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued a global health alert over a fast-moving outbreak of chikungunya, a mosquito-borne viral disease, that is sweeping across the Indian… Read more »
Africa: African MPs Demand Reparations for Slavery, Colonialism, and Exploitation in Historic Call
African legislators attending the 5th Ordinary Session of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) in Midrand, South Africa, have made an unprecedented joint demand for reparations from… Read more »
July 14, 2025
Africa: CAF Clears Namboole Stadium to Host CHAN 2024 Matches
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has officially approved Mandela National Stadium, Namboole, to host matches of the upcoming African Nations Championship (CHAN) 2024.… Read more »
July 08, 2025
Africa: Africa Leads Global Coffee Export Surge As Uganda and Ethiopia Drive Growth
Exports of all types of coffee from Africa surged by 33.3% in May 2025 to reach 2.33 million bags, up from 1.75 million bags in the same period last year, according to the latest… Read more »
July 01, 2025
Africa: Equity Group Expands Beyond Africa With New UAE Representative Office
Equity Group has received shareholder approval to establish a Representative Office in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), signalling a major step in its strategic expansion beyond the… Read more »
July 02, 2025
Africa: Nile Breweries ,Uru Meet South African Envoy Ahead of Rugby Africa Cup and Webb Ellis Trophy Tour
In a significant show of partnership and pan-African unity, a joint delegation from Nile Breweries and the Uganda Rugby Union (URU) paid a courtesy visit to the South African High… Read more »
July 01, 2025
Africa: Experts Call for Greener Cities As Climate Change Fuels Health Crisis in Africa
As climate change continues to exacerbate health inequalities across Africa, experts are now calling for cities to integrate more green infrastructure to cushion urban populations… Read more »
June 30, 2025
East Africa: Bebe Cool Set to Take Over East Africa With New Album
Ugandan music heavyweight Bebe Cool is gearing up to take East Africa by storm following the release of his latest album, Break the Chains. Read more »
June 25, 2025
Africa: Empire in the Sky - How Africa's Digital Future Is Being Colonised Again
It begins with a promise. A satellite dish on a tin roof. A blinking terminal in the middle of rural Kisii. Suddenly, a boy can watch a YouTube video without buffering. Read more »
June 24, 2025
Africa: Iran Says No Ceasefire Agreement but Gives Conditions
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has denied any formal agreement on a ceasefire with Israel, saying Tehran's military operations continued until 4am local time (00:30 GMT)… Read more »
June 25, 2025
Africa: Experts Urge Tax Subsidies On Crop Inputs As Global Hunger and Climate Crises Converge
Global leaders attending the SB62 Climate Summit in Bonn are under growing pressure to reconfigure agricultural subsidies in favour of crop production, as leading food systems… Read more »
June 24, 2025
Africa: Trump Claims Israel-Iran Agree to 'Complete Ceasefire'
President Trump said on social media Monday night that Israel and Iran had agreed to halt their fighting, declaring an end to what he called "The 12 Day War." Read more »
June 25, 2025
Africa: 40 Countries Still Lack Basic Tobacco Protection Laws - WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has raised alarm over persistent weaknesses in global tobacco control, despite more than 6.1 billion people now being covered by at least one of… Read more »
June 23, 2025
Africa: What Does Muhoozi-Tshisekedi Meeting Mean for Uganda, East Africa?
The recent meeting between Uganda's Chief of Defence Forces, General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, and Democratic Republic of Congo President Félix Tshisekedi in Kinshasa marks more… Read more »
