July 04, 2023
East Africa: FAO and IGAD Meet On the Uptake of Biological Control for Pest Management in East Africa
Experts from the Food and Agriculture Organisation Sub-regional Office for Eastern Africa (FAO SFE), the Intergovernmental Authority for Development (IGAD), as well as global… Read more »
Uganda: Ugandan Shilling Strengthens Against the Dollar
Quarterly Review of the Performance of Uganda's Financial Markets, with Catherine Kijjagulwe, Head of Trading at Absa Bank Uganda. Read more »
Uganda: Five African Multinational Commercial Banking Groups Embrace Papss Payment Platform
Five African multinational commercial banking groups including KCB Group, Standard Bank Group, UBA Group, Ecobank Group and Access Bank Group have signed a Memorandum of… Read more »
July 03, 2023
Uganda: RwandAir Starts First-Ever Flights to Paris
On June 27, RwandAir launched new direct flights to the popular city of Paris for the first time. Now customers can fly with RwandAir as the only direct service between Rwanda and… Read more »
Uganda: Is Climate Change Fueling Uganda's Malaria Burden?
Even though the government has over the past couple of decades masterminded a wide-range of interventions in its fight against malaria, one of the deadliest diseases on earth,… Read more »
Uganda: Paeb Releases May Exam Results for Accountant Students
The Public Accountants Examinations Board (PAEB) of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda (ICPAU) on June 26 released the results of the May 2023 examinations.… Read more »
Uganda: Country Needs Reforms in Tourism Sector As Economy Grows 5.7% in FY 22/23 - World Bank
Uganda's economic activity is accelerating despite commodity-price inflation, global monetary tightening, international supply-chain bottlenecks, and a local Ebola outbreak,… Read more »
Uganda: Govt Leadership Needed to Unlock Uganda's Economic Potential Through Air Access, Route Development
In the pursuit of economic growth, nations around the world are increasingly recognizing the pivotal role of air-route attraction strategies. These initiatives have the power to… Read more »
July 02, 2023
Uganda: MPs Frustrated Over Delayed Security Deployment in Kasese
Following the suspected rebel attack on a school in Kasese that left 43 people dead, legislators from the district have poked holes into the government's response to beef up… Read more »
Uganda: President Museveni Holds a Consultative Meeting With UN Resident Coordinator in Uganda
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on June 27th held a consultative meeting with the United Nations (UN) Resident Coordinator in Uganda, Susan Ngongi Namondo who called on him at… Read more »
Uganda: Uganda to Connect Refugees to Fast Internet
The Ugandan government partnered with the World Bank to launch the Universal Digital Acceleration Program to provide Internet access to Uganda's refugee communities. Read more »
Uganda: French Embassy Invests in Uganda's Creative Future
The Embassy of France in Uganda contributed Shs180 million to support young Ugandan content creators in the design and production of digital media. Read more »
June 27, 2023
West Africa: Nakalembe, Kibirige Impress in West Africa Pro Golf Tournaments
Irene Nakalembe and Marvin Kibirige are back home after impresing on their debuts in tournaments in Ghana and Cote D'Ivoire recently. Read more »
Uganda: NSSF, Unra Partner to Promote Social Security Compliance in the Road Sector
The National Social Security Fund, with support from the Uganda National Roads Authority, has embarked on a sensitisation drive to ensure contractors in the road sector comply with… Read more »
June 26, 2023
Uganda: Alcohol Consumption Age to Move From 18 to 21
The Ugandan government has announced plans to implement an earlier agreed policy to raise the legal age for alcohol consumption from 18 to 21 years. Read more »
June 24, 2023
Uganda: Uganda's Politics of Frustration
The government of President Yoweri Museveni is old and exhausted. It has no zest for anything new or imaginative. Lacking its own project of national transformation, it now only… Read more »
June 26, 2023
Uganda: Kasese School Massacre Worries Educators
The recent attack on a secondary school in the western Uganda border district of Kasese that left at least 41 people dead; including 37 students, has left educators worried about… Read more »
June 25, 2023
Uganda: Rwanda Development Board Signs Deal With Basketball Africa League
The Basketball Africa League (BAL) and the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) today announced a multi-year extension of their existing collaboration that will see the BAL continue to… Read more »
Uganda: MP Kamukama Jailed for Six Months Over Shs69.1 Million Debt
The Chief Magistrates court at Mengo remanded to Luzira for six months, Bunyangabu Member of Parliament, Davis Kamukama to prison over a shs69.1 million debt. Read more »
Uganda: Digital Number Plates Are Too Expensive - Kacita
Kampala City Traders Association, KACITA blamed the government for the rushed decision to implement digital number plates. Read more »
Uganda: Mukono - 35 Suspected Criminals Arrested
35 people have been arrested in Kyetume parish, Mukono District following a wave of crime in the area. The suspects whose names have not been disclosed are accused of waylaying… Read more »
Uganda: MP Mapenduzi Signs MOU With NRM
In a significant development, Hon. Ojara Martin Mapenduzi, the Bardege-Layibi Division Member of Parliament, officially signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the ruling… Read more »
Uganda: DPP Closes 17 Files On Iron Sheets Scandal
The office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has closed 17 files on the theft and diversion of Iron Sheets meant for the Karamoja Region. Read more »
Uganda: Police, Judiciary Ranked As the Least Trusted Institutions in Uganda
The Uganda Police Force and Judiciary have been ranked the least trusted institutions in Uganda. Read more »
Uganda: National Sports Bill to Be Reconsidered
The National Sports Bill, 2023 that President Yoweri Museveni did not assent to was referred to the Committee on Education and Sports for reconsideration. Read more »