July 22, 2020
Uganda: Small Clean-Fuel Business Is Surviving Covid-19 through Adaptation - Founder Arthur Woniala
Ugandan engineer and innovator Arthur Woniala is passionate about people, entrepreneurship and sustainable solutions to everyday challenges. In 2007 with the help of two friends,… Read more »
June 15, 2020
South Africa: From Maternal Health to COVID-19 - How a WhatsApp Service Became Essential for Millions
Covid-19 Connect, a WhatsApp service that provides users with relevant information to help make informed and effective decisions during the pandemic, was developed by Praekelt.org… Read more »
May 29, 2020
Africa: Don't Let Guard Down, We Must Be Ready for Long Fight - WHO's Moeti
It took 36 days to reach 1,000 reported cases of COVID-19 on the continent. In 62 days, 100,000 cases were reported, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, World Health Organization (WHO) Regional… Read more »
April 21, 2020
Uganda: The Making of a Humanities Scholar
When I was young, having finished school with very high marks on my A-levels, people asked me what I wanted to study at university. I had never been interested in fields that… Read more »
January 02, 2020
South Africa: Yvonne Chaka Chaka Denies Being Deported from Uganda
The popular South African music legend has dismissed reports that she was deported from Uganda, where she was scheduled to perform at a New Year's Eve concert. Read more »
October 24, 2019
Uganda: How Anzisha Prize Helped Young Ugandan Grow Her Mosquito-Repellent Soap Business
allAfrica's Nontobeko Mlambo spoke to Joan Nalubega, 22, who was 2018's Anzisha Prize second-runner up. She is the co-founder of Uganics, which produces mosquito-repellent soap to… Read more »
October 10, 2019
Uganda: Jessica Nabongo - First Documented Black Woman to Visit Every Country
Jessica Nabongo is officially the first black woman to have visited every single country in the world, writes Africanews. Nabongo was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan in the… Read more »
September 03, 2019
Africa: Uganda's Dr. Emma Naluyima and Senegal's Baba Dioum Share 2019 Africa Food Prize
Uganda's Dr. Emma Naluyima and Senegal's Baba Dioum have been honoured with the prestigious 2019 Africa Food Prize for their commendable effort in demonstrating and promoting… Read more »
August 23, 2019
Africa: Reversing the Growing Unemployment among Trained Graduates
Recently, I watched the heartbreaking story of a 24-year-old Kevin Ochieng, a first class honors degree graduate, whose excellent academic performance did not secure him a decent… Read more »
East Africa: Two Days After Burying Hatchet, Rwanda and Uganda at it Again
The soured diplomatic relations between Uganda and Rwanda have now sucked in media houses - with each country blocking what they regard as the other government's mouthpiece media… Read more »
August 09, 2019
Africa: #MeToo in Africa - Govts Urged to Enact Protections They Fought For
In June, labor advocates from across the world celebrated the passage of a landmark global treaty that builds on the unprecedented gains made in the era of #MeToo. By recognizing… Read more »
August 06, 2019
Uganda: Bobi Wine Charged With 'Annoying' Ugandan President
Singer-turned-politician Robert Kyagulanyi, better known as Bobi Wine, has been charged with intending to annoy, alarm or ridicule the president, reports BBC. Read more »
August 02, 2019
Uganda: Activist Sentenced for Calling Museveni a 'Delinquent Dicator'
Dr. Stella Nyanzi, a former Makerere University research fellow, has been convicted of cyber harassing President Yoweri Museveni and been sentenced to 18 months in prison, New… Read more »
Uganda: The Poem Stella Nyanzi Wrote Before Being Convicted Of Insulting Museveni
This is the poem that Dr Stella Nyanzi posted on Facebook before she was found guilty of cyber-harassment for comments she made about President Yoweri Museveni and his mother. Read more »
July 31, 2019
Uganda: British Man Charged With Poisoning Ugandans With 'Miracle Cure'
A British former clairvoyant and three Ugandans have been charged with distributing a liquid called Miracle Mineral Solution (MMS) to villagers in poor areas, which they… Read more »
July 17, 2019
Uganda: The Regime Wants Me Dead, Says Bobi Wine as He Prepares for 2021 Polls
The Ugandan musician and opposition lawmaker, Robert Kyagulanyi, known as Bobi Wine, has said that he will challenge longtime President Yoweri Museveni in the 2021 elections,… Read more »
July 10, 2019
Africa: Beyonce Works with South African Producer on Lion King Soundtrack
The sky is the limit for South African composer and producer Lebo M. Read more »
July 01, 2019
Uganda: Refugee for Two Decades Recruits Child Soldiers to Build Peace
The Founder and Executive Director for African Youth Initiative Network, Victor Ochen, was born in northern Uganda, and spent 21 years as a refugee. He transformed his experiences… Read more »
June 14, 2019
Uganda: 100 Babies Dead - NGO Wants U.S. Missionary Prosecuted in Virginia
Missionary Renee Bach, who runs a local non-governmental organisation called Serving His Children in eastern Uganda, is being accused of representing herself as a doctor, and… Read more »
February 13, 2019
Congo-Kinshasa: Degrees of Success With Ebola as Trial Treatment Begins
Doctors Without Borders in collaboration with the Democratic Republic of Congo Ministry of Health, has started enrolling patients in a randomised controlled trial (RCT) of four… Read more »
February 04, 2019
Uganda: Uganda's Women Are Not Products to be Sold to Tourists
How on earth did the Ugandan Tourism Ministry think that adding "curvy and sexy" Ugandan women to the list of tourism products to attract tourists was a good idea? Tourism… Read more »
February 01, 2019
Uganda: Musician and MP Bobi Wine is Considering Running for President
Ugandan MP and musician Robert Kyagulanyi - also known as Bobi Wine - says he is considering running for president in the country's next elections. Read more »
January 28, 2019
Uganda: When Electricity Means Life or Death for Hospital Patients
Electricity is considered a luxury in parts of Africa. When it comes to its supply in public health facilities however, it can mean life or death. Read more »
December 10, 2018
Africa: Which Four Destinations on the Continent Are Cool for Travellers?
Four African destinations have made it on to National Geographic Traveller's Cool List for 2019. Read more »
November 19, 2018
Congo-Kinshasa: Now Ebola Fighters Face Attacks While Battling Deadly Disease
Security concerns remain a major obstacle in ending the Ebola outbreak in the DR Congo, that has so far claimed more than 200 lives. On November 16, more than a dozen WHO staff had… Read more »