July 10, 2023
Uganda: Behind Uganda's Tax Treaty Clash With the Netherlands
The Netherlands has been one of the top ten sources of foreign direct investments (FDI) for Uganda since the two countries signed the treaty in 2004. Read more »
July 09, 2023
Uganda: Student Loan Applications Halted
The Higher Education Students' Financing Board (HESFB) revealed that it will not receive applications for study loans for the academic year 2023/24. Read more »
Uganda: Danish Embassy Insists On New Ugandan Passport
The Danish Embassy in Kampala insisted that holders of the new Ugandan new polycarbonate passports will not receive Visa approvals until the verification process is done. Read more »
Uganda: Parliament Approves Increase of High Court Judges to 151
Parliament upped the number of High Court judges from the current 83 to 151, after agreeing with Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister, Hon. Norbert Mao on the need for… Read more »
Uganda: Uganda's Dr Sozi Appointed UN Resident Coordinator in Mozambique
Dr Catherine Sozi was appointed as the UN Resident Coordinator in Mozambique by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Read more »
Uganda: Uganda Bureau of Statistics Trashes Reports of Bad Blood With U.S. Govt
The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) trashed media reports claiming bad blood between the country's statistics body and United States Embassy in Kampala over Uganda Demographic… Read more »
Uganda: Kiswahili to Be Made Compulsory in Schools
The First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for East Africa Community Affairs, Rt. Hon. Rebecca Kadaga disclosed that the Government of Uganda is to make the Kiswahili language a… Read more »
Uganda: Inside Dr. Gladys Kalema Zikusooka Memoir 'Walking With Gorillas'
Uganda's first wildlife veterinarian and founder of non-governmental organisation, Conservation Through Public Health (CTPH), Dr. Gladys Kalema Zikusooka, has unveiled her memoir… Read more »
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 »