January 07
East Africa: Uganda Breweries Learning for Life Program Celebrates 140 New Graduates
140 young people have graduated from Uganda Breweries Limited (UBL)'s Learning for Life program. This program has trained and equipped participants with essential business and… Read more »
Africa: Stanbic Bank Uganda's Agutamba in Africa's Top 100 Corporate Communication Leaders
Africa PR Week, the continent's leading platform for public relations and strategic communications professionals, has named Stanbic Bank Uganda's Kenneth Agutamba among the Top 100… Read more »
January 06
Africa: When African Conservation Crosses Borders
On the edge of the Okavango Delta,a where seasonal rains soften northern Botswana and the air carries the scent of wet grey earth, a quiet hotel in Maun became, for four days, the… Read more »
January 05
Uganda: Kpis Versus Keeping People Inspired - Colleague, Have You Achieved Your Target?
The year has come to an end, but for our working people, the 2025 KPIs had them at chokeholds, and the hustle and bustle will spill over to 2026. Read more »
Uganda: Silent Crisis - Uganda's Rising Lake Nalubale (Victoria) Water Levels
The water levels of Lake Victoria - that the locals call Lake Nalubale - have risen dramatically in recent years, displacing communities, destroying livelihoods, and causing… Read more »
Uganda: The Tragedy At Uganda Airlines
As the new year begins during the last two weeks of a presidential election, I feel it is necessary to ignore politics for a moment and focus on the tragedy unfolding before our… Read more »
Africa: Africa's Industrial Future Depends On Ties That Work
For decades, Africa has been described as the continent of the future -- a phrase that captures both hope and frustration. Read more »
Uganda: Museveni Tackles Traffic Congestion, PDM Theft in Mukono
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has pledged to fast-track alternative road networks around Kampala to ease traffic congestion while vowing to crack down on the theft and… Read more »
January 04
Africa: IMF - Africa to Become World Leader in Economic Growth in 2026
Most of the fastest-growing economies, with gross domestic product growth rates exceeding 6%, will be on the African continent in 2026, according to Africanews, citing data from… Read more »
Uganda: Museveni Pledges Second Constituency for Buvuma, Addresses Key Island Issues
President Yoweri Museveni, the National Resistance Movement (NRM) presidential candidate, has made significant pledges for the development of Buvuma Island, including the… Read more »
January 03
East Africa: Inside Israel's Foray Into the Horn of Africa
When Israel announced on Dec.26 that it had formally recognised Somaliland as an independent and sovereign state, it triggered diplomatic shockwaves far beyond the arid plains of… Read more »
Uganda: Zawedde Warns Against Misuse of Ai Ahead of General Elections
A senior Ugandan official on Friday warned the public against the misuse of artificial intelligence (AI) as the country heads toward general elections scheduled for Jan. 15, noting… Read more »
January 01
Africa: The African Rebirth - Ibrahim Traore and the Audacious Return of a Continent to Itself
Africa is not a sleeping giant; it is a suffocated one. Its lungs have long been pressed by the weight of imperial duplicity, its arteries drained by extractive economies… Read more »
East Africa: Uganda Bets On Agro-Industry and Fiscal Discipline to Expand Growth
The World Bank projects that poverty will keep falling through 2026 and 2027, extending a trend that resumed as growth picked up Read more »
December 31, 2025
Uganda: Museveni Vs Kyagulanyi - Minds
Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni and Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, aka Bobi Wine, are two wide contrasts of each other. Both minds come from different eras. Museveni was born in… Read more »
Uganda: Which Cooking Oil Is Best?
Vegetable oils are everywhere, and almost everyone has an opinion about them. From clever marketing in supermarket aisles to headlines about deforestation, they have become both… Read more »
December 28, 2025
Uganda: Museveni Gives China-Uganda Mbale Industrial Park Thumbs Up, Second Park Planned
President Yoweri Museveni has approved a proposal to establish a second industrial park in Uganda, following a briefing from developers of the China-Uganda Mbale Industrial Park. Read more »
East Africa: Uganda Plans to Gradually Abolish Visas for Russians
Uganda intends to consider the possibility of abolishing visa requirements for Russian tourists in the future, head of the International Legal and Social Affairs Department at the… Read more »
East Africa: Uganda Wants to Cooperate With Russia in Oil, Gas Sector
Uganda is interested in cooperation with Russia in the oil and gas sector, head of the International Legal and Social Affairs Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of… Read more »
Uganda: Uganda Invites Russia to Joint Coffee Processing Projects
Uganda invites Russia to participate in joint ventures and coffee processing projects, head of the International Legal and Social Affairs Department at the Ministry of Foreign… Read more »
December 27, 2025
Uganda/Tanzania: Okello Misses Penalty, Stalemate in East African Derby
Uganda 1-1 Tanzania Read more »
December 25, 2025
Africa: The Afterlife of Empire - Cape to Cairo, Darfur to Kivu
On Christmas Day in 1497, Vasco da Gama rounded the southern tip of Africa. He named the land he encountered Natalis--Portuguese for Christmas. Today, it is known as KwaZulu-Natal. Read more »
December 24, 2025
Uganda: Museveni Campaigns in Gomba, Kigongo Bashes NRM-Leaning Candidates
President Yoweri Museveni has taken his campaign to Gomba District, an area widely considered a political stronghold of National Unity Platform (NUP) leader Robert Kyagulanyi, aka… Read more »
Uganda: Pearl Santa Excites Kampala After Tour of East, West and Northern Uganda
Pearl Bank Climaxes Festive Campaign with Courtesy Visits to Media Partners Read more »
Uganda: Caia-Uganda - Think Before You Drink This Festive Season
The Coalition Against Illicit Alcohol Uganda Chapter (CAIA-Uganda) has launched a nationwide campaign aimed at encouraging Ugandans to pause and think before they drink during this… Read more »










