Uganda: How Makerere University's First Critical Thinking and Social Intelligence Cohort Found a New Way to Question the World

For three weeks, 52 participants from different professions and backgrounds were enrolled into a course that sought to interrogate assumptions, test evidence, recognise… Read more »

Uganda: Museveni Grants Official Burial to Veteran Playwright Alex Mukulu

President Yoweri Museveni has approved a state burial for celebrated Ugandan playwright, actor and director Alex Edward Kabangala Mukulu, who died recently at the age of 72. Mukulu… Read more »

Uganda: The Hackers Are Coming for Africa's Critical Infrastructure

From Uganda's electricity transmission network to telecommunications and financial systems, INTERPOL says Africa is facing an increasingly sophisticated cybercrime threat as… Read more »

Uganda: MTN Expands Maternal, Newborn Health Support in Luuka

Kiyunga Health Centre IV in Luuka District is receiving infrastructure, digital and community health support as Read more »

Uganda: PFF Demands Medical Bail for Besigye

Uncertainty surrounds Dr. Kizza Besigye's expected return to court as the People's Front for Freedom (PFF) demands his immediate release on medical bail, saying his reported health… Read more »

Uganda: Dry Spell Wipes Out Karamoja's First Wheat Harvest

More than 40 farmers in the Karamoja sub-region are counting losses after a prolonged dry spell destroyed more than 200 acres of wheat they planted in the region's first major… Read more »

Uganda: NSSF Seeks Court Order to Take Full Possession of Temangalo Land

The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) has started the process of seeking a High Court order to take full possession of its contested Temangalo land, as Parliament has given the… Read more »

Uganda: Huawei Uganda Targets Young ICT Talent in Kyambogo Recruitment Drive

Huawei Technologies Uganda Company Limited will on Friday, August 21, 2026, hold a campus recruitment drive at Kyambogo University as part of its efforts to identify and develop… Read more »

Uganda: Airtel Africa Is First Operator in Africa to Commercially Launch Starlink

Airtel Africa and Starlink have launched satellite-to-mobile service in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), marking the first commercial deployment in Africa. The service… Read more »

Uganda: Spiro Publishes Its First Sustainability Report and Confirms Strong Economic, Social and Climate Impact

Africa's leading electric mobility company, today published its inaugural Sustainability Report. The publication provides a comprehensive overview of the environmental, social and… Read more »

Tanzania: Can Tanzania Become an Upper-Middle Income Country?

Tanzania has set its sights on becoming a $1 trillion, upper-middle-income economy by mid-century. Under a long-term plan known as Vision 2050, the country is seeking to grow the… Read more »

East Africa: Sudan's Invisible Children - Born in War With No Legal Identity

Registering a child requires identity information, a national number and a birth certificate. But when the father is absent or unknown, it becomes extremely difficult Read more »

Uganda: Museums Are Turning Documentary Film Into a New Archive for African Architecture

Museums are increasingly commissioning documentary films to document African architecture, interpret historic buildings, and preserve architectural memory. Film has become part of… Read more »

Africa: Africa Health Agencies Urge Faster Ebola Response in DRC As Cases Rise

The Democratic Republic of Congo needs to urgently expand its community-led response to Ebola as new infections and deaths continue to outpace efforts to contain the outbreak, the… Read more »

Uganda: Rice Import Traders Accuse Brokers of Hijacking Business

Rice importers say brokers are allegedly working with officials in the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives to take control of the country's rice import business through a… Read more »

Uganda: Ugandans, Time and Otunnu!

"I am about to reach just ka jam here, here. Yiyi, natusedaa..." Meanwhile, the man is still in the shower. And if it is a she, worse. She is in bed; remember she needs another… Read more »

Uganda: Why Marriott Introduced Its Flagship Brand to Uganda

A gleaming blue twin-tower complex connected by a skybridge rises above Nsambya Hill, the latest addition to Kampala's rapidly changing skyline. But beyond its striking… Read more »

Uganda: Uganda's Widows Need More Than Laws On Matters Land

The gap we face today is no longer primarily legislative; it is a crisis of enforcement, awareness, and institutional practice Read more »

Uganda: Govt Agencies Seek Unified Approach On School Bus Accidents

In response to growing concerns over road crashes involving school-going children, the Ministry of Works and Transport, the Uganda Police Force, the Ministry of Education, and the… Read more »

Uganda: Uganda Finds a Smoother Route to China's Yuan

Ugandan businesses trading with China are set to gain faster access to yuan payments after Stanbic Bank Uganda became the country's first lender to connect to China's Cross-Border… Read more »

Uganda: Museveni Warns MPs On Corruption, Absenteeism in Public Service

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has called on NRM Members of Parliament to strengthen oversight of government programmes and take a leading role in fighting corruption and… Read more »

Uganda: History Repeats Itself As Gen Muhoozi's Son Graduates At Sandhurst

Officer Cadet Ruhamya Kainerugaba, son of Uganda's Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, officially graduated from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst on… Read more »

Uganda: Archbishop Ssemogerere Warns Newly Ordained Priests Against Clericalism

The Archbishop of Kampala, His Grace Paul Ssemogerere, has cautioned newly ordained priests against clericalism, urging them to dedicate their lives to selfless service to God and… Read more »

Uganda: MTN Uganda Takes Maternal Health Campaign to Western Uganda

MTN Uganda stepped up support for maternal and newborn healthcare in western Uganda, taking its annual employee volunteer programme to Kibiito Health Centre IV in Bunyangabu… Read more »

Tanzania: Uganda, Tanzania Seal Deal to Develop Tanga Into Regional Energy Hub

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni of Uganda and Samia Suluhu Hassan of Tanzania have endorsed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at reshaping East Africa's energy… Read more »