Activist Aloikin charged, remanded over using another person’s SIM card
27-year-old human rights activist and lawyer Aloikin Praise Opoloje has been remanded to Luzira Prison by the Buganda Road Chief Magistrate’s court on charges of…
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Three killed as ‘indebted’ Nansana landlady sets house on fire
Three people, including a landlady, have died in a house fire in Nansana West Ward after the landlady allegedly set the building ablaze in the early hours of Monday. Police said the fire broke out at about 2 am in a building that had been partitioned into six rental units. The landlady, identified as Violet…
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Business
Equity Bank, My Tree Initiative to plant 200,000 trees in schools by 2027
Equity Bank Uganda and My Tree Initiative Uganda have launched a programme to plant 200,000 trees across Ugandan schools by December 2027, starting with 3,500 planted at Nakanyonyi Secondary School in Mukono district last week. The Equi Green Schools Programme will run in two phases. The first, to the end of this year, covers 50,000…
Maria Kiwanuka appointed Uganda National Mining Company boss
Former Finance minister Maria Kiwanuka has been appointed acting chairperson of the Uganda National Mining Company (UNMC), following a leadership…
Wellness App could be game changer for financial, mental and physical health
Ugandans can now access financial, physical, mental and nutritional wellness tools from a single digital platform, following the launch of…
NSSF assets hit Shs 32.8 trillion, eye Shs 80 trillion by 2035
The National Social Security Fund grew its asset base by Shs 6.8 trillion in the year to June 2026, taking…
Education
Graduation of green entrepreneurs signals a new route to employment
Last week’s graduation of 106 entrepreneurs from the GreenTech Accelerator and Incubation Programme represents far more than a ceremonial milestone.…
UNEB moots hiking exam registration fees
The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) is considering increasing registration fees for candidates sitting national examinations, citing rising costs of…
Broken dreams and budget limits: Inside Uganda’s 48.9% higher education loan surge
A university admission letter brings great pride to a Ugandan home, but it almost always comes with an immediate financial…
TECHNOLOGY
How Angela Ssemwogerere’s smart house shut down during the election’s internet blackout
Hi Angie! Please share more about yourself. My name is Angela Mirembe Ssemwogerere. My close friends and relatives call me Angie. I’m passionate about tech. I’m the general manager for Spidd Africa, and the founder of Coding in Heels. Before we go into the tech, who is this Ssemwogerere? I’m always being asked, is that…
Inside the Shs 4bn push taking digital innovation beyond Kampala
Seven months before officials gathered at Busitema University to formally hand over its new digital innovation hub, students were already walking through its doors and putting the computers to work. That detail mattered to Peter Kahiigi. For the chief technology officer at Centenary Technology Services, the real measure of the MTN ACE Spark Innovation Hub…
Canal+, La Liga partner to combat sports content piracy
Global broadcaster Canal+ and Spanish football league La Liga have signed a strategic agreement to strengthen the fight against sports content piracy across nearly 50 countries in Europe, sub-Saharan Africa and Haiti. Under the partnership, the two organisations will combine their expertise, technology and enforcement capabilities to disrupt illegal distribution of sports content. The agreement…
Lifestyle
Uganda has the best food – Chef James Busingye
Chef James Busingye has been a professional chef for 24 years. He is the mind behind many popular brunch menus such as Silo Day-cation and other offerings at popular hangouts and hotels in Kampala. Quick Talk sat down with him to explore his journey, food-and-drink pairings and the thinking behind the menus readers love. Many…
Get out of your gaming comfort zone
Controversy continues to swirl around Marvel’s Wolverine. The trailers blew our expectations out of the water a few months ago. Critics and audiences alike praised the vibrant visuals and brutal action. Wolverine should have taken its place alongside Marvel’s Spider-Man and Arkham Asylum as a surprising triumph in a sea of abysmal video game adaptations…
Resident Evil returns to cinema
Zach Kregger became a Hollywood darling after leaving his career as a comedic TV actor to make Barbarian (2022) and Weapons (2025), both of which have become horror classics. So, naturally, everyone had high hopes for his adaptation of the Resident Evil video games. Rather than using fan favourites like Leon S. Kennedy and Chris…
Sports
Peter Okee: Most outstanding Uganda Cranes coach ever
The spotlight on the Uganda Cranes has probably never been more laser-guided as it is this time. With Uganda hosting the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations, the level of expectation in the team has never been greater. In fact, for The Cranes’ Belgian coach, Paul Put, the pressure to ensure that he presents a formidable…
Other News
Should Ridley Scott retire?
You probably heard the news that Ridley Scott wants to make another Alien film. That was not the controversial bit.…
Minister Balaam closes Yalelo fish shop in Busia
Local Government minister Balaam Barugahara has ordered the immediate closure of Yalelo Fish shop in Busia town following complaints from…
Ebola: UAE lifts travel restrictions on Ugandan nationals
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has lifted travel and entry restrictions imposed on Ugandan nationals following the Ebola outbreak in…
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