Putin backs mineral processing in Africa to boost industrialisation
Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for increased investment in mineral extraction and processing in Africa to boost government revenues and help African countries gain greater control…
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Byamukama orders immediate sacking of Uganda Airlines finance officer Kyeyune
The minister of Works and Transport Fred Byamukama has ordered the immediate sacking of Uganda Airlines chief finance officer Allan Kyeyune over lack of requisite qualifications for the job. In the November 6 letter to Girma Wake, the Uganda Airlines CEO, Byamukama notes that his decision stems from information provided by the Institute of Certified…
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Business
Annet Rutebemberwa’s growth path from bank teller to branch leader
Institutions leave traces of themselves in people. Over thirty-five years, Stanbic Bank Uganda has shaped thousands of careers, ambitions and futures, each carrying a small piece of the bank’s story forward. Annet Rutebemberwa’s journey is one of them. From a teller’s counter in Lyantonde to branch leadership in Kihihi, her eighteen-year career reflects the quiet…
Kampala has enough water. Why are taps still dry?
Millions of litres of treated water leave Kampala’s treatment plants every day, yet households and businesses across the city and…
Uganda’s trade deficit with EAC widens
Uganda recorded a trade deficit of $808.97 million with East African Community (EAC) member states in August 2026, as imports…
Bank of Uganda maintains key rate at 12 per cent
The Bank of Uganda held its benchmark Central Bank Rate at 12 per cent on Monday as a weakening shilling…
Education
Kasese Catholic schools allow A-level girls to keep natural hair
The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Kasese, Rt Rev Francis Aquirinus Kibira, has directed Catholic-founded schools to allow female…
Should Victoria University be allowed to teach more pharmacy students?
A bitter dispute over pharmacy education in Uganda has exposed a fundamental tension between regulatory oversight and the government’s push…
Studying in Russia: How Ugandan applicants can apply for a government scholarship
Ugandan applicants can receive higher education in Russia at the Russian government’s expense. The Russian Government distributes quotas across in-demand…
TECHNOLOGY
Uganda takes two steps forward, five steps back on digital rights
Uganda’s human rights record will come under scrutiny at the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in Geneva, Switzerland, as the United Nations Human Rights Council evaluates the records of all 193 UN member states. In what activists describe as a “name-and-shame” accountability process, Uganda will have to defend its growing clampdown on digital rights, with the…
Starlink eases Libra School’s internet connectivity woes
Libra International School located in Zirobwe, Luweero district, has turned to Starlink satellite technology to overcome persistent internet connectivity challenges that had hindered digital learning, online research, and communication with parents. The school, which has embraced technology in teaching and administration, had struggled to obtain a reliable internet connection because of its location outside Uganda’s…
EAC ministers approve AI module for university students
East African Community (EAC) ministers have approved an Artificial Intelligence (AI) foundational module for university students across the region, in a move aimed at equipping undergraduates with essential digital skills regardless of their fields of study. The ministers directed partner states to consider integrating the module into university degree programmes, while the Inter-University Council for…
Lifestyle
Moscow, from the Russia-Africa Summit sidelines
MOSCOW – Unlike Uganda and many other African countries in the tropics, where temperatures are generally warm throughout the year, Moscow, Russia’s capital, offers a different experience. Residents wrap themselves in heavy winter jackets to brave the biting cold as they go about their daily activities. African journalists who travelled to Moscow to cover the…
Sex Talk: That power to destroy…
I don’t remember who said this, but when I first heard it, I spent some minutes meditating about it: “Love is giving someone the power to destroy you and trusting that they won’t.” Perfect definition. And because you give someone else the power to destroy you, if they do, the next person that dares come…
Nerds mourn grandfather of Nerddom
Patrick Stewart has passed away at the age of 86 from complications related to Alzheimer’s and Lewy Body Dementia. You can’t call his passing tragic because he lived a long and fruitful life. That said, nerds the world over cannot help but mourn because Stewart defined nerd culture for multiple generations, partly because he carried…
Sports
Mubiru ‘Kikankane’ ready to take on Tanzania’s big boys
Fresh from back-to-back victories on home soil, Duncan Mubiru, popularly known as Kikankane, is taking his rally ambitions beyond Uganda as he prepares to test himself against Tanzania’s leading drivers in Arusha. Mubiru, navigated by Hamza Lwanga in a Ford Fiesta Proto, will compete in the Guru Nanak ASAS Rally of Tanzania set for this…
Other News
How thieving workers are killing businesses
From stolen sales to diverted customer payments, business owners say employee dishonesty is eating into their profits. But traders’ representatives…
The hidden poison in Uganda’s food
Allen Lunkusse had bought milk from the same dairy shop in Lungujja for a month without suspecting anything was wrong.…
Nabbanja wants government contracts to create more jobs for Ugandans
Every year, the Ugandan government spends enormous sums buying goods, constructing roads, equipping hospitals and paying companies to provide public…
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