Museveni tasks NRM MPs on fighting corruption, improving service delivery
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has urged NRM members of Parliament to strengthen oversight of government programmes and take a leading role in fighting corruption and…
Nile Basin districts to support Kalagala, Itanda falls conservation project
Local government leaders from five districts along the River Nile have pledged total support for a major five-year environmental protection initiative aimed at safeguarding the fragile River Nile, Kalagala and Itanda falls ecosystems. Political and technical leaders from Jinja city, Jinja district, Buikwe, Kayunga, and Kamuli declared their shared commitment during a high-level stakeholder engagement…
Business
Equity Bank injects Shs 10m into Watoto Golf Tournament
Equity Bank Uganda has committed Shs 10 million towards the third edition of the 2026 Watoto Golf Tournament, reaffirming its commitment to women’s economic empowerment and entrepreneurship. The sponsorship was announced during the tournament’s partners’ briefing at the Uganda Golf Club on Wednesday, where Equity Bank Uganda managing director Gift Shoko said the initiative aligns…
Uganda is officially Ebola-free – will tourism recover?
Uganda’s ministry of Health has officially declared the country Ebola-free, closing out one of the most tightly managed disease outbreaks…
How Equity Online for Business is helping Ugandan businesses bank smarter
Equity Bank Uganda introduced Equity Online for Business, a next-generation platform designed to simplify financial management for enterprises of all…
Loadshedding leaves Kampala residents and businesses counting losses
As frequent power outages continue to affect different parts of Kampala, households and businesses are struggling to cope with the…
Education
Uganda tightens school transport rules as crashes involving learners rise
The government has unveiled a raft of new school transport measures aimed at improving the safety of learners following a…
Seed of prosperity: Tukamuhabwa sees soybean transforming Uganda
More than three decades of work has produced Uganda’s most resilient soybean varieties. With support from Makerere Research and Innovation…
Govt urges schools to embrace MDD to nurture learners’ talents
Alfred Kyaka, the assistant commissioner for Secondary Education at the ministry of Education and Sports, has urged schools to embrace…
TECHNOLOGY
Phos Creative launches digital intelligence audit, redefines how African brands compete online
New product line gives businesses a clear, data-backed view of their competitive landscape, replacing guesswork with information. Phos Creative Ventures, a digital and creative collective working with brands across East and Central Africa, has launched its Digital Intelligence Audit, a new product designed to help businesses understand exactly what is driving success for the brands…
University students can self-teach AI to disrupt agriculture sector
The month of August will see public universities open their gates to first-year students. Joining university is one of the milestones many young people celebrate, the last step in the journey to the pinnacle of education. In a few years, they would be out of university and joining the workforce. But also, university in Uganda…
AI platforms accelerating Uganda’s digital transformation
From farmers using mobile applications to monitor weather patterns and market prices to entrepreneurs generating content with artificial intelligence (AI)-powered tools and health workers using intelligent systems to improve disease diagnosis, AI is increasingly becoming part of everyday life in Uganda. The growing adoption of platforms developed by American technology companies such as Google, Microsoft,…
Lifestyle
The internet can be exhausting!
Like this comment so I can keep coming back.” “We got blank before GTA6.” “Still a better love story than Twilight.” Do you ever feel like the human race should just end? I occasionally feel that sentiment while reading comments on social media. I know people who consume social media content without reading the comments,…
Spider-Man: Brand New Day comes to cinema
Spider-Man: No Way Home ended with everyone forgetting that Peter Parker was Spider-Man. In Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Peter is still trying to navigate a world without friends or allies. Things take a turn for the worse when he undergoes a dramatic mutation that coincides with the emergence of a villain no one can see.…
Jared Leto on verge of being cancelled
Jared Leto (Tron: Ares, Masters of the Universe, Suicide Squad) is back in the news for all the wrong reasons, again. The BBC spoke to four women who accuse him of sexual misconduct. Leto was in his 30s and 40s when he slept with these teenagers. The actor has predictably denied the allegations. However, the…
Sports
Glasgow 2026: Uganda’s medals hide deeper sporting cracks
When the curtain fell on the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland on Sunday, August 2, Uganda returned home with three medals. On paper, it was another campaign that produced moments of pride. In reality, it also exposed a recurring weakness that continues to limit the country’s sporting ambitions. Team Uganda fielded 55 athletes (34…
Other News
Defence drops all witnesses in Soroti nursery pupil murder trial
The six people accused of murdering Joan Faith Apio, a six-year-old pupil at Jozan Nursery and Primary School, have abandoned…
MPs question govt over spending Shs 122bn to collect Shs 129bn from Entebbe Expressway
Parliament has tasked the government to justify spending Shs 122 billion to collect Shs 129 billion in toll revenue from…
Two Next Media staff killed in Entebbe road crash, another in ICU
Two employees of Next Media Services have died in a road crash along Entebbe Road in the early hours of…