Mauritius shows the digital way, but will Africa listen?
If there is one critical lesson African governments can draw from Mauritius, it is that a country’s development ambitions are often a reflection of the…
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UAE lifts visa restrictions on Uganda
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has lifted its suspension on issuing new visas to Ugandan nationals, easing travel restrictions imposed in June 2026 following concerns over the spread of the Ebola virus in the region. The decision, announced on Wednesday, November 11, allows Ugandans to apply for visas and enter the UAE, provided they have…
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Business
UEDCL blames local transformer manufacturers for power outages
The Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited (UEDCL) has blamed unreliable electricity supply partly on the failure of local transformer manufacturers to meet rising demand, saying it plans to import at least 1,000 units within the next three months to address the growing shortage. Innocent Byamukama, UEDCL’s head of procurement and disposal, said that despite the…
Uganda turns to solar power to cut farmers’ losses
A dairy farmer can spend months feeding cattle, paying workers and transporting milk to a collection centre, only to lose…
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…
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…
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
Sierra Leone’s Vult taps Ugandan fintech expert Esther Nigiwan as operations chief
Sierra Leone-based digital financial services company Vult has appointed Ugandan fintech expert Esther Linda Nigiwan as its chief operations officer (COO), as the company seeks to expand its digital payment services and deepen financial inclusion. Nigiwan, who has relocated to Freetown, Sierra Leone, brings more than 10 years of experience in digital financial services, market…
How Aminah Zawedde reshaped Uganda’s digital government
Millions of Ugandans may never know her name, yet they are increasingly using government systems developed during her tenure. A trader can now register a business in about three hours instead of waiting up to 15 days. More than 11 million learners are captured in a digital schools register, while millions of beneficiaries have received…
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…
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
Men win equal protection as courts rule on murder, defilement and corruption
A fisheries patrol officer was abducted and killed after a routine operation against illegal fishing turned violent. Seven years later,…
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.…
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