The bar tab is due: Paying for Uganda’s oil before the first drop is pumped
For 20 years, the answer to every Uganda economic problem has been the same. Budget tight? Wait for the oil. Shilling falling? Wait for the…
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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…
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Business
Pearl Bank launches campaign to reward digital wallet users
Pearl Bank has launched a campaign to reward customers who embrace digital financial transactions, offering cash prizes, fuel vouchers, smartphones and household appliances in a weekly draw. Dubbed Wendi Ku Win, the campaign targets customers who make transactions worth more than Shs 10,000 using Wendi, the bank’s mobile wallet. The campaign was launched at Old…
Can NARO turn billions of private investment into profits?
A government-owned feed mill can sit idle even when farmers need animal feed. A dairy processing plant may have the…
Minister Nyamutoro, Equity bank push for green investment
The minister of State for Energy and Mineral Development Phiona Nyamutoro has challenged Uganda’s hospitality industry to turn the country’s…
Education and investment plans drive surge in life assurance premiums
Demand for education savings and investment-linked insurance products has emerged as a key driver of growth in life assurance business,…
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
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…
Shame, as anime takes centre stage in French riots
Anime has become a cultural phenomenon. We have injected the medium into the foundation of our daily lives. Is that a good thing? Maybe. Niche hobbies are appealing because you can control them. The isolation allows you to determine what they mean and how people interact with them. Think back to your favourite band/artiste that…
Street Fighter: 50 Cent comes to big screen
Street Fighter 2026 follows Ryu and Ken, estranged fighters who are asked to participate in a mysterious martial arts tournament. No one expected anything from this movie because of the questionable cast (50 Cent as Balrog, Cody Rhodes as Guile, Roman Reigns as Akuma). So far, general audiences like the final product (78 per cent).…
Sports
Remembering George Mukasa, the giant that guided both SC Villa and Express to their firsts
The sheer mention of George Kyagaba Mukasa’s name in the local football fraternity evokes sharp memories of the no-nonsense giant goalkeeper, and a game legend of the 1970s to the 1980s. Just as his laid-back demeanour through his playing days, a mark of his personality, Mukasa passed on silently at Mengo hospital on Sunday, November…
Other News
Teacher remanded over smuggling Mathematics answers into exam room
A 49-year-old primary school teacher who was serving as a transcriber for a candidate with special needs during the 2026…
High court warns police, army chiefs over Mugumya’s whereabouts
Kampala High court judge, Simon Peter Kinobe, has warned the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and army chiefs that they…
Shs 600bn water project to benefit one million people in Wakiso
More than one million people in parts of Wakiso, Mpigi, Kampala and Entebbe are expected to benefit from improved access…
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