Uganda Investment Authority awarded in Geneva
The World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) has recognized the Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) for being the Outstanding Investment Promotion Agency (IPA). This was…
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Casino operators propose withholding tax alternative to protect jobs, revenue
Licensed casino operators in Uganda are calling on government to reconsider the 15% withholding tax on winnings from land-based casinos, warning that difficulties in implementing the measure could threaten more than 2,500 jobs, household livelihoods and government revenue. Through their umbrella body, the Uganda Gaming Operators Association (UGOA), operators argue that the tax could increase…
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Business
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…
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…
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…
Education
How Ugandan students can seize higher education opportunities in Russia
For Ugandan students looking to pursue higher education abroad, Russia offers opportunities that extend beyond acquiring academic qualifications. From medicine…
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…
TECHNOLOGY
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 quality and direction of its leadership. Listening to Mauritian government officials, it becomes clear why the island nation consistently ranks among Africa’s best performers in areas such as peace and…
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…
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
Handball: Uganda’s Nile Queens end 10-year wait for Africa Zone V glory
Uganda’s national women’s handball team, the Nile Queens, ended a 10-year wait for regional glory after edging arch-rivals Kenya 29-28 to win the Women’s IHF Nations Trophy Africa Zone V title at the Filbert Bayi Multi-Sports Centre in Kibaha, Tanzania. Joyce Namutosi emerged as Uganda’s hero, scoring the decisive goal with just 74 seconds left…
Other News
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…
Teso journalists condemn arrest and detention of NTV reporter
Journalists in the Teso sub-region have condemned the arrest and continued detention of NTV Uganda correspondent John Kenneth Odele, demanding…
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…
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