Equity Bank helps schools stay on course 

As schools reopened for a new term, school administrators and parents confronted a familiar challenge: financing education at the start of the academic term. The…

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Lukwago’s wife recounts abduction ordeal, appeals for compassion from Judiciary

Zalwango Lukwago struggled to hold back tears as she recounted the events surrounding the arrest of her husband, former Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago. Speaking to lawyers gathered at the Uganda Law Society (ULS) headquarters, Zalwango’s voice occasionally faltered as she thanked members of the legal fraternity for standing with her family through what she…

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Business

Until governments act, Africans will seek Western citizenships

Many years ago, I decided to go out of the country for my graduate education, which lasted about 18 months, after which I came back to Uganda. Upon my return, I found myself, like most young people, unemployed. I went to visit a family friend whose children live and work outside Uganda. When I was…

Equity bank empowers Lira residents through solar irrigation

In Boroboro Parish, Gwengbar area of Lira City, Dopla Tree Nurseries has grown from a small backyard enterprise into a…

NSSF, Nile Breweries rally traders on savings, responsible retailing

Small and medium-scale traders have been urged to embrace disciplined saving and responsible business practices as critical drivers of long-term…

GoldStar Insurance marks 30 years with reaffirmed AA rating

GoldStar Insurance Company Ltd has marked its 30th anniversary with the reaffirmation of its AA(UG) national-scale financial strength rating by…

Education

Safal Uganda Baati donates computers to boost digital learning in Tororo

Safal Uganda Baati Technical Training Institute in Tororo, eastern Uganda has received a donation of 30 computers aimed at strengthening…

UNSA re-election row lands at Ministry

A petition filed with the Ministry of Education and Sports has sparked fresh debate over leadership succession and constitutional interpretation…

Mukono parents protest transfer of deputy head teacher

A section of parents at St Peter’s Claver Namilyango Mixed Primary School in Mukono district staged a protest against the…

TECHNOLOGY

Uganda breaks into global top 25 for outsourcing

At 10 a.m. on a Tuesday in Gulu, 26-year-old Amara is already deep into her workday. Her client is in Tokyo. The assignment: rebuilding a website for a Japanese retail company. She has never been to Japan. She has never needed to. For years, many young Ugandans were told that the path to a successful…

Why Uganda’s education sector needs transformation, not just digitisation

No amount of computers, tablets or high-speed internet can transform Uganda’s education system if teachers remain unskilled and resistant to change, Prof Paul Birevu Muyinda, an expert in Open and Distance Learning, has warned. According to Muyinda, Uganda’s education sector requires a fundamental transformation rather than a narrow focus on digitisation. While technology can support…

Digital inclusion: What Ugandan telecoms can learn from Kenya’s Safaricom and South Africa’s Vodacom

Perhaps it is no coincidence that Kenya’s Safaricom and South Africa’s Vodacom, two sister companies partly owned by British multinational Vodafone, have emerged as leaders in providing accessible services to persons with disabilities (PWDs). An August 2020 report, Access Denied: How Telecom Operators in Africa Are Failing Persons With Disabilities, by the Collaboration on International…

Lifestyle

How old is your house help?

What often begins with the promise of a better life, education, or an opportunity to earn money to support their impoverished families in rural areas has become the reality that is often closer to modernday slavery. The fight of Uganda against child labour has been going on for years and seems to be getting tougher…

Sex Talk: Spice up things with these exercises

Every couple of years, I revisit this topic, because I don’t think we take it seriously enough. Exercise your pelvic muscle, or to be more precise, the pubococcygeus (PC) muscle. Both men and women have it, and it is incredibly important in determining the quality of sex, among the other benefits of it being in…

Meet the pharmaceutical chemist who is Miss Uganda-UK

Fresh from being crowned Miss Uganda-UK 2025/26, REBECCA SARAH MAKASA is using her platform to reconnect with her roots and support vulnerable communities back home. During her recent visit to Uganda, Quick Talk had an exclusive interview with the 25-year-old London-born beauty queen. Hi Rebecca! Nice to meet you. Hello Devon. Nice to meet you…

Sports

Stanbic Pirates take control as Heathens face uphill battle in semis

Stanbic Black Pirates moved a step closer to the Rugby Premiership final after defeating rivals Heathens in the first leg of their semi-final at Kyadondo Rugby Ground, leaving the hosts with a 12-point deficit to overturn in next weekend’s return fixture. The Pirates combined disciplined defence and clinical finishing to secure a valuable advantage ahead…

Other News

Boy, 12, dies after crocodile attack in Buyende

A 12-year-old boy has died after sustaining severe injuries in a crocodile attack along the shores of Lake Kyoga in…

Lukwago whisked to Makindye court, to face treason charges

Former Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago has been transferred from Kira Division Police Headquarters to Makindye Chief Magistrate’s Court, where…

Five killed, six injured in Masaka–Kyotera road crash

Five people have been confirmed dead and six others injured following a road crash along the Masaka–Kyotera highway. The crash…

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