Uganda: Longest Serving Pilot Retires After 40 Years in the Sky
Kampala — One of the country’s longest-serving pilots, Capt Charles Karabarinde, has officially retired after 40 years of service Capt Karabarinde undertook his final flight from Mogadishu in Somalia to…
Uganda: Bank of Uganda Extends Credit Relief Measures to Banks for More 6 Months
Bank of Uganda (BoU) yesterday announced an extension Credit Relief Measures for another six months. The move aims at helping commercial banks and other supervised financial institutions to continue restructuring…
Uganda: Reopen Nursery Schools, Parents, Owners Tell Govt
Parents and proprietors of pre-primary schools have asked government to review its decision and allow them reopen nursery schools to allow the children resume learning. Ms Josephine Kirabo, a mother…
Uganda: Govt Seeks to Tax Cash Withdrawals From Banks
The government is considering taxing cash withdrawals from commercial banks, this newspaper has learnt. “Following our budget consultative meeting held on February 5th, 2021, at this ministry [of Finance] attended…
Uganda startup Innovex Closes Equity Investment with Gaia Impact Fund
Innovex is an Uganda startup that offers pay-as-you-go PAYG and “remot” a cloud-based IoT monitoring solution for solar companies. Innovex closed a series seed round with an equity investment from…
Kawa Moka strives to transform Ghana’s coffee industry
The global chocolate industry is worth $100 billion. Multi-national companies such as Mars, Mondelez International, and Nestle rake in billions of dollars of revenue each year. Ghana, one of the…
Bobi Wine Set to Legally Contest Uganda’s 2021 Election Results
Opposition party leader, Bobi Wine, has announced that he will legally contest Uganda’s 2021 election results after Yoweri Museveni won his sixth consecutive presidential term. National Unity Platform (NUP) leader,…
Ugandans Head to Polls in Potentially Historic Elections
Many hopes are pinned on Uganda’s elections today as main opposition leader Bobi Wine attempts to unseat current President Yoweri Museveni from his 34-year term in office. Today, Ugandans are…
Uganda accuses Facebook of ‘interference’ in upcoming elections
Facebook has shut a slew of accounts belonging to Ugandan government officials accused of seeking to manipulate public debate ahead of elections Thursday, the internet giant told AFP on Monday….
SDG Impact Accelerator to empower digital agricultural solutions in Uganda
The second program of the SDG Impact Accelerator (SDGia) in Uganda will focus on digital agriculture applications. This call looks to attract local and global entrepreneurs championing solutions in digital agriculture…
Uganda turns to herbs in search for Covid-19 cure
The Uganda Medical Association (UMA) has welcomed the natural Covid-19 clinical treatment trials as modifying the body with natural remedies to fight the virus is a big boost. PHOTO |…
Did you know in Jessica Nabongo is the first black woman in history to visit every country on the planet?
By the age of 35, she had traveled to all 195 countries on this planet. Born in Detroit, Michigan, to Ugandan parents, Jessica’s travels began early in life, when she…
Uganda Tops African Countries With Well-Developed Electricity Regulatory Frameworks
Uganda has for the third time in a row emerged as the top performer in this year’s Electricity Regulatory Index Report published by the African Development Bank (AfDB.org). The East…
We Are All Birds of Uganda by Hafsa Zayyan
1960s UGANDA. Hasan is struggling to run his family business following the sudden death of his wife. Just as he begins to see a way forward, a new regime seizes…
Did you know Ghana has been named world leader for women owned businesses?
Ghana has emerged top as the country with more women owning businesses compared to 57 other countries globally, a Mastercard Index of Women’s Entrepreneurship (MIWE) revealed. At 46.4 percent, Ghana has the…
Did you know the Virunga National Park in DR Congo and the Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda are the oldest national parks in Africa?
They were the first national parks to be built in Africa in 1925. Situated in the far northwest corner of Rwanda, Volcanoes National Park protects the steep rain forested slopes…
Ugandan innovators unveil solar-powered and low-cost ventilators to fight coronavirus
Innovators in Uganda have manufactured ventilators aimed at helping the country’s coronavirus fight. The innovation was the product of the partnership between experts at Makerere University and a local automobile company, Kiira Motors Corporation….
One Day I Will Write About This Place: A Memoir by Binyavanga Wainaina
Binyavanga Wainaina tumbled through his middle-class Kenyan childhood out of kilter with the world around him. This world came to him as a chaos of loud and colorful sounds: the…
Africa-FX-Kenyan currency seen under pressure, Uganda’s firming
Kenya’s currency is expected to trade on the back foot against the U.S. dollar as Uganda’s firms and those of Nigeria, Tanzania and Zambia hold steady. KENYA The Kenyan shilling…
Underage brides – Efforts made in East Africa to prevent child marriage
THE EFFECTS OF CHILD MARRIAGE IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA The child advocacy group, ‘Girls not Brides’ estimates that every year, 15 million girls around the world who are under the age…