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Equity’s Best Year Ever: Profit Jumps 55%, Uganda Emerges Growth Star

Equity’s Best Year Ever: Profit Jumps 55%, Uganda Emerges Growth Star

Equity Group Holdings has posted the strongest financial performance in its history, reporting a record KSh75.5 billion (approximately UGX 2.15 trillion) profit after tax for the year ended December 2025, as regional subsidiaries, digital banking, and insurance operations powered a major growth s

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Ntungamo: Arsenal Fans 100 Iron Sheets for Local Health Unit

Ntungamo: Arsenal Fans 100 Iron Sheets for Local Health Unit

Arsenal fans in Rwahi, Ntungamo district, have turned their Premier League title celebrations into a force for community development, raising more than 100 iron sheets to support construction at Rukukuru–Rwahi Health Unit. The contribution was mobilized during a colourful celebration of Arsenal

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Otuke MP Paul Omara in Tears After Betty Amongi Fails to put Him on Museveni cabinet list

Otuke MP Paul Omara in Tears After Betty Amongi Fails to put Him on Museveni cabinet list

Things are now very bad for outgoing minister of gender Betty Among who on 15th January was fired by close to 40,000 Lira city voters who disregarded her and voted Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng to be their woman MP for the next five years up to 2031.Amongi must be regretting why she blindly disregar

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Uganda’s Pineapple Farmers Break into Global Markets

Uganda’s Pineapple Farmers Break into Global Markets

On 14 May 2026, Uganda marked a historic milestone by flagging-off the inaugural export of 104 metric tonnes of canned pineapple from Deshiburg Factory to ChinaWhen pineapples ripened all at once in Luwero, it often brought anxiety instead of celebration.For pineapple farmer Ms. Jan

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Tooro Community Launches Shs2M Campaign To Refund King Oyo’s Contribution To Ailing Prince Kiijanangoma

Tooro Community Launches Shs2M Campaign To Refund King Oyo’s Contribution To Ailing Prince Kiijanangoma

Tooro-A section of the Tooro community in Kampala and Fort Portal has launched a fundraising campaign aimed at collecting Shs2 million to refund the contribution reportedly extended by Tooro Kingdom towards the medical treatment of Prince David Kiijanangoma, who is currently seeking approximately

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Government, Build Us a Market Too — Kanoni Traders Cry Out Over Poor Working Conditions

Government, Build Us a Market Too — Kanoni Traders Cry Out Over Poor Working Conditions

Traders at Kanoni Daily Market in Gomba District have appealed to government to construct a modern market, citing congestion, poor sanitation, lack of storage facilities and rising losses due to inadequate infrastructure on privately owned land.Traders operating in Kanoni Daily Market in G

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Mbale factories create jobs for school dropouts

Mbale factories create jobs for school dropouts

Before Mbale city fully wakes, the Mbale-Tirinyi road, which leads to Mbale-Sino Industrial Park, is alive with activity. Hundreds of young men and women move from either direction of the road, most on foot and a few others on boda-bodas from their respective villages within Mbale City and neighb

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Uganda Exports First Consignment of Chilled Cut Meat to Saudi Arabia

Uganda Exports First Consignment of Chilled Cut Meat to Saudi Arabia

Uganda has exported its first consignment of chilled cut meat packed in cartons to Saudi Arabia, marking a major step in value addition and the country’s growing capacity to meet international meat export standards.Uganda has successfully exported its first consignment of chilled cut mea

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‎Minister Musasizi warns against sabotaging iron ore plant in Rubanda

‎Minister Musasizi warns against sabotaging iron ore plant in Rubanda

State Minister of Finance Henry Musasizi has issued a stern warning against any acts of sabotage targeting the anticipated iron ore factory in Rubanda District.‎‎Musasizi, who also serves as the Member of Parliament for Rubanda East, made the statements following reports of a fierce d

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U.S. Envoy Popp to Leave Uganda

U.S. Envoy Popp to Leave Uganda

Vice President Jessica Alupo on Tuesday bid farewell to outgoing United States Ambassador to Uganda, William Popp, bringing to a close nearly three years of diplomatic engagement that saw Washington and Kampala deepen cooperation in health, security, trade and regional stability.Ambassador

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