After months of attempting to remove responsibility, funding and staff from the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Trump administration moved to effectively close it down on FridayThe Trump administrat
Elizabeth Gabeya made history this week when she assumed leadership of Makerere University in a symbolic gesture celebrating International Women’s Day.The 21-year-old first-year Mastercard Foundation Scholar, pursuing a Bachelor of Agricultural and Rural Innovation, temporarily stepped i
The deputy Inspector General of Government (IGG), Dr Patricia Achan Okiria, has spoken about her struggles in securing jobs of her choice in Uganda despite numerous applications.Speaking over the weekend at Gulu U
BBC | The West African regional bloc, Ecowas, says a mission deployed to Guinea-Bissau to help resolve an election dispute has left the country after the president threatened to expel it.The team was sent in last month to help reach a "political consensus" on how to hold e
Dodoma. Tanzania’s ruling party, Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), is set to pass a resolution endorsing President Samia Suluhu Hassan and President Hussein Ali Hassan Mwinyi as the party’s official candidates for the Union and Zanzibar presidential elections, resp
Imagine youâre running an asset financing business in Europe and think, âWhy not give East Africa a shot?â So you do the research, find the market, and discover real potential. Thatâs how Mogo Uganda, an asset-financing tech company, landed in Kampala. The
President Museveni’s televised address to the nation Thursday night went to great lengths to drill the final nail in the coffin of the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA). Formed by an Act of Parliament 1991 that was amended three years later, UCDA stepped into the shoes of th
Uganda's coffee industry faces a pivotal moment as Parliament deliberates on the National Coffee (Amendment) Bill 2024, which proposes to dissolve the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) and integrate its functions into the Ministry of Agriculture. The move, part of the govern
Butambala Member of Parliament Muhammad Muwanga Kivumbi has said he resisted intimidation by President Museveni during their phone call last Thursday over the controversial National Coffee (Amendment) Bill, 2024. Mr Kivumbi, who is also the chairperson of the Buganda Parliamentary Caucus
Coffee, a long-cherished perennial crop, has for decades been the backbone of household incomes in some parts of Uganda. Today, coffee is at the centre of regulatory policies and renewed campaigns targeting both sustainable production and output. The Uganda Coffee Development Authority (
