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18 Sep '24
Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU) has asked government to ensure that electricity costs are reduced in the 2025/26 financial to improve competitiveness. PSFU also wants government to ensure that the country has adequate fuel reserves to address transport cost shocks that continue t
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18 Sep '24
In the wake of the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Qualifiers, Uganda is set to take on Papua New Guinea (PNG) in a four-match bilateral series, renewing a rivalry forged on the world stage. This series, starting Wednesday and to hosted at the picturesque Entebbe Oval, promises an exciting
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18 Sep '24
August had the highest number of international passengers going through Entebbe International Airport, the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) has said. “Entebbe International Airport facilitated a total of 212,701 international passengers in August 2024, an average of 6,861 passeng
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18 Sep '24
(Kiryandongo) – The Karuma Bridge will be closed to all traffic for three months starting September 23, according to Uganda’s Minister for Works and Transport, Gen. Edward Katumba Wamala. This closure is part of a major restoration project aimed at enhancing the safety and durability of the brid
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18 Sep '24
(Kampala) – Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine, has thrown down the gauntlet to President Yoweri Museveni.
During a press briefing at the National Unity Platform (NUP) headquarters in Kavule on September 16, 2024, Bobi Wine responded to Museveni’s claim that NUP cheated by a cool one millio
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17 Sep '24
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has cautioned leaders against using money in politics, saying that it’s against the National Resistance Movement (NRM)’s 4th principle of democracy.
“With Principle No.4 (democracy), we must remove the pollution of using money in politics. Let all leader
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17 Sep '24
Mushroom growers in Kampala metropolitan area have appealed to President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni to assist them acquire a collection centre for easy market access and value-addition materials to enable them increase their income base.
Princess Nassolo Pauline, a Senior Presidential Advisor- El
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17 Sep '24
Kampala, Uganda – Stanbic Uganda’s mother company—Standard Bank Group, which is also Africa’s largest bank by assets, has been recognised as one of Time Magazine’s World’s Best Companies and Newsweek’s World’s Most Trustworthy Companies. TIME and Newsweek are esteemed media organisat
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17 Sep '24
Equiy Bank has today unveiled a range of new digital savings products designed to help customers save seamlessly, grow their money and reach their financial goals with greater ease.
Accessible through the bank’s Mobile App and online platforms, the offerings include Classic Savings, Call
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17 Sep '24
The new regulation demanding coffee farmers and exporters to prove that the commodity did not contribute to deforestation before being allowed access to the European Union (EU) market has suddenly sent the sector regulator into an overdrive mode, if not, a state of uncertainty, Prosper Magaz