Focus on oil and gas development will be key priority in 2025/26 budget
The Ministry of Finance has laid out budget priorities for the 2025/26 financial year, focusing on agro-industrialisation, tourism development, minerals-based industrial...
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Mangoes: The Ultimate Prenatal Superfood for Expecting Mothers
According to a recent study published in the journal Nutrients, mangoes have emerged as a potential superfood for pregnant women, offering a wide range of health benefits...
Mushroom Growers Appreciate President Museveni for The Farming Inspiration, Appeal For More Support
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 valu...
When buying garlic, should you choose white or purple skin? Not everyone knows the answer.
Many people mistakenly think that these two types of garlic have no difference, but in fact they do not.Many people mistakenly think that these two types of garlic have n...
Turkish Company Launches Key Railway Construction in Uganda
Currently, freight transit from the Port of Mombasa through Uganda to Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of Congo is about 650,000 metric tonnes per year. This...
Refinery negotiations still ongoing, Ugandan job seekers urged to be patient
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandans seeking employment in the oil refinery in the Albertine Graben need to be patient as the negotiations go on.State Minister f...
Top 10 richest women in the world in 2024: Where does India’s Savitri Jindal stand?
World's Top 10 Richest Women in 2024: Here is the list of the top 10 richest women in the world as of April 2024, and among them is Savitri Jindal, India's richest woman...
Tanzania President Samia eyes more Chinese loans at this year’s Focac
President Samia Suluhu Hassan will visit China in September for the Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (Focac), where she is expected to sign new loan deals as Tanzania b...
OFWONO OPONDO: President Museveni, Robert Kabushenga’s broadside, and the coffee debate
In the last one-week alone, President Yoweri Museveni nearly 80 years old, and 38 leading government, has engaged in several public meetings to propagate policy and penne...
SA Shoprite billionaire Wiese returns to his diamond-hunting roots
Wiese first got into alluvial diamonds in 1976 when he bought a mine along the Orange River.Christo Wiese, South Africa’s billionaire retail king, is going back to the...