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HELLEN MASIKA: Empowering women through secure land rights in Uganda’s mining communities
Hellen Masika is a Community Mobilizer at Centre for Citizens Conserving Environment & Management (CECIC) Women's land rights are one...
NATHAN WERE: Kiira Has New Roads. Now the People Must Keep Them Clean
Mr. Nathan Were is a Senior Operations Officer at the World Bank Group based in South Africa. Kiira is changing...
We are connecting, but we must be secure: The Lens of CINAT Technologies
By CINAT Group Ltd Uganda’s digital transformation is accelerating, creating new opportunities for businesses while increasing exposure to cybersecurity, data...
Winning the headlines, losing the narrative: How the Iran conflict exposes the limits of Western power
US President Donald Trump at a news conference in the White House briefing room about the war in Iran, in...
OIL AND GAS
Uganda’s Tanga pivot tightens the squeeze on Kenya’s fuel corridor
Uganda National Oil Company managing director, alongside Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation and Vitol Bahrain E.C. officials, displays the signed memorandum of understanding to develop the Tanga Regional Energy Hub, witnessed by Presidents Yoweri Museveni and Samia Suluhu Hassan in Dar...
Uganda, Tanzania sign deal to build $20bn Tanga energy hub
The Memorandum of Understanding was signed on Thursday at State House in Dar es Salaam, witnessed by Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan and her Ugandan counterpart, Yoweri Museveni, who was on a two-day working visit at Samia's invitation. Tanzania and...
Tilenga Subcontractors Seek Tax Deadline Reprieve Amid $9.7M Payment Standoff
Ugandan subcontractors owed $9.7M for Tilenga's worker camp seek a tax deadline reprieve, warning frozen payments leave them unable to pay before June 30. KAMPALA — A coalition of roughly 60 Ugandan subcontractors owed $9.7 million for work on the...
REAL ESTATE
Uganda government targets daily payment plans to expand affordable homeownership
Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development Judith Nabakooba speaks during the Law and Real Estate Conference at Mestil Hotel...
Kampala Cement: How a $100m Ugandan cement dream fell apart
A detailed breakdown of the Kampala Cement collapse, tracking how 82 million dollars in debt, high transport costs from raw...
Construction for Uganda’s tallest building Diamond Tower slated to begin in 2026
The Diamond Tower is a proposed 220-meter skyscraper in Kampala’s Kololo neighborhood, designed by Angiletti Design Studio to be the...
BUSINESS
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5 Culture Club conversations shaping the sound of African music
The 2025 Ugandan music calendar featured technical breakthroughs and cultural milestones. Highlights included the 10th anniversary of the Nyege Nyege...
TOURS AND TRAVEL
Uganda deepens tourism and trade ties with Türkiye after Istanbul showcase
Uganda and Türkiye deepen tourism and trade ties after a Istanbul B2B event, as Turkish visitor arrivals to Uganda surge...
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Many UCUSAF-funded computer labs lie idle, investigation finds
Uganda's regulator UCC has collected a record 118bn shillings from telecoms this year for a fund to connect underserved areas...
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