It will be Dominic versus Musonda in Friday’s Johnnie Walker Uganda Golf Open pressure group   Kampala, Uganda | UGU MEDIA |  A forensic inquiry must be opened into how he got a bogey on the second hole on Thursday. It is the only bogey Dominic Musonda has …

  What Financial Inclusion Is Teaching Us About Uganda’s Economy   COMMENT | ABDALLAH AZIZ EPALAT | It is easy, from inside the formal financial sector, to define inclusion in terms of accounts opened, transaction volumes or numbers reached. But when you work closely with communities that have traditionally operated …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | The Tooro Kingdom announced that King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV is dead. The sad news was delivered to the country in an official communication from Tooro Kingdom Prime Minister, Calvin Armstrong Rwomire Akiiki, following a wave of speculation on …

  Kampala, Uganda | PHILLIP CORRY | Zambian Dominic Musonda tamed the par 72 Kitante course today with a stunning 64 (8 under par) to take full charge of the Johnnie Walker Uganda Amateur Open in its penultimate round. What should worry his closest rivals, who are 6 and 11 shots …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | The Tooro Kingdom has revealed that King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV is critically ill and asked the public to pray for him. In an official communication from Tooro Kingdom Prime Minister, Calvin Armstrong Rwomire Akiiki, following a wave of …

  SPECIAL REPORT | Tanzania is courting investment in transport, logistics and technology as it seeks the next phase of growth. Lennox Yieke reports. At $90.14bn, Tanzania’s 2025 GDP is roughly 36% higher than the $66.07bn recorded in 2020 and nearly double the $47.41bn figure reported in 2015. The economy …

    COMMENT | ANDREW MUSANJE |  Uganda’s ambition to grow its economy tenfold, from US$50 billion to US$500 billion by 2040, is one of the biggest economic targets ever set. However, achieving it will require more than increased agricultural production, industrialisation, tourism, mineral development and technological innovation. We need …

  Hoima, Uganda | NEWS ANALYSIS | The 20-year-long wait for Ugandans to see first oil is almost over. With the East African Crude Oil Pipeline currently above 90% complete, officials are fully convinced that oil will flow before this year ends. While attention of the majority is understandably focused …

    Bunyangabu, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT |  More than 78 residents of Bunyangabu District secured employment and practical construction skills through a Movit Foundation education infrastructure project that has culminated in the handover of a five-classroom block at Kadindimo Primary School. Officials said the project demonstrated an approach to …

  Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT |  In a move that underscores the growing influence of East African digital talent on international pop culture, the management team of multi-platinum global pop star Jason Derulo has initiated direct outreach to digital creator and creative director Majorboy for a strategic content collaboration. …