Uganda Moves to Convert Australian Tourism Interest Into Visitor Numbers After Countrywide Familiarisation Tour.   Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | A delegation of Australian tourism professionals who recently completed a countrywide familiarisation tour across Uganda has met Uganda’s High Commissioner to Australia for a strategic reflection on how …

BEIJING | Xinhua | Russian President Vladimir Putin’s upcoming visit to China is widely expected to elevate bilateral relations further and inject much-needed stability and positive momentum into a turbulent world. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the China-Russia strategic partnership of coordination and the 25th …

COMMENT | PAULINE NANTONGO | Today, many organisations are learning that employees are their most important asset. Buildings, money, and technology are important, but it is people who make an organisation successful. When employees are valued, supported, and motivated, they work better and help the organisation grow. According to the …

        COMMENT | BOUBAKER BEN-BELHASSEN | The tea in your cup began its journey in someone else’s hands. Hands whose work most of us never think about. Almost certainly, those hands belonged to a smallholder farmer tending a small plot of land, plucking leaves by hand beneath …

Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT |   Reach A Hand has launched the latest edition of “Beyond the Canvas” with a renowned global motivational speaker, Nick Vujicic, headlining the unveiling at Reach A Hand, Africa Headquarters in Kampala, Lungujja on May 18, 2026. Now in its 3rd edition, running under the …

  COMMENT | CRISPIN KAHERU | Come to think of it, the problem is not democracy. The problem is the bureaucracy of democracy. It is the forms, the noise, the elbowing, and the sudden appearance of all manner of candidates who discover public service only when a chair is about to …

The announcement coincided with a strong improvement in the bank’s financial performance Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The East African Development Bank (EADB) has launched a $13mn fund targeting youth- and women-led enterprises, as the regional lender moves to deepen access to development finance across East Africa. The facility …

Uganda’s private sector pushes for reform of a disputed tax appeals requirement   Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | For any business in Uganda, receiving a tax assessment from the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) is normal. What is becoming impossible, however, is paying to challenge it. Under Section 15(1) of …

Africa Forward Summit adopts 11-point Nairobi declaration to advance inclusive growth, innovation   Nairobi, Kenya | AGENCIES | Leaders from African countries and France a week back adopted the Nairobi Declaration at the Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi, setting out priority areas for cooperation on security, trade, energy and technology …

  Unemployment and poverty pose major challenges for President Museveni’s seventh term, while his age and long rule prompt questions about Uganda’s future beyond his leadership   NEWS ANALYSIS | CAI NEBE | As Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni was sworn in on May 12, observers and political leaders across East Africa reflected on the trajectory …