Protect Learners’ Well-being During Exams   COMMENT | MEVIN LINNET KYAKUWA |  I will never forget the day we were called out of the main hall just as we prepared to sit our first examination paper. The examination papers were ready, supervisors were moving around the room, learners were …

BEIJING | Xinhua |  China’s foreign trade maintained sound momentum in the first three quarters of 2026, with both exports and imports growing rapidly and the overall growth rate reaching its highest level for the same period in five years, official data showed Wednesday. The country’s total imports and exports …

    CHENGDU | Xinhua |  When Ngorcog was a child growing up on the vast grasslands of Sichuan Province in southwest China, she never imagined that barley and fruit would one day “fall from the sky.” For the young Tibetan woman, cargo transport used to rely on horses and …

  Uganda’s Green Economy Push Takes Centre Stage at CEO Breakfast Meeting   Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The conversation around Uganda’s green transition is no longer about whether the country can afford it. It is about whether it can afford not to act. That was the message from …

  C-care completes acquisition of Roswell Hospital   Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  C-Care has today completed the acquisition of Roswell Hospital, a 30-bed multi-speciality hospital located in Kampala’s Central Business District. The hospital officially joined the C-Care network following the completion of the transaction on 8 September 2026. An …

  State-linked infrastructure group targets KSh68bn in annual revenue by 2030 as it seeks to capitalise on East Africa’s growing petroleum trade   Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT |  Kenya Pipeline Company Plc is seeking to expand beyond its traditional business of transporting and storing petroleum products, targeting annual revenue …

  COMMENT | NANTEZA SARAH KYOBE |  What can Sh1 million mean to a family struggling to make ends meet? For someone running a booming business, it may seem like a little amount. But for a farmer who has spent years watching opportunities pass by because of a lack of capital, …

  The Bank of Uganda cut its growth forecast for the 2026/27 financial year to between 6% and 6.5%, from an earlier projection of 7% to 7.5%   Kampala, Uganda | AGENCIES | Uganda’s central bank has raised its benchmark interest rate to 12% for the first time in two …

  Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Uganda and South Sudan have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on trade, with officials saying joint technical committees will be set up to oversee its implementation and tackle delays and costs facing traders on the route between the two countries. The deal …

  The strongest protection is not just raising interest rates or special windows for dollars. It is building an economy that sells more than it buys from the rest of the world    COMMENT | MORRISON RWAKAKAMBA | In simple words, Uganda needs to earn more dollars than it spends, year …