Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | The Public Relations Association of Uganda (PRAU) will launch celebrations to mark its Golden Jubilee with a run on Friday May 22. This year’s PRAU Run, held under the theme “Run for the PRAU Home” forms part of a series of activities the Association has …
Read More »FOOD SECURITY: Stanbic, agribusiness leaders fight counterfeit inputs
Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Stakeholders in Uganda’s agriculture sector have called for stronger collaboration between financial institutions, regulators, manufacturers and farmers to combat counterfeit agricultural inputs and strengthen food security efforts across Sub-Saharan Africa. The call was made during the second edition of the CropLife Uganda Symposium held at …
Read More »Busoga health outreach marks climax of dfcu Bank 62nd anniversary celebrations
Thousands attend “dfcu Humanity Day” Community Health Camp in Busoga Jinja, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Thousands trekked to Walukuba West Gardens in Jinja City May 14th as dfcu Bank commemorated 62 years with a renewed commitment to “transforming lives and businesses in Uganda”. The bank hosted a large-scale Great Community Health Camp …
Read More »EQUITY PROGRAM: From classroom dreams to national impact
Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | For many young Ugandans, education is more than a pursuit of academic success. It is a bridge to opportunity, leadership, and transformation. For Fatmah Yusuf Gram, a young scholar from Fort Portal, that bridge became clearer through the Equity Leaders Program (ELP), a flagship initiative …
Read More »Rachel Kabala on having security of lifetime income
Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | By the time many people retire, they begin winding down. Not Rachel Kabala. Energetic and purposeful, Kabala is the kind of person who seems to have replaced the word “retirement” with “reinvention”. A retired corporate executive, she now runs a law firm in Wakiso, works …
Read More »Uganda challenges visiting Australians to share the Pearl of Africa story when they return home
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 …
Read More »China-Russia all-round partnership helps anchor the world amid turbulence
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 …
Read More »Why employee wellbeing matters for organizational success
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 …
Read More »Tea’s future depends on its farmers
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 …
Read More »Reach A Hand launches Beyond The Canvas, 2026 edition
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 …
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