SPECIAL FEATURE | THE INDEPENDENT | Her name is Alma Daizy Namunswa. Online, she is known as Mummy Gadgets What began in the boot of her car during Uganda’s COVID-19 lockdown has grown into Mummy Gadgets, a Kampala-based retail brand. Her journey mirrors the wider transformation of Uganda’s retail …

    Five Women-Led Startups Receive $10,000 Each Under Standard Chartered Foundation Women in Tech Programme   Kampala, Uganda | NEW CORRESPONDENT |  Five women-led technology and tech-enabled businesses have received a combined US$50,000 (about Shs185 million) in catalytic funding to support the next phase of their growth under the Standard …

  Why the man behind the restaurant has become part of the story   FEATURE | THE INDEPENDENT | Chef Mutebi Amiri is known publicly through several identities at once. He is a restaurateur, a chef, a businessman, a former entertainment promoter and a digital personality. He is also associated …

    The East African nation is trying to build alternative fuel routes rather than depend on a single route   NEWS ANALYSIS | JULIUS BUSINGE |  Uganda’s oil story has, for more than a decade, been told from the shores of Lake Albert.  That is where the country’s biggest …

    Waste generation in the region increased to 180 million tonnes in 2023 from 90 million tonnes in 2010, according to a presentation by Gift Gabriel Mbuya of the East African Business Council   Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | East African governments and businesses have launched a regional …

  Latif Sebagala, Odonga Otto, et al.; Opposition is decamping to NRM   COMMENT | OBED K. KATUREEBE | Sometime in 2016, President Yoweri Museveni vowed to neutralise the cantankerous Opposition political parties completely. In his view they were not adding helpful political hygiene to Uganda’s political development. He made the …

  Three-year partnership will combine trade finance, insurance and reinsurance expertise to build skills across African markets   AFRICA NEWS  | ISAAC KHISA | The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and ZEP-RE have signed a three-year agreement to strengthen professional and institutional capacity in trade, insurance, reinsurance, risk management and trade …

    Entebbe, Uganda | UGU MEDIA | Superlatives are about to be exhausted for Ronald Rugumayo. With a fifth straight professional title and yet again the lion’s share of the kitty, the message from him is ‘Catch Me If You Can.’ Quite clearly, Rugumayo today is competing against himself. You …

  Entebbe, Uganda | PHILLIP CORRY |  Ronald Rugumayo has claimed the Pearl of Africa Sunshine Development tour tournament title at Entebbe Club by 4 strokes. The Ugandan ace won the first and inaugural Sunshine Development tour tournament in the country after carding 67, 64, 69 for a 13 under par score …

    Entebbe, Uganda | PHILLIP CORRY | Ronald Rugumayo’s recent form means he will take charge of the Pearl of Africa Sunshine Development tour tournament until anyone challenges him here at Entebbe Club. Rugumayo shot a round of 11 under par 64 Friday to surge top the leaderboard today …