From Cocoa Farmer to Agribusiness Leader: How Global Exposure Expanded Joan Kantu’s Vision Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | As one of the winners of the 2025 Best Farmers Awards, Joan Kantu is part of a growing class of Ugandan agripreneurs demonstrating that agriculture can be both profitable …
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Gulu, Uganda | URN | Police have confirmed that 14 people were killed in Tuesday night’s head-on collision involving a bus belonging to Opit Travellers and a trailer along the Kampala-Gulu Highway in Omoro District. The crash occurred at about 9:30 p.m. at Kulu Otit Village in Bobi Sub-County, where …
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The system famed for having the stability of government at its core has suddenly started shedding prime ministers like winter coats in the height of summer COMMENT | TONY MCNULTY | This is not the UK’s first leadership transition in government, and it is unlikely to be the last. …
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Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | More than 30 founders and business leaders from diverse sectors recently convened in Kampala for the Inaugural Founders Nexus, a first-of-its-kind retreat designed to create a space for reflection, learning, collaboration, and collective problem-solving among founders. The Founders Nexus is a summit of social entrepreneurs …
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Digital procurement oversight expands across 1,296 government projects Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | The Ugandan government has begun digitally monitoring public projects worth approximately Shs1.2 trillion ($320 million) as authorities step up reforms aimed at improving spending efficiency, strengthening contract oversight and reducing procurement-related losses. The Public Procurement …
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Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Equity Bank Uganda is positioning itself at the center of Uganda’s growing clean energy transition, unveiling an aggressive financing strategy aimed at making solar technologies, clean cooking systems, and renewable energy solutions more affordable for households, schools, farmers, and small businesses across the country. As …
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Wetlands are a powerful ally in climate resilience we cant’t afford to overlook COMMENT | MEGAN ELDRED | We are losing one of our most powerful natural allies against climate change, and yet we are barely paying attention. At London Climate Action Week (June 20-28), the focus was rightly …
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Strategic communication must go beyond headlines, Lumumba tells PR professionals Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Strategic communication should be embedded in leadership and decision-making rather than limited to media publicity, the Minister for Information, Communications Technology and National Guidance, Justine Kasule Lumumba, has said. Speaking as chief guest …
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Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Stanbic Bank Uganda has cut its lending rate to 10% per annum for agriculture-based savings and credit cooperative organisations (SACCOs), in a move that underscores rising competition among lenders targeting Uganda’s rural financial ecosystem. The reduced rate is aimed at improving access to …
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A new investigation reveals that Facebook, Instagram and Meta’s other social media platforms have evolved into the world’s largest online marketplace for illegal wildlife trade, with recommendation algorithms, engagement tools and monetization systems helping traffickers reach millions of potential buyers while endangered species pay the ultimate price, reports Ronald …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
