Sydney, Australia | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Uganda’s High Commissioner to Australia, Dorothy Samali Hyuha, has led her country’s charge at the ongoing International Mining and Resources Conference and Expo (IMARC 2026) in Sydney, turning diplomatic engagement into a direct pitch for mining investment. Having attended the previous edition primarily …

  SPECIAL REPORT | Uganda insists it has contained its Bundibugyo virus disease outbreak, but cases in Kenya and Nigeria, conflicting accounts of the patients’ movements and questions about the source of infection have put its public-health assurances under renewed scrutiny, reports Ronald Musoke. In May, this year, as Uganda …

  SPECIAL REPORT |  Daniel Dramile, a psychiatric nurse at Oli Health Centre in Arua City, Uganda, was part of a small team who staffed the facility’s Ebola isolation centre during the country’s recent Ebola outbreak in 2026. Dramile emphasizes the importance of mental health during disease outbreak response, especially within …

    200 Ugandan returnees get financial training as government pledges Shs2bn   Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | A group of 200 Ugandans who returned from South Africa have undergone financial literacy and business training as they seek to rebuild their livelihoods and establish income-generating enterprises back home. The …

  ‘The IPC findings will guide investments in food security, nutrition and resilience under Uganda’s NDP IV, aligning collective action with national priorities and the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework 2026–2030’   Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja has called on development partners and international agencies …

  The EAC framework is intended to make national systems more compatible, rather than replace the responsibilities of individual regulators   Cotonou, Benin | AGENCIES | Eight East African countries have adopted a common regulatory framework for biopesticides, in a move that could reduce approval delays, widen farmers’ access to …

      Mombasa, Kenya | NEWS CORRESPONENT |  Ugandan and Kenyan private-sector bodies have signed three agreements on tourism, trade and investment at a regional summit in Mombasa, Kenya. The memoranda of understanding (MoUs) were signed on the opening day of the fifth Uganda–Kenya Coast Tourism and Innovation Summit …

  Kampala, Uganda | PHILLIP CORRY | Team Uganda swept the 11th edition of the Africa Aquatics Zone III swimming championship held from 21 to 25 October at Kampala International School of Uganda, Bukoto. Uganda, which entered teams in all the categories, including the Masters, scooped the highest number of …

    Manufacturers and policymakers urged cheaper finance, predictable trade policies and reliable local raw materials to help factories compete with imports   NEWS ANALYSIS | THE INDEPENDENT | East Africa has plenty of hides, cotton and oilseeds. What it lacks is the industrial capacity to turn them into shoes, …

  The proposed UGX 8.3 billion FinTech Fund presents an opportunity to address Uganda’s structural financing gap   COMMENT | ELECTINE OYAGA | Uganda’s digital financial economy is expanding, but the businesses powering this growth face a critical constraint: access to capital. While millions of Ugandans are increasingly using digital …