Staff at some restaurants and bars are paid just over $2 (£1.50) an hour, and they expect customers to tip about 20% of the total cost of the bill so they can earn a living London, UK | AGENCIES | Many international fans visiting the US for the World …
Read More »Over 170,000 farmers reaping from French agency, Pearl Bank sh64 billion package to boost Ugandan agriculture
French Ambassador Impressed by Impact of Agric-Financing Extended Through Pearl Bank Mbarara, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Over 170,000 individual and farmer groups are already reaping from a Pearl Bank and AFD partnership for a concessional credit line of €15 million Sh60 billion and an additional €1 million (Sh4 billion) …
Read More »🔴 Anthony Natif notes from Court: Uganda Vs Molly Katanga and Others June 29/2026
DNA evidence before court is incapable of proving who fired the gun that ended Mr Henry Katanga’s life, says a British DNA forensics expert SPECIAL REPORT | ANTHONY NATIF | As recorded in the case Uganda Vs Molly Katanga and adapted from @TonyNatif on X. **** In February 2026, …
Read More »Clean energy: How Elsmart is turning agricultural waste into a business revolution
Mbarara, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | When Matovu Muhudi watched his mother struggle with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) after years of cooking over smoky traditional stoves, he saw more than a family tragedy. He saw a public health crisis affecting millions of Ugandans. Rather than continue treating the symptoms …
Read More »How Enersave turned Results-Based Financing into a clean cooking success story
Mukono, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Less than two years after its establishment, Enersave Enterprises Limited has transformed from a fledgling clean energy business into one of Uganda’s emerging players in the clean cooking sector, earning recognition as a hub under the Uganda National Alliance on Clean Cooking (UNACC). The …
Read More »How Kakande built a Shs450m clean cooking business
Mubende, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | When Osward Kakande watched his mother struggle with persistent coughs and headaches caused by smoke from traditional cooking stoves, he never imagined that her suffering would inspire a business now valued at more than Shs450 million. Today, the founder and director of Mubende …
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COMMENT | NNANDA KIZITO SSERUWAGI | Chinese President Xi Jinping, is one of the most consequential world leaders of our time. Both his leadership style and ideological persuasion are unique. He features distinctively, even when compared to former Chinese leaders in recent memory. His worldview – the ideological and thought …
Read More »MTN Uganda faces sh2.3 billion charge for malicious prosecution of Mwami
Kampala, Uganda | URN | MTN Uganda Limited has been ordered to pay more than 2.3 billion shillings to its former Senior Manager, Richard Mwami, after finding that the telecommunications company maliciously instigated his prosecution in the MTN Mobile Money fraud case. Mwami, who served as Senior Manager for MTN …
Read More »U.S. Supreme Court rejects Republican challenge to restrict mail-in voting grace periods
WASHINGTON | Xinhua |The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a Republican National Committee challenge to restrict mail-in voting grace periods, ruling that elections officials may continue to count mail-in ballots that arrive after election day if they were mailed by deadline. “The Framers recognized the difficulty of crafting …
Read More »Africa urged to seize geopolitical upheaval as trade opportunities, Afreximbank says
To improve the continent’s competitiveness, the bank calls for faster implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area Cairo, Egypt | THE INDEPENDENT | Africa has outperformed the global economy despite mounting geopolitical tensions, giving the continent an opportunity to accelerate industrialisation and deepen regional trade if governments …
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