Kampala, Uganda | URN | State Minister for Mineral Development Phiona Nyamutoro has said that Uganda needs to ensure that its mineral wealth generates maximum value for Ugandans. Nyamutoro said Uganda’s mining sector must move beyond the extraction and export of raw minerals to create productive investment, employment, industrial capacity …

Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Minister of State for Gender and Culture Mary Kamuli Kuteesa has urged Ugandans to support local entrepreneurs by buying their products, saying domestic demand is critical to helping small businesses grow and create jobs. When asked about the government’s strategy to connect local entrepreneurs …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ecobank Uganda has launched a digital lending facility that allows eligible merchants to access up to Shs70 million in working capital based on their digital transaction history rather than physical collateral. The Electronic Merchant Cash Advance (eMCA) is designed to provide short-term financing to …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Uganda Shilling has continued to weaken against the US Dollar, with the official Bank of Uganda (BoU) exchange rate reaching new highs on Tuesday. The dollar was quoted at 3,919 Shillings on the official market, while commercial banks were selling it for as much …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | Uganda Development Bank’s Managing Director, Patricia Adongo Ojangole, says institutional collapse rarely happens suddenly, suggesting that institutions weaken gradually, through ignored risks, broken controls, compromised governance, and small ethical decisions that accumulate over time. She used this analogy to warn and urge newly qualified internal …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | President Yoweri Museveni has ruled out the transportation of petroleum products across Lake Victoria, warning that an accident involving a fuel vessel could contaminate one of Uganda’s most important freshwater resources. Museveni said Uganda should instead rely on pipelines and railways to move petroleum products, …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | Long after the final Amen has faded, the melodies remain. Every Sunday, in Catholic churches across Uganda, congregations rise in unison to sing the songs that defined their faith: “Tusimbe ffena mukisinde,” “Alifuga Ensi Yonna,” “Ndi mu ssanyu lingi,” “Ndisiimisaaki nze Omukama,” and “Ddunda tusasire.” …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | President Yoweri Museveni has commissioned the construction of the Kampala Storage Terminal (KST), a major infrastructure project in the oil and gas industry. The terminal, located in Nsujjumpolwe Village, Kiringente Sub-county, Mpigi District, off the Kampala-Mityana Road, will serve as a petroleum storage facility for finished …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | The High Court in Kampala has heard that the Criminal Investigations Department of Police paid UGX 59,300,000 to Makerere University’s Institute of Languages Project Account for transcription services of audios and videos arising from various meetings in which jailed Dr Kizza Besigye and others discussed a …

Geneva, Switzerland | URN | The World Health Organisation says the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is showing encouraging signs of slowing in some areas, but continues to grow and kill, with cases rising sharply in North Kivu. WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says transmission is …