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  Direct intra-African connectivity would improve efficiency and the resilience of the continent’s aviation system   NEWS ANALYSIS | ARTHUR SHIRICHENA – The Conversation.com | When conflict erupted in the Middle East in 2026, the consequences were felt far beyond the region. One was the disruption to Gulf airspace. The …

  Uganda’s seven-decade electricity journey reveals the gap between generating electricity and getting it reliably into homes, businesses and communities   Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | On April 29, 1954, Uganda switched on a new chapter in its economic history. At Owen Falls, where the Nile leaves Lake Victoria, the country’s …

  From Kampala to New York, Islamabad, Riyadh, Paris and Moscow, Otunnu has turned his late campaign into a diplomatic roadshow   COVER STORY | RONALD MUSOKE | At 76, Olara Otunnu has embarked on an extraordinary diplomatic odyssey, travelling from capital to capital with former Prime Minister Dr Ruhakana Rugunda, …

  A newly developed automated call system can check on them between hospital visits   SPECIAL REPORT  | JOHN MUSENZE – SciDev.net | In Uganda, where cancer patients can travel hundreds of kilometres to access cancer treatment, an automated voice call system is helping doctors monitor them between treatments. The …

  As Uganda pursues a US$500bn economy, policymakers face a difficult question: how much revenue can the country afford to sacrifice in the pursuit of growth?   Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Uganda’s tax policy is facing an increasingly important test: whether the revenue government gives up through exemptions, …

  There is therefore a possibility that the projects could compete for crude supplies and regional markets   Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  East Africa is moving towards a new era in oil refining, with major projects planned in Kenya and Uganda and another proposed in Tanzania as governments …

  As Uganda targets a US$500 billion economy, pension leaders say deeper savings could provide the patient capital needed for transformation   Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Uganda’s ambition to transform its economy could increasingly depend on how effectively the country mobilises and invests the savings of its workers. …

  The professionals who help move, hide and legitimise Uganda’s dirty money   Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | Uganda could be losing more than Shs2 trillion a year to illicit financial flows (IFFs), with trade misinvoicing alone estimated to have created a $6.6 billion gap between what Uganda reported …

  The race, the rangers and the cost of protecting Uganda’s wild places   SPECIAL REPORT | RONALD MUSOKE | At around six o’clock on the morning of September 19, as the first orange light of the sun began to spread across the savannah in the northern sector of Murchison Falls …

    The pension fund has declared an interest rate of 22.53 percent for the financial year 2025/26, translating into Sh5.44 trillion   Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda’s biggest pool of long-term domestic savings has delivered its strongest return yet, putting the National Social Security Fund at the …