In The Magazine

  COVER STORY | For a decade, President Yoweri Museveni has promised, and repeatedly proclaimed, Uganda’s arrival in the lower-middle-income club. The World Bank keeps saying not yet. Behind the numbers lies a deeper contest over growth, population, political legacy and who gets to define Uganda’s economic progress, reports Ronald …

  The BWP409 million in new proceeds will be used to strengthen the group’s balance sheet, support its pursuit of an A financial strength rating, expand its core underwriting business   NEWS ANALYSIS | THE INDEPENDENT | Africa’s re-insurer, Continental Reinsurance Holdings Limited, has opened a $156.1 million public offer …

Accusations of plagiarism have become a potent way to undermine someone’s credibility, and if a claim is substantiated, the plagiarist is seen as dishonest   COMMENT | ROGER J. KREUZ | After a meteoric rise to the top ranks of British academia, scholar Jason Arday was found dead at his London …

  Transition to Muhoozi’s UPDF generation nearly complete   Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | Nineteen generals of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) retired from active service on August 20 in what is likely one of the army’s biggest senior-level retirements in recent years. It also marked the end …

  Uganda detected poliovirus in May 2024, prompting health authorities to strengthen surveillance and outbreak response activities   Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda and four other African countries have been cleared of recent polio outbreaks after independent assessments found no evidence that the virus is still spreading. The …

  Union Transport Alliance launches Union Online Duuka, powered by Rukapay   Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Katonga Hall at Hotel Africana today was filled with smiles. The mood was euphoric. One could sense that a final piece of the jigsaw puzzle in raising the profile of Uganda’s …

Strong revenue growth and strategic lending drive Stanbic’s strongest first-half performance   Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Stanbic Uganda Holdings Limited (SUHL) has posted a 28.2% increase in net profit for the first half of 2026, highlighting the resilience of Uganda’s banking sector even as businesses continue to grapple …

  Kolawole Adeniyi has spent the past four months leading Glovo Uganda as its general manager. A trained pharmacist from Obafemi Awolowo University, he holds an MBA from IE Business School in Madrid. Before joining Glovo Uganda, he held leadership positions at Danone, Airtel and Jumia in Nigeria. He also …

  SPECIAL REPORT | For three weeks, 52 participants from different professions and backgrounds were enrolled into a course that sought to interrogate assumptions, test evidence, recognise manipulation and rethink how they engage with people around them. At their graduation on Aug.7, the first cohort of Makerere University’s Critical Thinking …

  How foreign capital is reshaping the ports, railways and logistics networks connecting East Africa to global markets and what that means for the region’s economic future    NEWS ANALYSIS | IAN KATUSIIME  |  At Tanzania’s Indian Ocean coast, the port of Dar es Salaam is emerging as a crucial gateway …