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Uganda’s national airline confronts the limits of scale, strategy and state control   COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Airlines, the national carrier relaunched in 2019 to reconnect the country to international markets, has temporarily grounded its entire long-haul fleet, a move that has disrupted flights to London and …

  The Infrastructure gap threatening Uganda’s AI Independence Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME |  For Uganda, a nation with a young, tech-hungry population and a budding startup ecosystem, the race to innovate is hitting a physical wall: a critical shortage of Tier III data centres. While the world debates the …

But it’s not just age that affects male fertility COMMENT | THERESA LARKIN | When we talk about a biological clock ticking, it usually means the pressure women feel to fall pregnant before a certain age. It’s linked to the decline in eggs (ova) and fertility as females age. But …

However, experts warn that protectionist tendencies risk undermining COMESA’s regional market Kampala, Uganda  | JULIUS BUSINGE | Twelve years after its conception, Uganda’s Buy Uganda, Build Uganda (BUBU) policy has become both a symbol of the country’s industrial ambition and a test case for how far national preference can stretch …

Rapid urbanisation, population growth and climate variability have strained existing networks, leading to intermittent supply in some areas   Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Millions of residents in northern and western Kampala are poised to benefit from more reliable water supply as the National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC), …

The $4 billion-plus pipeline, now about 79% complete, is designed to export crude from Uganda’s Lake Albert oilfields to Tanzania’s Indian Ocean port of Tanga Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Uganda is approaching a pivotal economic moment, according to Stanbic Bank Uganda Chief Executive Mumba Kalifungwa, who said the country must …

The inspiring story of Alex Amooti Nyakabwa, an extraordinary human being who lived an ordinary life THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | I had promised to write a second part of the Sino-US global competition when, last Thursday, February 12, my bestestestest friend, Alex Edith Busingye Amooti Nyakabwa, left …

Gaps in Uganda’s digital ID rollout could exclude people with disabilities from critical public services SPECIAL REPORT | RONALD MUSOKE | When on Feb. 9, Claire Ollama, the friendly and polyglottic Registrar of the National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA), declared  the nationwide digital ID registration and renewal exercise “successfully concluded,” …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | After ten years at the helm of the Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU), Ernest Rubondo is stepping down, leaving behind a legacy that has significantly shaped Uganda’s oil and gas sector, even before the first barrel of oil is produced. He will officially leave office …

Experts warn of loss of control under ‘highly conditional’ deals   NEWS ANALYSIS | JOHN MUSENZE | A new wave of bilateral health deals with the United States is facing growing resistance across Africa, as courts, civil society groups and public-health experts question how the deals reconfigure control over health data, pathogen …