C-Care Uganda Strengthens Strategic Media Partnerships at Appreciation Media Breakfast Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | C-Care Uganda has assembled dozens of top specialists and is widening its network across the country to provide an alternative to seeking treatment abroad. “We want to change the perception that for a Ugandan …
Read More »German travel partners given a feel of Uganda’s tourism potential
Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Embassy of the Republic of Uganda in Berlin, in collaboration with the Uganda Tourism Board (UTB), has concluded a ten-day familiarization trip for twelve (12) German travel trade partners. The initiative, themed “Experience Uganda, the Pearl of Africa,” aimed to showcase Uganda’s rich …
Read More »UDB champions green finance as Uganda prepares for COP30
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Development Bank Limited (UDB) has announced its role as the lead sponsor of the Ugandan Pavilion at the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30), set to take place from November 10 to 21 in Belém, Brazil. The pavilion will serve as the …
Read More »AfDB grants Uganda €217 million for cross-border road project
Kampala, Uganda | Agencies | Africa’s multi-lateral lender, African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved an additional €217.37 million ($250.78 million) in financing to the Ugandan government for the completion of the Busega–Mpigi and Kagitumba–Kayonza–Rusumo Roads Project, a critical transport corridor linking Uganda and Rwanda. The new funding is expected to ease …
Read More »Tanzanian ICT commission in Uganda for 3-day benchmarking tour
NITA-U hosts delegation from the Tanzania ICT Commission Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Tanzanian Information and Communication Technologies Commission (ICTC) has started a three day benchmarking tour to Uganda that will see the two countries share knowledge on data protection, ICT regulation, cyberspace crime and computer emergency response. The delegation …
Read More »Kenya favourites for AGC Region IV event due in Madagascar
Kenya favourites for AGC Region IV event due in Madagascar ANTANANARIVO | Kenya will be seeking a fourth straight title when the Africa Golf Confederation – Region IV Competition 2025 tees off from November 25 to 29, 2025, at the prestigious Golf du Rova Luxury Hotel, PK 20 Andakana, Antananarivo – Madagascar. This …
Read More »Zohran Mamdani
34 years from Kampala to New York city mayor COVER STORY | JOSEPH WERE | The historic rise of Zohran Mamdani who was born in Kampala in 1991 to become the chief executive of the wealthiest and power-packed city in the world has excited Ugandans in the same way the rise …
Read More »New IGG, DPP sworn in
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s new Inspector General of Government, Justice Aisha Naluzze, and new Director of Public Prosecutions, Lino Anguzu, as well as new Principal Judge Justice Jane Frances Abodo, have been sworn in. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni presided over the swearing-in at Mbale State Lodge. Lady Justice Abodo …
Read More »SOPHIA: NGO offers sh40million for lead to finding Dutch girl missing in Uganda
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A European NGO has offered €10,000 (UGSh 40 million) for a decisive tip leading to tracing Dutch national Sophia Koetsier, who disappeared in Uganda in 2015. On October 28, 2015, 21-year-old Dutch national Sophia disappeared in Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda. Despite several searches by …
Read More »Uganda’s Credify Africa and Kanzu Finance into final of MEST Africa Challenge 2025
Absa and MEST Africa announce the Top 10 finalists for the MEST Africa Challenge 2025 Johannesburg, South Africa | THE INDEPENDENT | Two Ugandan startups have made it to the list of Top 10 finalists of the MEST Africa Challenge (MAC) 2025. Credify Africa Inc and Kanzu Finance Ltd from Uganda, …
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