Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Quality Chemical Industries Limited (Qcil) has called for stronger cooperation between Uganda and Nigeria to expand pharmaceutical manufacturing, strengthen regional medicine supply chains and improve access to quality-assured medicines across Africa. The call was made during the Uganda–Nigeria Business Forum and Exhibition held in …
Read More »South African golf professionals here for Pearl of Africa tour
September 16 Pro Am, Entebbe Club POA Sunshine Development tour Sept 17-19 Entebbe, Uganda | PHILLIP CORRY | The Pearl of Africa Golf Series (POA) that starts today in Entebbe has been given an international boost with the arrival of 21 professionals who play on the Sunshine Tour. The POA …
Read More »Will Uganda’s NIN tax push deliver more revenue?
SPECIAL REPORT | Uganda is betting that replacing the Tax Identification Number (TIN) with the National Identification Number (NIN) will widen the tax base and curb leakage. But with millions already registered for tax, the harder test is whether better identification can actually translate into more revenue, reports Ronald …
Read More »A transition on Canvas
From a senior art lecturer at Makerere University Art School to now a full-time artist in his retirement, Paul Lubowa uses his phase in his life to self- discover himself as an artist and individual, and through the process creates art that permeate with new energy and rhythm. …
Read More »Tooro gets a new king, but not an easy succession
Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | For more than three decades, King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV was one of the most recognisable figures in Uganda’s traditional life. He became king of Tooro in 1995, when he was just three years old. His coronation turned him …
Read More »Can Kidepo make it four? Uganda’s rangers prepare for wildlife challenge
Kampala, Uganda | URN | Kidepo Valley’s rangers will return to the Wildlife Ranger Challenge this month with a target on their backs. The team has won Uganda’s annual 21-kilometre “Race for Wildlife” for three consecutive years. On 19 September, it will attempt to make it four — this time …
Read More »Uganda’s first oil delayed yet again, new target set for June 2027
Kampala, Uganda | URN | Uganda’s long-awaited first commercial oil production is now expected by June 2027, after the government again revised its production timeline, raising fresh questions about a project whose delivery dates have shifted repeatedly over the past two decades. The latest indication was given when Finance Minister …
Read More »Why Uganda’s crude oil was named ‘Pearl Sweet’
NEWS ANALYSIS | URN | The decision by the government to name its crude oil “Pearl Sweet” has generated debate, with some questioning why the crude oil to be produced from the Albertine Graben needs a name as the country approaches first oil. The debate has gained traction on social …
Read More »EXPERTS: Uganda’s education export boom built without a strategy
Kampala, Uganda | URN | Uganda has failed to turn foreign students into an education export industry, according to findings from Makerere-based Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC). Researchers warn that the country has never turned its advantages in the education sector into a serious economic strategy, and the advantage may …
Read More »IGAD REPORT: Uganda emerges as a major migration destination, transit hub
Kampala, Uganda | URN | Uganda is emerging as an increasingly important destination and transit country for migrants in the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) region, with more than 1.2 million people arriving in the country and 1.3 million departing in 2022, according to a regional migration report. The …
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