By Maryann Wanjiku Michuki There is a truth many of us quietly live with: in Uganda, one medical emergency can change everything. A Twitter user once captured it painfully well...
This festive season, Pearl Bank (formerly PostBank Uganda) reminded customers that banking can still feel human, warm, and personal, as it concluded its Christmas campaign dubbed “Pearl Santa.” The campaign...
In a sweeping diplomatic shake-up that has resonated across continents, the Trump administration is recalling nearly 30 U.S. ambassadors and senior career diplomats from posts around the world, a move...
When Dr. Richard Wemesa was announced as second runner-up at the 2025 Best Farmers Awards, the applause that followed did not merely celebrate a well-run farm in Wakiso District. The...
Mobile money agents are the engine of Uganda’s everyday economy, and this is most visible on weekends. From Friday evening through Sunday, transaction volumes surge as customers trade, pay, and...
The Covid-19 pandemic saw a rise in bad debts and provisions for loan losses. But this had little effect on balance sheets as banks turned from loans to other assets
President Museveni has lauded Uganda Airlines after flying with the national carrier yesterday on his way to Tanzania to sign oil agreements. On his twitter handle, the President said: “I…
Illegal power connections are not only the cause for most deaths by electrocution but also cost the economy electricity needed to power businesses and light up communities in which we…
Microsoft is retiring Internet Explorer, the browser it created more than 25 years and is now largely abandoned as people instead, use competitors like Google’s Chrome or Apple’s Safari. “We…
The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has recovered UGX2.1 billion from 1,445 seizures of smuggled goods between May 2020 and April 2021. A URA report for the period ended April indicates…
Total E&P Uganda, through its contractor Mota-Engil Uganda has commenced site preparation activities for the Industrial Area in Kasenyi village, located in Ngwedo Sub-County, Buliisa District. The site preparation activities…
Standard Chartered Bank Uganda has announced the appointment of Maria Kiwanuka to its Board as an Independent Non- Executive Director. Kiwanuka is a senior economist with 14 years’ experience at…
Uganda’s President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is today expected in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania to complete the signing of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline agreement. The signing ceremony will take…
In a bid to assist Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) with capital to expand their enterprises, African private equity fund manager Ascent has unveiled the second phase of Ascent Rift…
Uganda’s pension sector has undergone a setback in growth during March 2021 with contributory schemes registering a reduction in contributions and a notable increase in withdrawals. A policy brief authored…
