Airtel, SPIRO Team Up to Remove Fumes from The Last-Mile Telecom Distribution
By Brian Musaasizi Airtel Uganda has partnered with SPIRO, Africa's leading electric mobility Solution provider, to adopt electric motorcycles into its distribution...
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FUNDING THAT WORKED! How Equity Bank’s Results-Based Financing Turned Enersave into a Clean Cooking Leader
Our Reporter Less than two years after its establishment, Enersave Enterprises Limited has transformed from a fledgling clean energy business...
DON’T JUST TALK INCLUSION—SPEND ON IT! How Businesses Can Use Their Buying Power to Expand Economic Opportunity
By Sylvia Mulinge, CEO, MTN Uganda Across industries, organisations are investing significant effort in building more diverse and inclusive workplaces....
ROBOTICS KIDS CONQUER THE WORLD! Uganda Wins Gold at the International Greenwich Olympiad in London
13-year-old's fruit-picking robot beats the world's best as two more Ugandan innovators earn global honours Uganda has won a Gold...
KCCA Set to Launch Online Radio Station to Speak Directly to K’la
Kampala residents should get ready to tune in to their own city radio station after Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA)...
CHARCOAL BILL SLASHED! How Polland Food Centre Cut Fuel Costs by 60% and Boosted Profits with Ecostoves
By our Reporter When Polland Food Centre opened its doors in 2025, the aroma of sizzling delicacies filled the air....
MTN’S BIG PAYDAY! Telecom Giant Boosts Uganda’s Digital Future With Sh54Bn Injection Into UCC Fund
MTN Uganda has contributed UGX 54.27 billion to the Uganda Communications Commission’s Universal Service and Access Fund (UCUSAF), reinforcing its...
SMOKE OUT! Equity Bank -Giz Deal Sparks Eco-Stove Boom In Rural Uganda
Our Reporter Uganda continues to face a significant household energy challenge, particularly in rural communities where access to modern energy...
COCOA GOLD RUSH! Equity Bank’s Solar Irrigation Scheme Sparks Farming Revolution in Lira
By Our Reporter For decades, cocoa cultivation was considered impossible in Lira and the wider Lango sub-region. Farmers believed the...
DIGITAL TAX REVOLT! Good news as UCC takes on taxmen, calls for slashing digital transaction levies
The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has proposed sweeping reforms to Uganda's telecommunications tax regime, including reducing taxes on smartphones, internet...
How Digital Inclusion Is Powering Uganda’s MSMEs & Economic Growth
By Amos Tayebwa For decades, world over, economic growth was driven by roads, factories, electricity and traditional banking systems. Today,...
DIGITAL POWERHOUSE! Here’s How MTN Is Powering Uganda’s First Oil Journey with Cutting-Edge Technology & World-Class Connectivity Solutions
Uganda’s journey to first oil is not only an energy story. It is also a technology story, one that is...
COOKING REVOLUTION! Detra Energy Delivers Cheaper, Cleaner Stoves to Ugandan Homes Through Results-Based Financing
Our Reporter For years, Jian Namuhenge spent nearly Shs 80,000 every month on charcoal. Like millions of Ugandans, she relied...
INTERNET SUPERHIGHWAY! Roke Telecom, Paratus Unveil 2,000km Fiber Route Linking Goma to Mombasa
Pan-African telecommunications and network services provider Paratus Group has today switched on a major new fiber route in East Africa,...
TECH GLORY! Uganda & Egypt Secure Slots To Fly Africa’s Flag At Prestigious Underwater World Robotics Championship
African School of Innovations Science & Technology storms elite global competition heading to Newfoundland, Canada this June. KAMPALA, UGANDA —...
STARLINK HEADACHE! UCC Fires Back At Tax, Sovereignty Fears As Elon Musk’s Internet Giant Enters Uganda!
As satellite internet service, Starlink prepares to commence operations in Uganda, there are questions about how much of a physical...
TECH REVOLUTION! Centenary Group, Huawei Join Forces to Digitally Transform Uganda & Boost Financial Inclusion Across Africa!
Centenary Rural Development Group Limited (“Centenary Group”), Uganda’s leading financial services holding group, and Huawei Technologies (Uganda) Company Limited have...
Stanbic, Agribusiness Leaders Unite to Fight Counterfeit Inputs and Strengthen Food Security
KAMPALA — Stakeholders in Uganda’s agriculture sector, have called for stronger collaboration between financial institutions, regulators, manufacturers and farmers to...
M7 Finally Opens Uganda Skies to Elon Musk’s Starlink… But With Tough Rules!
ELON MUSK’S controversial satellite internet giant Starlink has finally been cleared to officially operate in Uganda after months of suspense,...
Mass Staff Exodus Rocks Absa as Bank Blows Sh20Bn on Employee Exits
Panic, uncertainty and whispered corridor meetings are reportedly sweeping through East Africa’s banking industry after banking giant Absa Bank Kenya...