COOKING UP SUCCESS! How Equity Bank Fueled Kakande’s Sh1.8m Tiny Stove Venture into Sh450m Enterprise
Our Reporter When Osward Kakande watched his mother struggle with persistent coughs and headaches caused by smoke from traditional cooking...
Enviroment
GO GREEN DRIVE! Equity Bank, My Tree Initiative Take Climate Battle to Mpigi
Our Reporter Equity Bank Uganda and My Tree Initiative have strengthened their partnership to advance environmental conservation and climate resilience...
LAKE VICTORIA GETS GLOBAL LIFELINE! Foundation Pledges Massive 100,000-Litre Plastic Cleanup as Pollution Threatens Millions
Lake Victoria has received a major environmental boost after the Saad Kassis-Mohamed Center announced a commitment to fund the removal...
EQUITY BANK LIGHTS UP LIRA! Solar Irrigation Creates Wealth and Greener Livelihoods
In Boroboro Parish, Gwengbar area of Lira City, Dopla Tree Nurseries has grown from a small backyard enterprise into a...
GOING GREEN! Equity Bank Leads Uganda’s Clean Energy Financing Drive
Our Reporter Equity Bank Uganda is positioning itself at the center of Uganda’s growing clean energy transition, unveiling an aggressive...
NILE POISONERS BUSTED! NEMA Crushes Nytil As Court Slaps Company With Sh180m Fine Over River Nile Pollution
The National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) has scored a major victory in the fight against environmental destruction after Southern Range...
END OF THE ROAD FOR WETLAND TYCOONS! NEMA Gives 100+ Kajjansi Mansion Owners 21 Days To Flee Before Bulldozers Move In
The party may finally be over for more than 100 homeowners who built lavish residences in Kajjansi Wetland after the...
WETLAND WAR RETURNS! NEMA, Police, UPDF Storm Lubigi As Evictions Resume
A fresh showdown has erupted in Kampala after the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) resumed the forceful restoration of the...
AIR APOCALYPSE ALERT! NEMA Rallies Nation as Uganda Joins Global Clean Air Fight
Kampala is choking, and now the alarm bells are ringing louder than ever as National Environment Management Authority storms into...
Stanbic Bank joins Government for collective action on protecting environment
KAMPALA: Stanbic Bank Uganda has joined the Ministry of Water and Environment and other partners to mark Earth Day, with...
“BUVEERA MUST GO!” NEMA Boss Barirega Declares War On Polythene Bags as Gov’t Plots 100% Total Ban Next Year
Uganda is bracing for a major environmental shake-up after the Executive Director of the National Environment Management Authority, Akankwasah Barirega,...
NEMA Drills District Bosses On Environmental Survival
KAMPALA – The National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) has moved to tighten the noose on environmental mismanagement, convening a high-level...
CLARION CALL! The banking sector can drive nature-positive growth by investing in ecosystem restoration
By Allen Ayebare As climate change intensifies and natural ecosystems degrade, the global conversation on sustainability is shifting from simply...
FOREST CHAOS! Probe Exposes Digital Licensing Flop, Land Allocation Gaps & Project Delays at NFA — Is ED Maniraguha Losing Grip?
Uganda’s forests are meant to be protected by law, technology and tough oversight. Instead, the latest December 2025 Auditor General’s...
OIL SPILL ALERT! NYTIL boiler fails as NEMA caught napping on supervision
An oil spillage at Nytil Manufacturing Ltd in Njeru, Buikwe District has sparked fresh questions about environmental compliance and regulatory...
M7 EXPLODES @ KISOZI! Secrets why top Water Ministry, NEMA officials could soon be jobless
When President Yoweri Museveni summoned officials from the Ministry of Water and Environment and the National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA)...
WETLAND WRECKERS! Swiss-Indian tycoon Oswal’s Ethanol factory in Uganda on spot over wetland degradation, faces 12-year jail
Swiss-Indian billionaire Pankaj Oswal’s industrial empire is under fire after Ugandan authorities accused his flagship ethanol factory in the East...
CORPORATE BUZZ! Centenary Bank, Bees & Trees Uganda Partner to Restore Mbale’s Degraded Land
Centenary Bank and Bees and Trees Uganda have launched the Coffee Agroforestry for Environment and Livelihood Enhancement initiative, aimed at...
Coca-Cola named world’s top plastic polluter
A report has detailed that Coca-Cola used nearly 8 billion pounds of plastic in 2024, a marked increase from the...
Centenary Bank Partners with Good Forests Foundation and Kasese District Local Government to plant 5,000 Trees in Kasese District
Centenary Bank, in partnership with the Good Forests Foundation and the Kasese District Local Government, on Wednesday, November 26th, launched...