Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | MTN Uganda, in partnership with Smart Girls Foundation, has graduated 298 youths under its Girls in Tech and Girls with Tools initiatives, expanding efforts to reduce youth unemployment and close the digital skills gap in one of Africa’s youngest nations. The cohort included 248 female …

He reminds all everyone that the future will not be inherited but must be built Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Under the glistening waters of Lake Victoria and the backdrop of Entebbe’s Imperial Resort Beach Hotel, Uganda’s 13th CPA Economic Forum unfolded—not just as a conference of ideas, but as …

But not fast enough to meet 2030 targets ANALYSIS | MELODY CHIRONDA | The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has warned that the global AIDS response is in crisis after a major funding collapse at the start of 2025 threatens to reverse decades of progress. New data reveals that …

Why they are being returned—and who gets them ARTS | AGENCIES | In the largest restitution of its kind, the Netherlands recently returned 119 Benin Bronzes to the Nigerian government—part of a growing international reckoning with the colonial-era looting of African cultural heritage. A week later, the Museum of Fine Arts, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On July 11, MTN MoMo Uganda Limited officially launched a transformative campaign titled “The Power to Be More,” aimed at unlocking new levels of digital and financial empowerment for individuals and businesses across Uganda. This campaign marks a significant evolution of MTN MoMo from its …

How and why powerful players are misleading the public ANALYSIS | KLAUS BRUHN JENSEN & SEMAHAT ECE ELBEYI | Ten years ago, the world committed itself to keeping global warming well below 2°C (and preferably below 1.5°C) above the pre-industrial era. This would be done by reducing greenhouse gas emissions …

Disease surveillance up amid an influx of people from cholera-hit DRC and South Sudan ANALYSIS | JOHN AGABA | Dr Denis Ocula needed a strategy. Cholera had killed a woman and infected an additional 106 people in his district of Lamwo, near Uganda’s border with South Sudan, and he knew only …

ANALYSIS : The US president vowed higher tariffs on BRICS nations that align with the bloc’s plans to challenge US hegemony. Despite the China-backed initiative making limited progress, dozens of nations are still eager to join reports Nik Martin. U.S. President Donald Trump is doubling down against the BRICS bloc …

Uganda strengthens border health amid ongoing threats Health | AGENCIES | Uganda’s borders have always been busy and vulnerable. Over the past decade, Ebola, COVID-19, leptospirosis, Marburg, measles and cholera have all emerged, stretching an already burdened health system. With Mpox still active and the memories of the recent Ebola outbreak …

Arusha, Tanzania | THE INDEPENDENT | The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the East African Business Council (EABC) have signed a $1 million grant agreement aimed at promoting sustainable industrialisation and strengthening manufacturing value chains across East Africa. The deal, announced on July 1, will support technical assistance, research, policy dialogue, …