For fish farmers in a western Kenya community, impressive numbers at their local fish factory are a very personal milestone. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | At her stall in the Kambi Somali market in Kakamega County, western Kenya, Caroline Atieno proudly showcases the fish she has on sale. Atieno …

💠 Leaderboard ➡🏌️‍♂️ Nsubuga 65  69  | 134 | -10 🇺🇬 Bagalana 70  70  | 140 | -4 🇺🇬 Cwinyaai 73 71  | 144 | 0 🇺🇬 Tumusiime 72 74 | 146 | +2 🇺🇬 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Godfrey Nsubuga maintained his grip on the lead at the 82nd …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Uganda Bankers Association has endorsed the Bug Bounty Program as part of efforts to improve the security of the financial industry against cybercrimes. The Bug Bounty is the monetary reward offered to ethical hackers who specifically uncover and document vulnerabilities for application developers. …

Uganda’s economic landscape presents several critical challenges that necessitate attention and intervention. Firstly, agriculture, which engages most of the labor force, requires substantial improvements in productivity. COMMENT | BOB TWINOMUGISHA | As Uganda celebrates 61 years of independence under the theme ‘Sustaining a united and progressive nation, taking charge of our future …

Abdoulaye Diabaté and his team are betting on gene technology to protect children like his own from malaria. Along with a clutch of brand-new vaccines, the technology could help the world end malaria for good. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | On a busy morning in the Nagrin district of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Savers in the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) from the western region want the Fund to start making investments in their part of the country. During a regional employer meeting at Hotel Triangle in Mbarara City on Tuesday, savers said that the fund has …

A groundbreaking study has revealed that sea sponges found in Mauritian waters harbour compounds with the potential to selectively target and eradicate liver cancer cells without causing harm to healthy ones. This discovery offers a paradigm shift in global liver cancer treatment while highlighting a wealth of so-called “biodiscoveries” in …

Faced with having to move somewhere with better rainfall, subsistence farmers in a southern Zimbabwe village instead turned to a different farming technique. Today they are smiling. SPEICAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | When small-hold farmer Gift Chisvo was given land in Zimbabwe’s midlands in the early 2000s under a …

Maracha, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Malaba Fish and Livestock border market in Maracha district has reopened more than two years after it was abandoned by vendors. In March 2021, vendors abandoned the market and fled to the neighboring open market across the border on the DRC side after they …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) has raised concern over the rampant killings resulting from domestic violence. CID has indicated that there have been a spate in incidents where children are killing their parents, and spouses killing each other. CID cases indicate that the most …