Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has built the capacity to produce 10,000 electric vehicles annually, with 260 charging and swapping stations countrywide. This is according to the E-Mobility Outlook Report 2024, which also shows that Uganda has mobilised over 160 Million Dollars in investment in e-mobility. According to …
Read More »Ghanaian president appoints 2 acting ministers as nation mourns deceased officials
ACCRA, GHANA | Xinhua | Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama on Thursday assigned two serving ministers additional responsibilities after a helicopter crash killed Defense Minister Edward Kofi Omane Boamah and Environment Minister Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed. A release from the presidency said Finance Minister Cassiel Ato Forson will assume additional responsibility …
Read More »Ghanaian ministers among 8 killed in helicopter crash
ACCRA, GHANA | Xinhua | The Ghanaian government has confirmed that eight people, including two senior ministers, were killed in a military helicopter crash on Wednesday. Minister of Defense Edward Kofi Omane Boamah and Minister of Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation Murtala Muhammed were killed in the crash, Julius Debrah, …
Read More »Gov’t to establish fisheries fund
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has committed to rolling out the Fisheries fund to support fishermen with affordable credit for fishing gear. While meeting leaders of fishermen from the different parts of Uganda at the State lodge in Jinja City on Tuesday, Museveni noted that this …
Read More »Agriculture Ministry distributes 15,000 coffee seedlings to Kitgum Farmers
Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry, and Fisheries (MAAIF) has distributed 15,000 wilt-resistant coffee seedlings to more than 60 farmers. The seedlings are expected to be planted on 33 hectares of land, in a bid to revitalise the coffee industry in the region. According …
Read More »Refugee women entrepreneurs ask for Islamic Banking in GROW project
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Refugee women entrepreneurs in Uganda have called for the incorporation of Islamic banking in the Generating Growth Opportunities and Productivity for Women Enterprises (GROW) project. They say doing so would make the program more inclusive and respectful of their religious beliefs, especially regarding interest-free …
Read More »Police identify victims of Hoima-Buliisa road crash
Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in the Albertine region have identified victims of a road accident that claimed the lives of nineteen people and injured 13 others in Hoima district. The accident that occurred on Tuesday at around 11 p.m. at Nyabago cell, Kigorobya town council, along the …
Read More »MPs demand govt action on roads and road safety amid accidents
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The country’s poor state of road infrastructure and rising fatalities dominated the plenary sitting in Parliament, with MPs demanding urgent action from government to address funding gaps, stalled road works and worsening road safety conditions. During plenary on Wednesday, 6 August 2025, Speaker of …
Read More »Musician Weasel hospitalized after being knocked, wife arrested
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local musician Douglas Mayanja, popularly known as Weasel is currently hospitalised at Nsambya hospital after allegedly being knocked three times by his wife Sandra Tete. Eye witnesses have told Kabalagala police that Sandra Tete knocked Weasel and caused multiple fractures in one of his …
Read More »COMESA Competition Commission issues consumer alert on 5,000 Ford Vehicles over safety concerns
LILONGWE, MALAWI | Julius Businge | The COMESA Competition Commission (CCC) has issued a consumer alert to the general public concerning a major safety recall involving more than 5,000 Ford vehicles manufactured between 2021 and 2025. The recall, announced in July 2025 by Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa, affects …
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