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With the theme of Free Choice the exhibition gives an opportunity to young lecturers to showcase their work alongside the masters, and also promotes the ideal of freedom which is important in art production. ART | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | You will not miss the freshness and new energy which dominate the …

The lender’s blend of loan growth, fee income, community outreach and cautious risk-taking offers a model others may struggle to emulate Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s biggest bank is in rude health. Stanbic Uganda Holdings reported a profit of Shs 278 billion for the first half of 2025, up …

Last year, African Originals secured $2m in funding to support its ambitions to expand the business in Kenya and beyond Nairobi, Kenya | AGENCIES | When Alexandra Chappate, CEO and founder of Kenya-based craft beverage producer African Originals, started working in Africa’s drinks industry in 2015, she was struck by the …

  Vice President Alupo said Uganda was ready to deepen collaboration with Japan and other global partners Tokyo, Japan | THE INDEPENDENT & AGENCIES | The 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 9) concluded at the Pacifico Yokohama Convention Centre, Japan, on Aug. 22 with participating countries pledging …

Move weaponises aid which America uses to pressure poor countries NEWS ANALYSIS | IAN KATUSIIME |  In a controversy-sparking move, Uganda has agreed to a deal with the U.S. to accept migrants deported from America. As Uganda becomes the latest African nation to join Washington’s controversial third-country deportation strategy, the …

  New study shows how exposure to Africa’s ancient enemy –malaria- may have led to lower COVID-19 severity rates SPECIAL FEATURE | Juanita Williams | When COVID-19 swept the globe in early 2020, health experts braced for devastation in Africa. The continent’s healthcare systems, already stretched thin by endemic diseases …

Achieving the continent’s vision will not be secured by policies alone, but by the purposeful engagement of its institutions COMMENT | PROF USHOTANEFE USEH | As the continent looks to Agenda 2063; the blueprint of the African Union (AU) for a prosperous, integrated and peaceful Africa, and the United Nations (UN) …

  Why contested redevelopment of Kampala’s critical drainage could lead to a not-smart city COVER STORY | RONALD MUSOKE | On the morning of Monday, Aug. 18, the smartphones of many Ugandans lit up with a novel architectural design of Nakivubo Channel, one of Kampala’s most important rivers. In what …

High-stake games for 2026 constituency slots become flashpoints NEWS ANALYSIS | IAN KATUSIIME | The red beret, once a symbol of defiant unity, is now a flashpoint in the National Unity Platform (NUP) as internal feuds threaten to unravel the party’s cohesion ahead of the 2026 elections. The most contentious …

 How Uganda’s road development and maintenance failures don’t make rational sense THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | President Yoweri Museveni complained recently about the bad state of our national trunk roads. He blamed “people” who have “caused this disastrous state of our roads” as not understanding the ideology …