NEWS ANALYSIS

2023 achievements, hopes for 2024 COVER STORY | IAN KATUSIIME | Bobi Wine’s visit to the U.K. after a ten year visa ban capped a year where his political significance soared again after the lull of last year. The party Bobi Wine founded, the National Unity Platform (NUP), went through a …

NEWS ANALYSIS | THE INDEPENDENT |  Researchers in energy say the just-ended UN Climate Summit will be remembered as one of the most important moments in the UNI fight against Climate Change. They have indicated it was quite decisive because of the historical results with a wave of new deals …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  An agricultural cooperative in Northern Uganda has drawn plans to set up agricultural mechanization hubs in a move aimed at bringing closer mechanization services for smallholder farmers in the region. While Northern Uganda is considered blessed with fertile arable land, access to mechanized equipment …

 A multi-billion port expansion spree is adding capacity and improving efficiency as African ports race for a bigger slice of the global maritime trade pie. Here, bird story agency lists ten of the most important African ports, in its latest bird’s TenX. SPECIAL REPORT  | BIRD AGENCY |  The opening of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  In 2009, Richard Basoma Bagaiga’s dream took flight with an Algerian scholarship for electronic engineering at Aboubekr Khalid University. Little did he know that upon returning home after seven years, his triumph would morph into a frustrating saga. The National Council for Higher Education …

New move leaves army generals, Parliamentarians guessing Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | America’s visa ping pong with Uganda goes on. Once again, the U.S. has issued visa bans on top Ugandan officials to continue a trend that has played out for four years. U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken made …

Move to expose ‘who owns what’ COVER STORY | RONALD MUSOKE | Who is the real owner of the multi-billion dollar telecoms giant, MTN Uganda? How about the fast-rising oil and gas marketing company, STABEX? Depending on who you talk to, several names will be whispered. Yet, quite often, the whispered …

 Frustrated by language constraints in the climate space, a Congolese activist embarked on a mission to learn English without taking any formal language classes. Two years later, he is the heart and soul of many a COP28 conversation – in his newly adopted language – as he passes on messages …

The three countries have by far exceeded their pre-pandemic arrival numbers on robust tourism infrastructure expansion and aggressive destination promotion. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY |  The end of a civil war in Ethiopia, Tanzania’s president featuring in a historical tourism documentary and rising infrastructure and marketing investments in Morocco …

  NEWS ANALYSIS | THE INDEPENDENT | The most recent statistics from the Uganda Aids Commission show that Uganda registered 52,000 new HIV infections since the year began. Fort Portal and Mbarara cities took first and second positions respectively in HIV/AIDS prevalence in Uganda. Teenage girls and older men registered …