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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Airtel Uganda recently announced the overhaul of its fleet with the aim of reducing carbon emissions as part of its environmental stewardship goal and serving customers better. This comes weeks after the leading Smartphone network launched Green-towers in Iganga as part of reducing their …

  Women to spearhead new bottling plant that produces 30,000 330ml Bottles Per Hour and 25,000 500ml Bottlers per hour  Port Bell- Luzira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda Breweries Limited has commissioned a Sh39.9 billion production line that will increase the brewer’s production capacity to 30,000 330ml Bottles Per Hour and …

  New Delhi, India | Xinhua |  India’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Monday issued fresh guidelines directing private broadcasters to undertake public service broadcasting for 30 minutes every day. According to the guidelines, the content needs not be of 30 minutes at a stretch and could be spread …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Traffic police has raised concern over the increasing incidents of people driving while speaking on their mobile phones. Assistant Superintendent of Police Faridah Nampiima, the traffic police spokesperson, said every day the number of drivers using their phone while driving is increasing on the …

What it means in numbers and money COVER STORY | RONALD MUSOKE | As President Yoweri Museveni and his ruling NRM party celebrate their 37th year in power, the Chinese National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has given them a befitting anniversary gift; launching the country into crude oil production stage. Uganda’s …

San Francisco, U.S. | Xinhua | Meta announced on Wednesday that the company would restore former U.S. President Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts in the coming weeks, ending a two-year suspension. “In the event that Mr. Trump posts further violating content, the content will be removed and he will …

  Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, whilst attending the Kingfisher drilling inauguration ceremony on Tuesday, has also witnessed the handover of the license to Construct the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP). The handover was done by the Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, (MEMD)  Ruth …

At the current oil prices of about $87.5 per barrel, the Kingfisher project will account for about 15% of the total oil revenues to government from upstream, which is $6.9billion in total and $360million per year. Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has today launched the commencement …

SPECIAL FEATURE | THE INDEPEDNENT | With a blaring distress signal on and the blue top lights flashing, an ambulance rushed out of the gate at breakneck speed, leaving everyone at the health facility wondering what emergency had come up. No sooner had it joined the main road though than the …

  Africa’s fintech space continues its pandemic-induced growth with a 25% jump in new finance app installations in 2022, energised by the rapid adoption of mobile banking solutions. Accra, Ghana | BIRD AGENCY | A new report by AppsFlyer and Google analysed more than 140 million installs across 3,000 finance …