CAPTION: Uganda Communications Commission Executive Director, Hon. Nyombi Thembo in an interview recently. (File photo). By Our reporterKAMPALA – The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has proposed sweeping reforms to Uganda’s telecommunications tax regime, including reducing taxes on smartphones, internet data, and mobile money transactions, to make digital services more affordable and accelerate the country’s digital transformation.The […]
CAPTION: A bull from South Africa that are to be cross breed with local cows. (File photo). By Our reporter NAKASERO – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has welcomed a proposal for a Regional Farm Service Centre Initiative aimed at addressing challenges in Uganda’s agricultural sector, particularly the growing concern of counterfeit agro inputs. The […]
CAPTION: A woman cries for his kiosk being towed away in the ongoing trade order enforcement across the country recently. (File photo). By Our reporter KAMPALA – The Permanent Secretary and Secretary to the Treasury, (PSST) Ramathan Ggoobi, has defended the ongoing trade order enforcement across the country, saying it is a strategy to […]
CAPTION: Kenyan who had been jailed in Tanzania pose for a photograph on arrival at Moi International Airport on Friday June 13th, 2026. (Courtesy photo). By AgenciesNAIROBI – Seven Kenyan fishermen who had been convicted in Tanzania have finally been freed and flown back home, ending a two‑month ordeal that had drawn government intervention.Their return on […]
Rwanda has approved the creation of a National Artificial Intelligence Agency to oversee AI development, investment, adoption and governance.The move builds on the country’s 2023 national AI policy, which aims to position Rwanda as a leading African AI hub.Rwanda is supporting its AI ecosystem through the Rwanda AI Scaling Hub, a program backed by nearly $17 […]
By Our reporterKAMPALA – The hospitality industry is counting losses due restrictions impossed following the outbeak of the Bundibugyo Ebola strain in the DRC.The players in the sector blame the losses on misinformation and the ill-advised travel advisories.For Uganda, for example, most of the tourists come from the US, Canada and Europe, countries and regional […]
KAMPALA – Henry Musasizi delivered his first budget speech as Minister of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development on Thursday.The 84.4 trillion shilling 2026/2027 budget is aimed at implementing the government’s Tenfold Growth Strategy, aimed at growing to 500 billion dollars by 2040 from 53 billion in 2025.The economy is estimated to have grown by 6.4 […]
CAPTION: President Museveni and the Chairman of Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry H.E. Abdallah Sultan and his delegation pose for a photo with other officials at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Kidepo International Airport in Karenga District. (PPU Photo) By Stephen Wandera Ouma KARENGA -“Now, Kidepo, which you wanted to destroy with goats, […]
