CAPTION: Equity Bank client being served by an agent banker recently. (File photo). By Theresa Nalwanga KAMPALA – Walk into a small shop in Gulu or Mbarara around 8 a.m., and you will see something that did not exist five years ago. A mother hands over cash to pay her child’s school fees. The […]
CAPTION: Dr Protazio Sande, right, Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Insurance Regulatory Authority with Kaddunabbi Ibrahim Lubega, left. By Our reporterKAMPALA – Dr Protazio Sande is the Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA), following the expiry of long-serving CEO Kaddunabbi Ibrahim Lubega’s contract on Sunday. The Board of Directors of the […]
By Our reporterKAMPALA – Ugandans and businesses will soon face tighter limits on cheque transactions and over-the-counter cash withdrawals following new measures unveiled by the Bank of Uganda (BoU) to reduce reliance on cash and accelerate the adoption of digital payments.In a circular issued to commercial banks, credit institutions, and microfinance deposit-taking institutions, the central […]
CAPTION: Some of the protestors on the streets in Kenya. By AgenciesKENYA – Two people have been shot dead in the central Kenyan town of Nanyuki amid protests against US plans to establish an Ebola isolation centre at a military base nearby, the BBC has learnt.One of the victims was shot in an area close to […]
On May 30, as football fans around the world counted down to the start of the FIFA World Cup in North America and airlines prepared for the annual surge in summer travel, the World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was sitting in Bunia, a city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, listening to community leaders […]
CAPTION: President Museveni, left, meets European Union Ambassador H.E Jan-Sadek at State House Entebbe June 2nd, 2026. (PPU Photo). By Our reporter ENTEBBE – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has urged the European Union (EU) and Western countries to support Africa’s industrialization and value addition agenda, saying the continent cannot continue exporting raw materials […]
CAPTION: Members of the Prisons band during the national celebrations for International Women’s Day 2025 in Kyankwanzi District. (File photo). By Our reporterKAMPALA – The government will stop funding most national public holiday celebrations beginning in the 2026/27 financial year, with the savings to be redirected to wealth creation and other priority programmes, Permanent Secretary and […]
CAPTION: Rwanda team celebrate after being crowned at BK Arena in Kigali, Rwanda Monday June 1st 2026. (Courtesy). By AgenciesKIGALI – Rwanda’s RSSB Tigers defeated Angola’s Petro de Luanda 90-88 to win the 2026 Basketball Africa League (BAL) (https://BAL.NBA.com) Championship, which took place at BK Arena in Kigali, Rwanda, and reached fans in 214 countries and […]
CAPTION: Managing Director, Absa Bank Uganda David Wandera, 2nd left, exchange documents with Managing Director, Standard Chartered Uganda, Sanjay Rughani, right, with offcials in Kampala May 28th 2026. (Courtesy photo). By Our reporterKAMPALA – Standard Chartered Bank Uganda and Absa Bank Uganda Limited have received regulatory approval from the Bank of Uganda for Standard Chartered Bank […]
CAPTION: Burundi’s President Evariste Ndayishimiye in an interview recently. (File photo). By Agencies BUJUMBURA – Burundi’s President Evariste Ndayishimiye has called on citizens to stone gay people, escalating a crackdown on sexual minorities in a country where LGBT people already face social ostracism and jail terms of up to two years if convicted of […]