Having failed to fully leverage its strategic geographical location to become Africa’s primary gateway, Uganda has now been handed another economic lifeline from an unlikely source – technology. As artificial intelligence (AI) rapidly becomes central to business operations and everyday life, Uganda is increasingly positioning itself as a potential regional hub for applied AI innovation. Yet beneath the ambition lies …

DJIBOUTI — A company owned by Salaam Group has launched construction of a major $160 million fuel and logistics terminal in Djibouti, a project that signals growing competition to control the flow of energy and trade across one of Africa’s most strategically important corridors. The project, developed by Fuelstor, is being built in Damerjog, a coastal area increasingly emerging as a …

As Uganda gears up to co-host the TotalEnergies CAF AFCON PAMOJA 2027 in Kampala and Hoima, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) is giving potential service providers a chance to become stakeholders in this first-of-its-kind opportunity for Uganda and the region. According to Dr Dennis K. Mugimba, who chairs the Communications and Promotion Sub-Committee for the Afcon/CHAN Local Organising Committee, CAF …

By Aggrey Baba The probe into alleged corruption and extravagant spending linked to former Speaker of Parliament and Bukedea Woman MP Anita Among has now stretched beyond Parliament, with outgoing State Minister for Foreign Affairs (Regional Cooperation) John Mulimba calling for investigations into the National Resistance Movement (NRM) Secretariat led by Rt.Hon. Richard Todwong, Secretary General. Mulimba has asked Chief …

CFAO Mobility Uganda has launched the all-new Suzuki ACROSS Hybrid in Uganda, rolling out a promotional package that includes one year of free fuel and comprehensive insurance for customers purchasing Suzuki vehicles. The announcement was made on Wednesday in Kampala amid growing concerns over rising fuel prices and increasing costs of vehicle ownership. Under the campaign dubbed, “The Upgrade You …

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For years, Anita Annet Among appeared politically untouchable. She rose from a relatively unknown legislator from Bukedea District to become one of the most powerful figures in Uganda’s political system; a Speaker of Parliament whose influence stretched far beyond the parliamentary chamber, into ruling party structures, State House networks, district politics and national patronage systems. At the height of her …

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When Anita Annet Among adjourned Parliament sine die on May 5, few people around her believed they were watching the closing act of one of the most dramatic political rises in recent Ugandan history. The Speaker of Parliament appeared firmly in command. Inside the chamber, she had just steered through the controversial Protection of Sovereignty Bill, legislation that criminalises receiving …

Eng Kirunda A group of Ugandan thinkers is proposing an unusual argument about Africa’s future: that the continent’s greatest challenge may not simply be politics, corruption or economics, but the way people are trained to think from childhood. In a new paper titled Fourth Heritage Attention is All You Need, researchers from the Fourth Heritage Initiative argue that many Africans …