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KAMPALA: For decades, DStv was the undisputed king of African television. Whether it was the English Premier League, UEFA Champions League, blockbuster movies, hit series or local entertainment, the satellite giant dominated living rooms from Johannesburg to Kampala.Today, however, that empire is showing serious cracks.Across Africa, and increasingly in Uganda, MultiChoice’s flagship pay-TV business is battling shrinking subscriber numbers, falling …

By Guest Writer On the Thursday night of Thursday, July 9, 2026 close to midnight, the wheels of a chartered aircraft touched down smoothly at Entebbe International Airport, bringing an end to a harrowing chapter for hundreds of Ugandan nationals. As the aircraft taxied to a halt, it brought home 219 men, women, and children—the sixth and final airfunded cohort …

Kampala/Matugga – Troubling signs are emerging from Uganda’s flagship pharmaceutical and biotechnology giant, Dei Biopharma, as reports confirm a massive exodus of top scientists and senior managers from the company’s state-of-the-art vaccine and drug manufacturing complex in Kigogwa–Matugga. The Dei Biopharma manufacturing facility in Matugga, near Kampala, Once hailed as a landmark investment that would anchor Africa’s healthcare self-sufficiency, the …