Uganda expects sugar output to rise 11% this year as three mills under construction in the country’s northern and eastern regions come online, officials say. “Production...
The Madhvanis started with sugar and now lead diversified global businesses. In a rare interview from their home base of Kakira in Uganda, Mayur and Kamlesh...
An Ugandan company has started using blockchain, the technology behind virtual currency Bitcoin, to certify shipments of coffee to try to meet growing demand from consumers...
With Africa having a big share of the global malaria burden, technologists are developing new, cost-effective ways to detect the disease – minus the needle.
Prudence Ukkonika’s wine shop is by a dusty petrol station in Wandegeya in Kampala. A giant wine bottle is positioned outside her shop, and inside is...
The Nakasero State House is a green lung in the heart of Kampala not far from the city’s raucous, chaotic traffic. Past the grey gates, red...
There is something about first impressions. When you meet Diana Kamuntu, two things instantly strike you about her: that she is tall – very tall –...
We are in one of the breakaway rooms of the conference center at the five-star Kampala Serena Hotel in Uganda, but the conversation is about Luweero,...
It’s not every day one gets to meet a First Daughter, in the living room of the official residence of an African President. At the Nakasero...
In March, the MasterCard Index of Women Entrepreneurs (MIWE) report was released and it contained good news. Uganda has the highest percentage (34.8%) of women business...