| Date | Title | Description |
| 09.06.2026 | Uganda's Digital Finance Future: Phrase Lubega Helms MTN Mobile Money | MTN Mobile Money Uganda appoints Phrase Lubega as Managing Director, pending Bank of Uganda approval. Lubega brings over three decades of executive experience in telecommunications, IT, and financial services. His leadership tenure includes... |
| 04.06.2026 | Uganda: MTN Mobile Money (U) Limited Appoints Phrase Lubega As Managing Director | The Board of Directors of MTN Mobile Money (U) Limited today announces the appointment of Mr. Phrase Lubega as the Managing Director of MTN Mobile Money (U) Limited, reinforcing the company's commitment to accelerating financial inclusion a... |
| 04.06.2026 | Uganda: MTN Mobile Money Appoints Phrase Lubega As New Managing Director | MTN Mobile Money Uganda has appointed Phrase Lubega as its new Managing Director, pending approval by the Bank of Uganda.
The appointment was announced by the Board of Directors on Wednesday, marking a significant leadership transition for ... |
| 19.04.2026 | Mittelman: By bashing Africa, Trump is taking the US on a fool’s errand | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
In college, I had a sense that my education lacked varied worldly views. Given to wanderlust, I decamped from the U.S. and landed in postcolonial Uganda, where I enrolled at Makerere University. Ov... |
| 24.03.2026 | East Africa: Is Uganda Ready for Dr Muganga's One-Laptop-Per-Child Policy? | A powerful open letter from Victoria University Vice Chancellor Dr Lawrence Muganga has ignited one of the most intense national debates on education and technology in recent memory.
In a detailed appeal to President Museveni dated Sunday, ... |
| 09.03.2026 | Uganda: 'Ai Is Rising but So Are Digital Threats to Women' | Each year on March 8, Uganda joins the rest of the world in marking International Women's Day, celebrating the achievements of women and girls across the country.
While the day highlights progress in gender equality, it also presents an opp... |
| 23.02.2026 | Uganda: Airtel Africa Foundation Commits Shs3.85bn to Strengthen Uganda's Digital Workforce | Airtel Africa Foundation has committed Shs3.85 billion to support Uganda's digital workforce development through its flagship Airtel Africa Tech Fellowship, a four-year scholarship programme targeting high-achieving students from low-income... |
| 16.02.2026 | Uganda's Next Generation of Engineers to Showcase Ai, Clean Energy and Smart Systems At National Bootcamp Finale | Uganda's emerging generation of engineers is stepping confidently into frontier technologies, unveiling innovations in artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), renewable energy, smart mobility, and advanced systems design at ... |
| 27.01.2026 | Google.org Names 12 Awardees For $20 Million AI For Science Fund | Google.org has announced 12 recipients of its $20 million AI for Science fund, backing academic, nonprofit, and startup teams that are applying AI to accelerate discovery across health, agriculture, and biodiversity. The initiative is frame... |
| 21.01.2026 | Uganda: Why It Is Hard to Avoid the Internet in the World Today | Kampala, Uganda — When the Government of Uganda shut down internet access for four days during the recent election week, it reignited a national debate about how deeply digital connectivity has become embedded in modern life.
Authorities, t... |
| 10.12.2025 | Africa: Airtel Africa Foundation Launches Tech-Fellowship in Uganda | Airtel Africa Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Airtel Africa plc, today announced the launch of its 'Airtel Africa Foundation Tech Fellowship' initiative in Uganda.
The initiative will award 20 Tech Fellowships to Ugandan undergraduates... |
| 01.12.2025 | South Africa: MTN-Backed Kiira Motors Electric Expedition Reaches 3000km Milestone in Kampala-Cape Town Green Belt Expedition | The MTN-sponsored Kiira Motors "Made in Uganda Grand Trans-Africa Electric Expedition" has reached Lusaka, Zambia, marking the first major milestone in a 13,000-kilometre journey designed to demonstrate the feasibility of a region... |
| 06.11.2025 | Uganda: Musenero Urges Uganda to Build Local Ai and Digital Solutions to Reduce Foreign Dependence | The Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr Monica Musenero, has called on Ugandans to move from consuming imported technology to creating local digital and AI solutions, warning that continued reliance on foreign systems could d... |
| 30.10.2025 | Astria Learning and Makerere University Sign Landmark MoU to Build Africa’s AI-Powered Future of Research and Education | Astria Learning and Makerere University Sign Landmark MoU
KAMPALA, UGANDA, October 30, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- A wave of transformation is rising across Africa’s higher education landscape.
At the ARUA 2025 Biennial International Confere... |
| 30.09.2025 | Neibar, the app fostering gifting of pre-owned items in African communities | In many parts of Africa, where hand-me-downs and second-hand markets dominate the cyclic ownership of goods, people still discard items they no longer need while others nearby struggle to afford them.
In 2024, Ugandan software developer Nam... |
| 29.05.2025 | The Legacy of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o: A Voice for the Voiceless | Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, a titan of modern literature, has left an indelible mark on the world. His life was a tapestry woven with threads of colonialism, resistance, and the quest for identity. Born in Kenya, Ngũgĩ’s journey began on land seized... |
| 28.05.2025 | Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Kenyan author and dissident who became a giant of modern literature, dies at 87 | Through Ngũgĩ’s life, you could dramatize the history of modern Kenya. He grew up on land stolen from his family by British colonists. He was a teenager when the Mau Mau uprising for independence began, in his mid-20s when Britain ceded con... |
| 13.03.2025 | Uganda's Digital Transformation: AI Governance and Telecom Competition | Uganda stands at a crossroads. Two significant developments are shaping its digital landscape: the appointment of Dr. Kennedy Javuru to the African Union's Advisory Group on Artificial Intelligence and the push for Mobile Number Portability... |
| 12.03.2025 | Ugandan Appointed to African Union Advisory Group On AI | Dr. Kennedy Javuru, a leading expert in strategic communications and a scholar, has been appointed to the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council's newly established Advisory Group on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its impact on pea... |
| 01.03.2025 | Uganda's Film Industry: A Rising Star Fueled by Mentorship and Technology | Uganda's film industry is on the brink of a renaissance. Like a seed sprouting in fertile soil, it is growing rapidly, driven by mentorship and technological advancements. The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has stepped in with a fil... |
| 26.02.2025 | Uganda: Mentorship and Technology Drive Uganda's Film Industry Forward | UCC has introduced a film fund to support scriptwriting, story development, and pre-production. The initiative provides both Development and Production Grants to filmmakers.
The success of Queen of Katwe, which injected over Shs29.5 million... |
| 26.03.2021 | Africa’s largest data science hackathon for students to take place | Hosted by Zindi, UmojaHack Africa 2021, a data science hackathon for students will take place from 27-28 March 2021, and participating students from across Africa stand the chance to win over $10 000 in prizes.
UmojaHack Africa 2021 will t... |
| 26.03.2021 | Africa’s largest data science hackathon for students to take place | Hosted by Zindi, UmojaHack Africa 2021, a data science hackathon for students will take place from 27-28 March 2021, and participating students from across Africa stand the chance to win over $10 000 in prizes.
UmojaHack Africa 2021 will ta... |
| 15.03.2014 | Tracking The Impact of Technology On Entrepreneurship In Uganda | In the last decade, the use of technology has contributed enormously to growth story of sub-Saharan Africa’s economies. Technology has opened Africa to new vistas and presented its youths with an opportunity to tackle the scourge of unemplo... |
| 14.05.2012 | Ugandan ICT Students Invent Pregnancy Scan Machine | Second-year students at the Makerere University College of Computing and Information Technology (CIT), in Uganda, have invented a hand-held pregnancy scan-like machine called WinSenga.
The machine, which consists of a funnel-like pinnard ho... |
| 21.07.2010 | Cleveland Center for AIDS Research gets $9M renewal grant | The Cleveland AIDS Research Center has been a leader in the advancement of AIDS-related research worldwide for 16 years, said Jonathan Karn, the center’s director, in a release.
“We look forward to expanding our research into questions of h... |
| - | Cleveland Center for AIDS Research gets $9M renewal grant | The Center for AIDS Research at Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals Case Medical Center has received a five-year renewal grant of $9 million from the National Institutes of Health.
The AIDS Research Center gives clinica... |
