Uganda Airlines has entered a new interline partnership with Airlink, one of Southern Africa’s largest independent carriers, in a move set to greatly expand travel options between Entebbe and more than 45 destinations across Southern Africa. The agreement, signed on November 24, 2025, will streamline travel for passengers flying through Johannesburg’s O.R. Tambo International Airport…
Kampala/Mpika, Zambia – Kiira Motors’ groundbreaking electric vehicle (EV) expedition, From the Pearl to the Cape, has entered its eighth day with the team clocking 2,370 kilometres across Tanzania and into Zambia—marking 18.22% of the historic 13,000 km journey from Uganda to South Africa. The expedition, designed to test the limits of electric mobility on…
Kinshasa, DRC – The 9th Ordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) concluded in Kinshasa with a forceful Declaration addressing escalating conflicts, most notably officially designating Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) as a terrorist group and demanding the immediate withdrawal of foreign troops and…
Luanda – Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja has arrived in Luanda, Angola, where she will represent President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni at the 7th African Union–European Union (AU–EU) Summit, which officially opened on Sunday. The high-level summit brings together Heads of State and Government from both the African Union and the European Union, alongside senior government representatives,…
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and Kenya’s President William Samoei Ruto officiated at the groundbreaking of the USD 500 million Devki Mega Steel Plant in Kayoro Village, Osukuru County, Tororo District—an investment set to become one of East Africa’s largest industrial projects. The facility, developed by Kenyan industrialist Dr Narendra Raval (Guru) of the Devki Group,…
Lilongwe — The Uganda High Commission in Dar es Salaam, in collaboration with the Government of Malawi, has successfully concluded the first day of the second Uganda-Malawi Business Forum and Exhibition at the President Hotel, located in Umodzi Park, Lilongwe. The forum, organised under the theme “Exploring and tapping into the rich opportunities for deeper…
Havana — The President of the International Relations Committee of the Cuban National Assembly, Mr Alberto Núñez, together with Mr Ulman Carmona, Head of Africa and Arab Affairs at the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on November 21st held a high-level meeting with Hon. Fred Opolot, Vice Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs…
Pearl Bank (formerly PostBank Uganda) wins Fintech Partnership of the Year and Best Bank in Agriculture and Agro-processing at the inaugural Annual Bankers Awards (ABA). Pearl Banks Managing Director, Julius Kakeeto, was also recognised as a Fellow of the Uganda Institute of Banking and Financial Services (UIBFS). The awards were organised by the Uganda Institute…