3+ hour, 48+ min ago   (433+ words) Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda and South Sudan have opened a dedicated bank account to finance a feasibility study for a jointly owned regional communications satellite, officials disclosed during the Northern Corridor Integration Projects implementation clusters meeting in Kampala. The account, named…...

3+ hour, 36+ min ago   (264+ words) Uganda and Rwanda have completed the physical interconnection of their national fibre-optic networks at Mirama Hills, paving the way for faster and more reliable cross-border broadband services. The development was disclosed at the Northern Corridor Integration Projects implementation clusters meeting…...

2+ day, 21+ min ago   (170+ words) Police in Nansana, Wakiso District, have arrested a 34-year-old Congolese national accused of promoting and dealing in stolen mobile phones after an iPhone worth about UGX 3 million was traced from Kampala to Beni in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (505+ words) KAMPALA: Ugandan TikToker Benita Nakabugo, popularly known as Benita256, has refunded Shs5 million she received from junior Local Government Minister Justine Nameere, escalating a public dispute over an earlier $10,000 pledge and conflicting accounts of her employment situation in Bahrain. Nakabugo said Tuesday…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (474+ words) KAMPALA: Uganda’s digital terrestrial television signal now reaches about 86% of the country, but television ownership remains low at just 23.1% of households, prompting regulators to shift attention from infrastructure expansion to affordability and meaningful access. Nyombi Thembo said support through the…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (233+ words) A court has sentenced an Airtel Uganda SIM card registration agent to one year in prison or a fine of UGX 500,000 after convicting him of violating Uganda’s SIM card registration regulations. According to the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC), the illegally…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (243+ words) KAMPALA — Simultaneous service disruptions at MTN Uganda and Stanbic Bank Uganda on Saturday triggered widespread speculation online, with some users questioning why two of Uganda’s biggest South African-owned companies experienced outages on the same day and whether they had been…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (377+ words) KAMPALA — Police in Kawempe Division have arrested social media personality Anthony Katongole, popularly known as “Chicken Chicken,” over the alleged vandalism of fellow entertainer Sali Sharif, alias “Shawa Shawa’s,” vehicle following a late-night altercation in Kampala. The arrest comes hours…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (293+ words) ChimpReports More and more Ugandans are taking smartphones on credit, with the number of financed devices now estimated at over 200,000, as flexible payment plans increasingly become the gateway to digital access Mogo, East Africa’s leading asset financier, says it…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (304+ words) Ugandan TikToker Lala has criticized law enforcement authorities following the circulation of private videos allegedly linked to her, arguing that investigators should focus on those who leak such content rather than the individuals featured in it. Speaking in response to…...