Accra — Uganda Waragi has been named Brand of the Year at the African Marketing Confederation (AMC) Awards held recently in Ghana. The Uganda Breweries product Uganda Waragi also got a gold medal for Most Effective Campaign–“FromLimited Edition to Limitless Icon”, and, Best Social Media Campaign of the Year–“Arresting Attention.” Winners of the prestigious African…
Mauritius — As with every junior golf development competition, the goal is rarely winning. The target is typically to enable the team to get exposure, appreciate high-level competition in the infancy of careers, and get the feel of first-class courses that may not always be available in Uganda with all due respect to the courses…
Co-hosts Uganda fought back from 3-1 down to salvage a 3-3 draw with South Africa on Monday to qualify from Group C for their first ever African Nations Championship quarter-finals. At the Nyayo National Stadium in Nairobi, the 2023 losing finalists Algeria were held to a goalless draw by a 10-man Niger but the result…
Just when South Africa looked destined for the last eight, Uganda staged a stirring fightback Uganda sealed a historic spot in the quarter-finals of the TotalEnergies African Nations Championship (CHAN) PAMOJA 2024 after a gripping 3-3 draw with South Africa in Kampala on Monday night. Algeria also pulled through into the last eight despite being…
Kampala, Uganda — Health experts, policymakers, and researchers on Monday began a three-day meeting in Kampala, the Ugandan capital, to accelerate the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B across Africa. The event, held under the theme “Unifying Actions, Transforming Futures: Achieving Triple Elimination in Africa by 2030,” is dubbed as Africa’s…
Kampala, Uganda — Evolve Group Africa is set to host the first-ever Women in Marketing Summit & Honors 2025. This landmark event aims to bring together leading figures in the marketing industry to celebrate and empower women. Scheduled for Thursday, July 24, 2025, at the Turaco Hall, Kampala Serena Hotel, the summit will gather industry…
Uganda’s technical team has reduced its CHAN 2024 squad to 29 players, with co-head coaches Morley Byekwaso and Fred Muhumuza narrowing down their options ahead of the continental showpiece in August. The announcement follows an intensive training session held at the Prisons Ground in Luzira, as the Cranes ramp up preparations for their seventh appearance…
Zimbabwe senior men’s rugby team arrived in Uganda on Saturday for the 2025 Rugby Africa Cup. Fondly known as the ‘Sables’, the local side walks into this year’s edition with aspirations to defend the title which they won last year. This year’s Rugby Africa Cup will see eight countries battling for honours, namely Zimbabwe, Tunisia,…
The recent meeting between Uganda’s Chief of Defence Forces, General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, and Democratic Republic of Congo President Félix Tshisekedi in Kinshasa marks more than just a checkpoint on Operation Shujaa’s military scoreboard–it reveals the contours of Uganda’s deepening regional ambitions. Held at the Cité de l’Union Africaine on June 20, 2025, the high-level engagement…
A funding shortfall is forcing WFP and other humanitarian organizations to cut assistance to some of the world’s most vulnerable people Omnia and her young son stand in line under a harsh midday sun, waiting for the daily hot lunch for newcomers at Uganda’s Kiryandongo refugee settlement. Exhaustion is etched on the face of this…
