BIDIBIDI, Uganda – Brian Dinga, his sister-in-law and her six children fled their South Sudanese home in September 2016 after his brother was shot dead in fighting. They trekked across the border into ...

By Brian AndresileFor many years, access to banking services depended largely on where one lived. If you were based in a major town or city, opening and managing a bank account was ...

Last week, Uganda’s government ordered a sweeping internet blackout just days before a pivotal presidential election, raising ...

Uganda has received ultra-portable, AI-powered digital X-ray machines to support diagnosis in various hospitals in rural areas. The project supervised by the Ministry of Health is supported by the ...

The positions in the table below reflect the Uganda Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation's position overall, domestically, within their sector, and in various subject areas based on their ...

Firstly, let us define what civic technology, or civic tech as it is sometimes known, is. On 4 July 2017, the United States of America which is is also known as the founding home of civic tech, was ...

On January 15, 2026, during the polling day for Uganda’s general elections, biometric voter verification—introduced to ...

The successful neutralisation of the Bitchat messaging platform during Uganda's recent national elections marks a significant ...

KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda's major telecom operators, including the local division of South Africa's MTN Group, said they will ask customers to pay a new government tax on social media accounts before ...

Since 2019, researchers at the Atlantic Technological University (ATU) in Letterkenny have been working on a smart sensor to detect faults in the handpumps being used in boreholes in rural Uganda. Now ...