Kamwokya Market, which sits on about 1.5 acres and currently hosts around 470 vendors, will be transformed into a three-tier complex featuring a fresh food market, youth skilling centre, ...

With Uganda Airlines set to launch direct flights to London Gatwick, exporters of perishables will be the biggest beneficiaries of the airline's cargo carriage capacity. This development ...

Ghana's cedi is expected to gain marginally against the U.S. dollar in the coming week, while Zambia's kwacha is seen under ...

While urban centres battle obesity, rural regions continue to suffer from stunting and under‑nutrition due to erratic food ...

According to the President, the journalists should use their platforms to promote national development. While meeting ...

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy Doto Biteko, today April 17, 2025, participated in a joint meeting of Energy ...

A three-year initiative to equip women-led start-ups with essential skills, financing, and networks to drive long-term impact ...

KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Stanbic Bank has teamed up with Buganda Kingdom to promote coffee production in the ...

The African Union’s (AU) full membership in the G20 since 2023 has put Africa’s developmental agenda in the forefront of the discussions. The AU’s interests in the G20 include agriculture, trade, ...

President Brice Oligui Nguema on track for 7 years in power; in Uganda, farmers are suffocating under the pressure of imports ...

A new chapter in Africa’s economic integration began in Abuja with the grand commissioning of the African Export-Import Bank’s (Afreximbank) first-ever African Trade Centre (AATC) — a flagship ...