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Item Nanyanzi breaks barriers as Mbale's youngest senior excavator.(New Vision, 2026-03-24) Nampala, MosesIn a field domineered by male participants Ariana Nanyanzi has gained recognition for being competent. originally written off for wanting to be a mechanic, Nanyanzi is now certified to use a variety of heavy machinery. she told her story to Moses Nampala.Item When Uganda airlines flight 775 crashed.(New Vision, 2026-03-16) Batte, JosephIt was a cold Sunday night on October 16, 1988 when Uganda airlines flight 775 set off from London's Gatwick airport, carrying 52 souls (45 passengers, 7 crew members) bound for a refuelling stop in Rome Italy, before heading to Entebbe airport.Item Musiime will pursue engineering.(New Vision, 2026-03-16) Beingana, DanielIn Kyenjojo bright minds are emerging with dreams rooted in science and innovation. Innocent Musiime, a former student of St Adolf High School excelled in physics, chemistry, mathematics and information and communicatopn technology, scoring 19 points.Item From isolation to impact : RENU's journey in building Uganda's digital research and education ecosystem.(Daily Monitor, 2026-04-27) Daily MonitorTwenty years ago, Uganda's research and education community faced a common challenge: institutions were largely working in isolation, with limited, unreliable, and prohibitively expensive Internet access.Item Africa has 18 months to build AI that serves it.(New Vision, 2026-05-28) Tumusiime, Abby JamesThere is a conversation happening in the corridors of power in San Francisco, Beijing, Washington, and Brussels. It is a conversation about which continents will own the next century and which will rent it. Africa is not in that conversation. I do not write this from despair, I write it from unusual access. I was born in Kampala, raised in Stockholm and have spent the last decade building Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems. I know that the window for Africa to enter the global AI economy on its own terms is roughly 18 months wide. After that, the architecture of the next century calcifies and we spend the rest of our lives as tenants in systems built by others, for others, priced for others.Item Energy, fuel and utilities inflation increases to 4.1%.(Daily Monitor, 2026-04-01) Oketch, Luther MartinRising energy, fuel and utilities (EFU) prices are emerging as a growing threat to Uganda's inflation outlook, even as food prices continue to ease. Data from Uganda Bureau Of Statistics (UBOS) shows that EFU inflation rose to 4.1 percent in March, up from 2.7 percent in February.Item EU Project to upgrade Arua City infrastructure.(New Vision, 2026-05-11) Ariaka, RobertThe, European Union's (EU) sustainable urban integration of displacement-affected communities (SUIDAC) project is reshaping Arua City. Targeting both self-settled urban refugees and host communities, it will upgrade infrastructure and expand livelihood support.Item Eng. Kaheru : Hero who helped light Uganda.(New Vision, 2026-03-06) Asiimwe, WilsonHe offered solutions when every one in the room thought the challenge at hand was impossible. His contribution to Uganda's engineering landmark projects was outstanding.Item Sh450m gold scam : three remanded.(New Vision, 2026-05-14) Etukuli, CharlesAs the crackdown on gold scanners by the police minerals protection unit continues, three suspects, who conned a romanian national cut of shs450m, were yesterday charged before Makindye chief magistrate's court, with counts of obtaining money by false pretence and remanded.Item What Uganda - DR Congo joint oil explorations mean.(New Vision, 2026-05-19) Kitubi, MartinUganda and DR Congo are set to conduct joint oil and gas explorations along the borderline as part of the natural resources and spurring economic development for both countries.Item Why Uganda's clean energy transition lies in the hands of its communities.(Daily Monitor, 2026-02-16) Edema, PatrickUganda's electricity generation is increasingly renewable with hydropower, sugarcane bagasse, and solar PV accounting for about 92 per cent of installed capacity.Item Kikuube abandoned gold site turns into death trap.(New Vision, 2026-03-12) Abaanabasazi, PeterResidents of Buhimba sub-county in Kikuube district are demanding urgent government intervention after an abandoned gold exploration site turned into what they describe as a dangerous death trap.Item Experts share ideas on harnessing AI opportunities.(New Vision, 2026-05-04) Kasoma, AloysiousUganda's artificial intelligence (A1) ambitions are steadily gaining traction, but regulatory uncertainty and fragmented digital systems continue to slow progress, limiting innovation and the country’s broader digital transformation. Speaking at the Uganda Deeptech Summit held at Four Points by Sheraton on Thursday, one of the key speakers, James Byaruhanga, the Managing Director of Roke Clouds, emphasised that access to high- performance computing infrastructure remains limited.Item Costly mistakes to avoid while re-roofing.(New Vision, 2026-05-17) Mayanja, BrianAt the beginning of his year, Henry Lubwamba a businessman, together with his six siblings, embarked on remodelling their parents' house in Muyenga, a suburb of Kampala.Item Support for innovation must come with incentives(Daily Monitor, 2026-02-15) Daily, MonitorGovernment has in the last four years expended considerable energy and resources towards skilling the youth and enhancing the country's capacity in science, technology and engineering.Item EACOP, Tilenga, Kingfisher enter final stretch.(New Vision, 2026-05-05) Kitubi, MartinThere will be a total of six pump stations, with two in Uganda and four in Tanzania, which will push the crude oil through the EACOP from Hoima to Tanga. While pump stations one and two are in Uganda, the pump stations three, four, five and six are within Tanzania. Works at different levels of completion, with pump station three standing at 64.7%, pump station four at 66.6%, pump station five at 66.7%, and pump station six at 66.9%.Item Karamoja water crisis deepens as major dam dries up(Daily Monitor, 2026-02-17) Emwamu, Simon PeterMOROTO. Anxiety has gripped pastoral communities in Moroto district after the 2.6 billion-litre Kobebe dam dried up, putting nearly 700,000 heads of livestock at risk and triggering fresh migration across Karamoja sub-region.Item Urban water infrastructure good investment for NSSF.(New Vision, 2026-05-22) Twinomucunguzi, FelixFor public infrastructure mangers, the remarks by the President of Uganda encouraging the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) to invest in public infrastructure like roads, instead of focusing on government bonds, was sweet music to our ears.Item Study raises concerns over biodigesters(New Vision, 2026-05-08) Etukuri, CharlesA study by the department of Civil and environmental engineering at Makerere University has raised concerns over the increasing use of biodigester technology in Uganda, warning that poor installation and improper handling of untreated waste could lead to groundwater contamination and environmental pollution.Item Infrastructure is East Africa's moment.(New Vision, 2026-05-04) Kigongo, OliveThere are moments in a region's economic journey when ambition, necessity and opportunity align. The recent announcement that Uganda and Kenya will collaborate on a refinery in Tanga, alongside renewed commitments to complete the standard Gauge Railway from Nairobi to Kampala, is one such moment.