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PLATINUM CREDIT EXPOSED! Court Fines It Sh11.6M,Bosses Face 10-Year Jail Term as Borrowers Decry Its ‘Dirty Deals’

Shockwaves are tearing through East Africa’s money lending industry after microfinance giant Platinum Credit was ordered to pay a Kenyan mobile subscriber Sh400,000 (approximately UGX 11.6 million), for bombarding him with...

Hon Crispin Kaheru: Expectations in this kisanja “no more sleep for all Ugandans”

By Hon Crispin Kaheru - Member, Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC). What awaits H.E. President Yoweri Museveni in...

UGANDA: Dog Shelters Being Used To Scam Donors

ILLICIT FINANCIAL FLOWS: How dog shelter content creators in Uganda are tricking people online. Many donors being scammed. 🎥...

EU Keeps Escalating Against Russia as NATO Crumbles – How Africa Will Pay the Price

Aaron Ainomugisha.  Imagine you are a farmer in Senegal or a truck driver in Kenya. You have never...

Inside White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting

Credit Al Jazeera. Donald Trump has been rushed out of the White House correspondents’ dinner at a hotel...

Cisco: Africa presents AI leapfrogging opportunity

Local Reporting by Aaron Ainomugisha. Additional reporting by Paula Gilbert, Connecting Africa. Africa's entrepreneurial workforce and young population can help catalyze an artificial intelligence...

HOW UGANDA IS TAKING STEPS TO INTEGRATE ICT INTO EDUCATION POLICIES

Uganda aims to support innovation ecosystems by integrating Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) into education national policies. The integration of educational technology in Uganda's teaching...

INSIDE EAST AFRICA’S PRODUCTIVE USE OF OFF-GRID SOLAR

This explainer is produced as part of African Centre for Media Excellence-ACME’s two-year project, implemented in partnership with the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, to...

INTERNATIONAL DATA PRIVACY DAY: CAN UGANDANS PROTECT PERSONAL DATA?

The government of Uganda has urged Ugandans to be vigilant before logging into any social media platform. The executive director of National Personal Data Protection...