Uganda

An anti-LGBTQ+ law in Uganda is hurting the economy

SITTING on a sofa in his tiny office, Simon Azarwagye, the owner of a travel company called Azas Safaris, points to numbers on his laptop – visual aids for a story that still makes him miserable to te...

A spokesperson for Standard Chartered says the London-based bank “isn’t involved in the financing” of the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project.

International

StanChart says ‘no’ to financing US$5 billion Ugandan oil pipeline

STANDARD Chartered no longer intends to finance an oil pipeline in East Africa that has been estimated to generate seven times more CO2 emissions each year than the entire country of Uganda.

International

Britain to launch £160m fund to boost floating wind power industry

[LONDON] Britain will launch a 160 million pound (S$295.3 million) fund to help developers of floating offshore wind technology as part of efforts to ramp up renewable power and meet climate targets, ...

Energy & Commodities

Uganda delays aim of boosting coffee output fivefold by a decade

[KAMPALA, Uganda] Uganda, Africa's top coffee exporter, pushed back a target of boosting annual output fivefold by a decade because it has taken longer than thought to introduce programs needed to rai...

Lifestyle

Going ape

Marking 50 years since dedicated conservation efforts began to save Africa's mountain gorillas, there is no better time to pay these majestic creatures a visit than now.

Consumer & Healthcare

Uganda moves into the world of chocolate

Startup Pink Food has been selling products made from locally grown cocoa

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