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

Technology has the power to drive change. This summer, I had the opportunity to collaborate with the nonprofit organization Gender Tech Initiative Uganda (GTI-U) as a communications and social media ...

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 ...

KAMPALA - Government has launched the ‘One Student, One Laptop’ initiative, a significant program aimed at equipping every student in higher learning institutions with a personal computer. Unveiled on ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Ugandan authorities should immediately restore internet access and refrain from imposing blanket shutdowns that undermine ...

Uganda's communications regulator ordered mobile service providers to shut down internet access and selected phone services ...