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Afda MFA feature film wins big at Uganda Film Festival 2025

Higher Education

Afda MFA feature film wins big at Uganda Film Festival 2025

Earle Holmes, Issued by Afda 11 Jul 2025

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

Mobile

UCC to amend regulation of OTT social media services in Uganda

24 Oct 2019

The Uganda High Court is in Kampala on May 14, 2018. CPJ today called for Ugandan authorities to intervene and end the criminal case against editor Pidson Kareire. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Isaac Kasamani.

Media Freedom

Ugandan editor charged with criminal libel

18 Jun 2019

Ugandan pop star and opposition figure Bobi Wine appears for his bail application via a video link from prison, on a television screen in a court in Kampala, Uganda, on May 2, 2019. Uganda's media regulator suspended staff from 13 broadcast outlets for covering his arrest. Credit: CPJ/AP/Ronald Kabuubi.

Media Freedom

Ugandan regulator suspends staff from 13 outlets that covered Bobi Wine

10 May 2019

Ugandan journalists sit outside the office of the Daily Monitor, which was closed by armed police. The Monitor's website was recently ordered to suspend publication over a regulatory dispute. (Isaac Kasamani/AFP)

Media Freedom

Uganda regulator threatens news website

14 Feb 2019

Facebook inks deal to deploy fibre in Uganda

Digital

Facebook inks deal to deploy fibre in Uganda

Yuveshen Darmalingum 12 Oct 2018

Ugandan government to launch social media platforms in 2018

Social Media

Ugandan government to launch social media platforms in 2018

22 Jan 2018

Threats to media after Uganda parliamentary brawl

Media

Threats to media after Uganda parliamentary brawl

28 Sep 2017

Google launches cheaper internet

Digital

Google launches cheaper internet

Ali Twaha 14 Dec 2015

We won't return to analogue TV, says UCC

TV

We won't return to analogue TV, says UCC

Frederic Musisi 7 Jul 2015

Switch back to analogue, court tells commission

TV

Switch back to analogue, court tells commission

Anthony Wesaka 3 Jul 2015

How social media has evolved in Uganda

Social Media

How social media has evolved in Uganda

Rachel Kanyoro 3 Jul 2015

Court rules mobile money in Uganda illegal

Mobile

Court rules mobile money in Uganda illegal

Lilian Mutegi 8 Jun 2015

Uganda: And the 2015 ICT gurus are...

Digital

Uganda: And the 2015 ICT gurus are...

Samson Baranga 25 May 2015

Mobile Money & Digital Payments Africa back in Johannesburg in May

Mobile

Mobile Money & Digital Payments Africa back in Johannesburg in May

13 Apr 2015

Winners of the DStv Eutelsat Star Awards announced

TV

Winners of the DStv Eutelsat Star Awards announced

12 Feb 2015

UCC launches ACIA Awards 2014

Events & Conferencing

UCC launches ACIA Awards 2014

Tom Jackson 10 Feb 2014

Media

Update on China in African media

Anton Harber 10 Jul 2013

Mobile

Deadline for SIM card registration extended in Uganda

4 Mar 2013

Mobile

Safaricom to ditch feature phones

Craig Wilson 25 Feb 2013

MTN Uganda celebrates another milestone

Digital

MTN Uganda celebrates another milestone

12 Feb 2013

TV

UCC revises set-top boxes requirements

Jude Bukenya 1 Oct 2012

Mobile

India's Flytxt signs mobile marketing deal with Warid

Walter Wafula 28 Aug 2012

All set for PAMRO All Africa Media Research Conference

Media

All set for PAMRO All Africa Media Research Conference

27 Jul 2012

[Executive Check] Mobile pay-TV takes shape in Uganda

TV

[Executive Check] Mobile pay-TV takes shape in Uganda

Walter Wafula 18 Jul 2012

TV

Uganda scraps import duty on TV decoders

Walter Wafula 18 Jun 2012

Events & Conferencing

Uganda to host Africa's spectrum management workshop

Julius Businge 19 Apr 2012

Mobile

Ugandans losing millions to phone companies

17 Apr 2012

Mobile

MultiChoice Uganda in new mobile payment deal

Walter Wafula 12 Oct 2011

Kenya's Royal Media seeks radio licence in Uganda

Radio & Audio

Kenya's Royal Media seeks radio licence in Uganda

Walter Wafula 1 Mar 2011

Uganda halts analogue broadcasting licences

TV

Uganda halts analogue broadcasting licences

Walter Wafula 13 Jan 2011

Events & Conferencing

Global postal administrators to meet in Kampala

Walter Wafula 13 Sep 2010

TV

Kenya's Citizen TV extends service to Uganda

Walter Wafula 13 Apr 2010

Mobile

Uganda: Operators urged to cut mobile broadband charges

Walter Wafula 18 Feb 2010

Digital

Bridging the digital divide at ITU Telecom World 2009

15 Sep 2009

Media

Ugandans to join telecom Youth Forum Essay competition

Walter Wafula 17 Apr 2009

Digital

Uganda's rural poor get internet

16 Oct 2008

Digital

ICT stakeholders to assess impact of technology on Uganda

Walter Wafula 28 Aug 2008

Sports TV granted broadcasting licence

TV

Sports TV granted broadcasting licence

Walter Wafula 22 Aug 2008

Mobile

Tariffs tumble in search for subscribers

Walter Wafula 29 Feb 2008

Mobile

Telecom operators give back to UCC

David Muwanga 21 Jan 2008

Education

Education ministry to promote e-Learning

David Muwanga 10 Dec 2007

Mobile

The UCC justifies suspension of free airtime promos

David Muwanga 26 Oct 2007

Digital

Uganda has highest phone tariffs in East Africa

David Muwanga 21 Sep 2007