The Hidden Cost of Internet Shutdowns: A View from Uganda’s...
As a technology professional in Uganda, I have seen how deeply the internet is woven into everyday business and social life. At VINAStech, an IT firm offering consultancy, IT support,...
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The Joys and Nightmares of Raising a Child Today
Raising a child today is a mix of deep joy and constant worry. Every new step brings excitement, but it also brings new fears. Parents wait eagerly for a child...
Unopposed NRM Candidates and Withdraws, Is there Democracy?
As Uganda inches closer to its highly anticipated 2026 general elections, a trend has emerged that deserves national attention: an increasing number of National Resistance Movement (NRM) candidates are being...
World AIDS Day 2025 – Uganda Must Lead With Innovation,...
Every December 1, Uganda joins the world in marking World AIDS Day. This year’s theme, “Overcoming disruption, transforming the AIDS response,” resonates deeply with our national struggle. For Uganda, the...
Uganda’s Digital Dreams Amidst Political Realities
As Uganda steadily advances toward its ambition of becoming a digitally empowered society and a knowledge-based economy by 2040, Uganda’s technology finds itself at a critical moment. From expanding broadband...
Museveni’s Indian Ocean Claim Exposes East Africa’s Biggest Weakness
When President Yoweri Museveni while in Mbale on November 11, 2025 said that Uganda could one day fight for access to the Indian Ocean, many people laughed, mocked him online,...
World Cities Day: Tech Won’t Make Cities Smart — People...
This World Cities Day, 30th–31st October 2025, the theme “People-centered smart cities” — held under the official slogan “Better City, Better Life” — invites us to explore how technology can...
