Nakalema Touts Uganda’s Conducive Investment Climate

Innovators Assured of Protection and Market Access at National Science Week

The Head of the State House Investors Protection Unit (SHIPU), Col. Edith Nakalema, has strongly affirmed the government’s commitment to safeguarding and nurturing local innovators, emphasizing their crucial role in Uganda’s economic growth. Her remarks were made during the ongoing National Science Week 2025 at Kololo Independence Grounds, an event aimed at bridging the gap between innovation and the market. “The President directed us to collabo…

Nakalema touts Uganda’s conducive investment climate

Nakalema, Musenero and staff from the Ministry of Science and Technology at the Science Exhibition. PHOTO URN Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Head of State House Investors Protection Unit (SHIPU), Col. Edith Nakalema, has reiterated her unit’s commitment to guiding and protecting innovators to ensure that they thrive in Uganda’s conducive investment climate. “The President directed us to collaboratively coordinate stakeholders to create …

President Museveni Calls for Embracing Technology and Innovation

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has underscored the importance of embracing technology across all sectors and inspiring younger generations to integrate it into their daily lives. In a speech delivered on his behalf by the Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Rt Hon. Thomas Tayebwa, at the closing ceremony of the 2025 National Science Week held at Kololo Independence Grounds on Friday, the President reiterated Uganda’s commitment to building capacity …

The 1% country: Uganda's contrarian tech play

While the Big Four chase unicorns and court fintechs, Uganda is quietly betting that the future of African tech lies not in apps, but in hardware.

Uganda's tech sector has prepared the bride, now it wants a dowry

In Kampala, Uganda, on June 19, just past 9 a.m., electric buses rolled through the gates of Kololo Independence Grounds, ferrying investors, policymakers, and tech founders into what has become the most critical stage for Uganda’s tech ambitions.  The 2nd Uganda Investor Summit was not an event for flashy app demos and fevered pitches but a quiet statement of intent.  An electric bus, designed, and assembled in Uganda by state-backed Kiira Moto…