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Nyege Nyege keeps on dancing, too fast for the moral police — and terrorists(?)
Annual music festival returns, with moral hysteria and bans replaced by terror warnings
November 10, 2023
Energy, Oil & Gas
Politics & Policy
#SaveMurchisonFalls: Is Bonang Power taking us for a ride?
Bonang Power, the South African company that says it intends to construct a 360MW hydropower dam near Murchison Falls, does not fit the profile of a firm capable of carrying out such a project
June 13, 2019
Opinion
Travel & Tourism
Local links across Africa provide key clues to fighting the illegal ivory trade
For its part, Uganda has served as the transit country – the country that goods are transported through to their final destination in a third country – for ivory.
May 6, 2018
Travel & Tourism
East Africa airports seeing increase in tourist arrivals, but not Entebbe
What makes for a busy East African airport? Tourism and airline hubs, according to travel data company ForwardKeys
August 21, 2017
Politics & Policy
Travel & Tourism
Uganda’s elephant numbers go up, but poaching a growing threat
The International Union for Conservation of Nature says elephants in Uganda have increased by about 1000, from 3,944 in 2005 to 4,923 last year, even as they have dropped across Africa.
September 28, 2016
Data
Travel & Tourism
Entebbe left out of East Africa’s tourist arrivals boom this year
Between January and August, bookings transactions for people travelling to East Africa grew by 11.2% compared to the same period last year, according to ForwardKeys, a company that predicts future travel patterns by analysing flight reservation data.
September 23, 2016
Politics & Policy
Travel & Tourism
There is no evidence that higher entry visa fees were affecting tourist arrivals
A year after government increased the single entry visa fee to $100 from $50, it reversed the decision. The new rate, $50, became effective on 22 July. Tourism operators and other stakeholders welcomed the announcement enthusiastically, saying it made Uganda more competitive in the region. But will the reduction in the fee increase the number of tourist arrivals?
July 30, 2016