The Bbanga Environmental Community Run will take place at Lutoboka Bay, Buggala Island (Ssese Islands) on Saturday 4th May 2024. Bbanga Project is an Ugandan-Austrian NGO mainly focusing on education, climate action and women empowerment in Ssese Island’s largest habitated island of Buggala in Lake Victoria, the world’s largest freshwater fishery. The non-for-profit biggest projects […]
Dubbed The Tusker Lite Rwenzori Marathon, the run will take place on September 2, 2023, in Kasese district at the foothills of the snowcapped 5,109-meter Ruwenzori ranges in western Uganda. According to the main sponsor of the marathon, Tusker Lite, the aim of the Rwenzori Marathon is to promote healthy living, boost tourism to the […]
Branding for scenery and mountain gorillas, Rwanda is holding tourism week targeted to boost tourism recovery & promote intra-Africa travel. Running from 26th November to 3rd December 2022, the week-long event currently is carrying a banner and a theme of “Adopting Innovative Approaches to Boost Intra-Africa Travel as a drive for Tourism Business Recovery.” Taking […]
Uganda Bikers are joining the 2022 Africa UBUNTU Bikers Run this Sunday, January 30, 2022. The bikers from Uganda will join the rest of Africa’s bikers in a solidarity breakfast ride dubbed “2022 Africa UBUNTU Bikers Run – Riding in Unity.” Organized by the Uganda Bikers Association (UBA) in collaboration with Central Riders (CRA), Ring […]
Uganda: Airlink launch flights between Entebbe (Uganda) <> Johannesburg (South Africa) South African privately-owned regional carrier Airlink launched of flights to Entebbe, Uganda. Airlink Flights on the Johannesburg (OR Tambo International Airport) – Entebbe (Entebbe International Airport) route will operate four times a week from 19th of September 2021, connecting with Airlink’s domestic and regional […]
Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo broke the world record* at the EDP Lisbon Half Marathon on Sunday 21 November 2021, clocking 57:31 at the World Athletics Label road race. The world half marathon champion won by more than two minutes and took one second off the previous world record set by Kenya’s Kibiwott Kandie in Valencia last […]
The East African state of Rwanda will be the first country in Africa to host the World Cycling Championships The International Cycling Union (UCI) announced Thursday 23rd September 2021, that Rwanda and its capital Kigali would host the cycling worlds in 2025. The President of Rwanda’s local cycling governing body (Ferwacy), Abdallah Murenzi, confirmed the […]
Although the reception at the Entebbe International airport, Uganda main airport was low-key due to restrictions on crowds amid the Covid-19 pandemic, people lined the Entebbe to Kampala highway to welcome Uganda Olympians who medaled in Tokyo 2020 Olympics. A heroic Team Uganda arrived back home Tuesday 10 Aug 2021, from the just-concluded Tokyo 2020 […]
The Rotary Cancer Run is back! This year bigger and virtual. Simply buy a kit from the nearest Centenary Bank Branch, Rotary office, Capital shoppers, Shoprite, and run from wherever you are. Let’s celebrate 10 years of supporting lives. #RotaryCancerRun10 Contribute towards construction of the cancer bunker at Nsambya Hospitall
Uganda’s athlete Joshua Cheptegei put up a spirited last minute run to catch up with the eventual men’s 10000m final winner, Ethiopia’s Selemon Barega at Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo on Friday 30 July, 2021. Barega, 21, timed his last-lap sprint to perfection to win the first athletics gold of the Olympic […]
