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2025 LIST OF FULLY LICENSED TELEVISION STATIONS in Uganda: . UBC TV / Official National Television; UBC STAR TV. UBC MAGIC 1. UBC U24 TV. APEX TV | Kampala
The first Ugandan shilling (UGS) replaced the East African shilling in 1966 at par. Following high inflation, a new shilling (UGX) was introduced in 1987 worth 100 old shillings. The shilling is usually a stable currency and predominates in most financial transactions in Uganda, which has a very efficient foreign exchange market with
Canary Mugume is a Ugandan investigative journalist with NBS Television and a Léo Africa Young Emerging Leaders Program Fellow. His investigative reporting is specialized in current affairs, dysfunctions of the economy, and social matters and led him to be elevated to the prime news bulletin Live @ 9 together with Isabella Tugume on Monday 2 August 2021.
It was founded as a result of the "Uganda Broadcasting Corporation Act, 2004", which merged the operations of Uganda Television (UTV) and Radio Uganda. It started broadcasting on November 16, 2005. [1] The Uganda Broadcasting Corporation Act stated that the UBC should be funded by the levying of a television licence fee.
Africanews (styled as africanews) is a 24/7 pan-African multilingual news network located in Lyon, France previously headquartered in Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo. The news channel began broadcasting online, and via TV and satellite on 20 April 2016. [1] The newsroom has 30 journalists and around 55 technical staffers. [citation needed]
The terrestrial TV service was founded in October 2011 by MultiChoice. It features news channels such as the BBC, Al Jazeera and CNN, sports channels such as SuperSport and ESPN, local & international content from Africa Magic and M-Net Movies among others, including free-to-air channels.
There are a number of newspapers in Uganda today. New Vision is Uganda's leading English daily newspaper. It is a state-owned newspaper and has the largest nationwide circulation. The Daily Monitor is an independent English-language newspaper and second in circulation to the New Vision. The two papers dominate the print section of media in Uganda.
Baba TV began broadcasting in August 2017 and is owned by Balyeku Moses Grace, [1] former member of Parliament for Jinja West. [2]In 2019, Baba TV launched on DStv in Uganda. [3] [4] [5] The station was launched on GOtv, the only digital platform that did not include it, in 2021.