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Africa · Thursday, 12 November 2026

Uganda

No written brief today: there’s too little data for one, or the draft didn’t pass our checks.


Rising

  1. 1Official Car/Bike DTT-Ireland

    Breakout

    Education & careers · App Store · #1 in paid apps

  2. 2Joshua Baraka

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #1 in songs

  3. dronepicr, CC BY 2.0

    3Barcelona

    Breakout

    Travel & places · Google Trends · 5,000+ searches

  4. Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0

    4Mauricio Pochettino

    New

    Sports · Wikipedia · 1,250 reads

  5. 5My Airtel Africa

    Rising

    Tech & AI · App Store · #8 in free apps


Top today

  1. 1Official Car/Bike DTT-Ireland

    Breakout

    Education & careers · App Store · #1 in paid apps

  2. Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2Mauricio Pochettino

    New

    Sports · Wikipedia · 1,250 reads

  3. 3Joshua Baraka

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #1 in songs

  4. dronepicr, CC BY 2.0

    4Barcelona

    Breakout

    Travel & places · Google Trends · 5,000+ searches

  5. 5Betting Tips for Football

    Breakout

    Tech & AI · App Store · #2 in paid apps

  6. Timmy96, CC0

    6Michael Carrick

    Breakout

    Sports · Wikipedia · 1,131 reads

  7. EmDee, CC BY-SA 3.0

    7Belgium

    Breakout

    Travel & places · Google Trends · 5,000+ searches

  8. 8WiFi File Transfer & FTP

    Breakout

    Tech & AI · App Store · #3 in paid apps

  9. The White House, Public domain

    9Jensen Huang

    New

    Business & economy · Wikipedia · 376 reads

  10. 10Interpolation Methods

    Breakout

    Tech & AI · App Store · #4 in paid apps

Everyday apps here: WhatsApp · Zenka Loan App Uganda · Absa Uganda · MoMo App · Absa Banking. Apps that top the charts every day. They’re listed after what’s new or in the news.


What the news is talking about

How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 811 articles by the country’s own news sites over the last 7 days. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

  1. 4.0% of the news · usually 3.2% · 32 articles
  2. 2.2% of the news · usually 2.7% · 18 articles
  3. 1.9% of the news · usually 1.3% · 15 articles
  4. 1.5% of the news · usually 1.0% · 12 articles
  5. 1.5% of the news · usually 1.3% · 12 articles
  6. 1.0% of the news · usually 0.4% · 2.4× usual · 8 articles
  7. 0.7% of the news · usually 0.6% · 6 articles
  8. 0.6% of the news · usually 0.6% · 5 articles

How the news sounds

News coverage in more than 100 languages, machine-translated and counted with English word lists, from The GDELT Project.

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Issues people are looking up

The top topics in politics, the economy, tech, science, health, climate, education and society that people here read and search about today.

  1. The White House, Public domain

    1Jensen Huang

    New

    Business & economy · Wikipedia · 376 reads

  2. Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2Elon Musk

    Breakout

    Politics & world affairs · Google Trends · 500+ searches

  3. 3Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited

    Rising

    Business & economy · Google Trends · 200+ searches

  4. 4Renminbi

    Rising

    Money & crypto · Google Trends · 200+ searches

  5. Yameliode, CC BY 4.0

    5Bank of Uganda

    Rising

    Politics & world affairs · Google Trends · 200+ searches

  6. Coolcaesar, CC BY-SA 4.0

    6Nvidia

    Business & economy · Wikipedia · 135 reads

  7. 7YouTube

    Tech & AI · Wikipedia · 133 reads

  8. 8Colette Kress

    Business & economy · Wikipedia · 109 reads


By category

Business & economy

  1. The White House, Public domain

    1Jensen Huang

    New

    Wikipedia · 376 reads

  2. 2Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited

    Rising

    Google Trends · 200+ searches

  3. Coolcaesar, CC BY-SA 4.0

    3Nvidia

    Wikipedia · 135 reads

Education & careers

  1. 1Official Car/Bike DTT-Ireland

    Breakout

    App Store · #1 in paid apps

  2. 2e-Sword LT: Bible Study to Go

    Everyday app

    App Store · #11 in paid apps

  3. 3World Factbook Pro Edition

    Everyday app

    App Store · #16 in paid apps

Fashion & beauty

  1. 1Fliqlo

    Everyday app

    App Store · #24 in paid apps

  2. 2Universalis

    Everyday app

    App Store · #32 in paid apps

  3. 3Glovo: Food delivery

    Everyday app

    ItalianGlovo: Cibo a domicilio

    App Store · #30 in free apps

Food & drink

  1. 1KFC Uganda

    Everyday app

    App Store · #56 in free apps

  2. 2Café Javas

    Everyday app

    App Store · #73 in free apps

Health & wellness

  1. 1Fitness Buddy+ Gym Workout Log

    Everyday app

    App Store · #18 in paid apps

  2. 2AutoSleep: Watch Sleep Tracker

    Everyday app

    App Store · #40 in paid apps

  3. 3Neonatal Guide

    Everyday app

    App Store · #41 in paid apps

Money & crypto

  1. 1Renminbi

    Rising

    Google Trends · 200+ searches

  2. 2Trust: Crypto & Bitcoin Wallet

    App Store · #84 in free apps

  3. 3Zenka Loan App Uganda

    Everyday app

    App Store · #24 in free apps

Movies & TV

  1. 1XXX

    Wikipedia · 318 reads

  2. 2FreeFlix - Movies & TV Shows

    App Store · #94 in free apps

  3. 3MTN TV by AfroMobile

    App Store · #98 in free apps

Music

  1. 1Joshua Baraka

    Rising

    Apple Music · #1 in songs

  2. JOSE CHAMELEONE, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2King Saha

    Apple Music · #14 in songs

  3. Ayomide7, CC BY-SA 4.0

    3Joeboy

    Apple Music · #21 in songs

Celebrities & creators

  1. 1Susan Kigula

    Wikipedia · 185 reads

  2. 2Bien-Aimé Baraza

    Apple Music · #13 in songs

Politics & world affairs

  1. Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Elon Musk

    Breakout

    Google Trends · 500+ searches

  2. Yameliode, CC BY 4.0

    2Bank of Uganda

    Rising

    Google Trends · 200+ searches

  3. U.S. Department of State, Public domain

    3Yoweri Museveni

    Wikipedia · 103 reads

Society & beliefs

  1. 1Safely Together

    App Store · #61 in free apps

Sports

  1. Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Mauricio Pochettino

    New

    Wikipedia · 1,250 reads

  2. Timmy96, CC0

    2Michael Carrick

    Breakout

    Wikipedia · 1,131 reads

  3. Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0

    3Erling Haaland

    Rising

    Google Trends · 200+ searches

Tech & AI

  1. 1Betting Tips for Football

    Breakout

    App Store · #2 in paid apps

  2. 2WiFi File Transfer & FTP

    Breakout

    App Store · #3 in paid apps

  3. 3Interpolation Methods

    Breakout

    App Store · #4 in paid apps

Travel & places

  1. dronepicr, CC BY 2.0

    1Barcelona

    Breakout

    Google Trends · 5,000+ searches

  2. EmDee, CC BY-SA 3.0

    2Belgium

    Breakout

    Google Trends · 5,000+ searches

  3. Hunanuk, CC0

    3Turkey

    Breakout

    Google Trends · 5,000+ searches


Industries here

Music 43Travel & tourism 11Sports & fitness 10Tech & software 9Media & entertainment 4Government & public sector 4Telecom & internet 3Finance & banking 2Retail & e-commerce 1Fashion & beauty 1AI 1Crypto & digital assets 1Energy & utilities 1Education 1Nonprofits & NGOs 1


The numbers behind the mood

The latest official figures, with the period each one covers. Yearly numbers can be a year or more old.

Economy

Research

Most-published fields last month

  • Infectious Diseases
    98 papers
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
    92 papers
  • Education
    64 papers

OpenAlex

    Society


    Charts

    Apple Music · Artists

    1. 1Joshua Baraka

      Rising

    2. 5Rema

      Falling

    3. 9Asake

      Falling

    Apple Music · 2026-11-13

    App Store · Free apps

    1. 1Absa Uganda

    2. 2MoMo App

    3. 3ChatGPT

    4. 4Tiktok

    5. 5CapCut

    6. 6WhatsApp

    7. 7Snapchat

    8. 8My Airtel Africa

      Rising

    9. 9YouTube app

    10. 10WhatsApp Business

    Show the top 100

      App Store · 2026-11-13

      App Store · Paid apps

      1. 1Official Car/Bike DTT-Ireland

        Breakout

      2. 2Betting Tips for Football

        Breakout

      3. 3WiFi File Transfer & FTP

        Breakout

      4. 4Interpolation Methods

        Breakout

      5. 5scan my T3SLA

        Falling

      6. 6Shadowrocket

        Falling

      7. 7Number location tracker lookup

        Falling

      8. 8Chromagraph Camera

        Falling

      9. 9Nova Scotia State Parks

        Falling

      10. 10Voice Recorder - Audio Record

      Show the top 50

        App Store · 2026-11-13


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