WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2025
🤗 Good Morning and welcome to today's Sanyu.
We start with
📆 Today in History
On this day in 1995 – The Internet giant eBay was born. It is an online marketplace and auction website.
🌏And Elsewhere:
The Penicillium drug was accidentally discovered by Sir Alexander Fleming on this same day but in 1928.
⁉️Yesterday we asked about - 'Rolex' Chapati.
Here is one of the many responses...
'I personally don't like Rolex but I prepare the chapati for my kids . They enjoy it with beans' Jessicca Mwesigwa - from Bulindo, Kiira.
In today's stories.
📰 Raising good money to start a technology company or business in Uganda is not easy! In this article: Neexa AI’s Ethan Bampeire shares practical lessons on building a startup in Uganda
NEEXA is an AI-powered agent that ℹ️ Allows African businesses to engage prospects ℹ️ Nurture them with follow-ups, ℹ️ and convert leads into paying customers around the clock.
📰 Meanwhile, Former MUBs principal and Professor, Mr. Waswa Balunywa, was yesterday charged and remanded to Luzira.
The allegations are that he recruited staff without following the right procedures and laws. The case has shocked Uganda's academia and public sector circles.
📰 In Politics: PLU, a civic organisation chaired by General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, will resume mobilisation efforts ahead of the 2026 general elections, aiming to secure 80% of Uganda's votes for President Museveni.
And in NUP an internal storm is brewing. Aspirants for the 2026 general elections are crying about the party’s vetting process. Mbu, it was full of bias, favoritism, and handpicking of candidates.
📰 Did you know ? Safaricom is building it's first subsea Internet cable.
Backed by Meta, through its infrastructure affiliate, Edge Network Services, the 23 million dollar 'Daraja' cable, stretching from Mombasa to the Middle East, will bring new and reliable internet speeds - while giving Kenya more control over its digital future
📰 And finally, U.S. President Donald Trump has accused China of "conspiring against the US" after President Xi Jinping hosted leaders from Russia and North Korea for a military parade.
You can find more news (here)
Have a good day
The Sanyu Daily Team
💭 DAILY QUOTE
“Everyone wants to train you, accelerate you, but no one wants to invest in you - and when they do, it’s usually very small cheques.” Ethan Bampeire co-founder of Neexa AI
