Lead The Uganda Blogging Community Into Its Bright Future…

by Byagaba Roland - September 4, 2019September 16, 20191

In late 2017, some of the founding members of the Uganda Blogging Community sat down to formalize the community and put together a leadership structure and strategic plan to steer it to the proverbial greater heights. The glue that held the team together then was Joel Ntwatwa and when he

July 2019 #UgBlogMonth #ChainStoryChallenge Edition

by UgBloc Admin - July 1, 2019July 1, 20192

Hello Uganda Blogging Community. We come with good tidings of the second blog week of 2019. And because the FOMO is that much, we are just going to blurt it out…we are doing another chain story challenge…woot-woot!! We last did one in 2017 and those that participated had so much fun

#UgBlogWeek August 2018: Off The Record Legacies

by UgBloc Admin - August 13, 2018August 14, 20182

It's officially the art festival season in Uganda and August is proving to be the busiest month on the scene. It kicked off with the Bayimba Music Festival from 2 - 5th August (check out this review by Beewol) at their new home on Lake Victoria. The Babisahi Poetry Festival

May ’18 #UBHH: Conversations On Photography And Blogging

by UgBloc Admin - May 29, 2018May 29, 20180

To begin with, sorry for the long break and irregularity with the happy hours. We are back now and intend to be better at putting together these monthly meetups. For the May edition, the topic is photography and blogging. With the advances in phone camera's, there's increasingly no excuse for one

#UgBlogWeek April 2018 Edition: Wakanda Africa Do You Envision?

by Patsy Mugabi - April 23, 2018April 23, 20183

Warm greetings from us to you! Is it just me or is this weather for lovers? If you’re single, I hope you’re ready to mingle? Here’s one way to start; The clarion call here today on UgBloc is for a Blog Week on Wakanda. (Hold your horses, I know it’s over

Abyssinian Nomad Book Talk and Q&A with author Maskarm Haile

by UgBloc Admin - March 5, 2018March 5, 20180

Maskarm Haile recently published a travel memoir "Abyssinian Nomad" An African woman's Journey of Love, Loss, and Adventure from Cape to Cairo. She is currently in Kampala to promote the book. and UgBloC is honoured to co-host a book talk and Q&A with her. We are therefore calling out to

UGBLOC NEW(S) ADDRESS- WAKANDA

by Patsy Mugabi - March 3, 2018March 5, 20184

The Uganda Blogging Community is ecstatic to usher in March with you. Nev (RIP) continues to live on in our hearts, and we continue to celebrate him by switching up a few things here and there, with the baby that he treasured dearly. You see, here in Wakanda, we are embracing

#UBHH February 2018 Edition – #CelebratingNevender

by UgBloc Admin - February 22, 2018February 22, 20180

Our first #UBHH of 2018 is on and we shall use this to celebrate Joel Ntwatwa Nevender who passed on recently. We'll recite some of his poetry, light some candles and basically appreciate the different ways he touched our lives. Here are some of the tributes that were written about him. You

Bloggers Meet-Up with Sabina Trojanova

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by UgBloc Admin - February 8, 2018February 8, 20180

Last year, the Europian Union run a competition, Faces2Hearts, where 4 young bloggers were selected to embark on a 5-month journey across 3 continents to discover projects, supported by the EU, that change people’s lives for the better. Sabina Trojanova was one of the 4 winners and she is currently in

#Blogging101Ug Uganda Blogging Community Blogger Accelerate Training

by Byagaba Roland - November 13, 2017November 13, 20170

The year is fast coming to an end, and talk of resolutions for the new year is about to begin. As bloggers, it is important that we also prepare ourselves for the year ahead. This year’s final Uganda Blogging Community (Ugbloc) training, aims to do this. We will be sharing ways to