Alex Tumuhimbise

Alex Tumuhimbise

Alex holds a Bachelors degree in Journalism and Mass Communication from Uganda Pentecostal University in Fort portal City. He also has a diploma in Journalism and has worked in radio, with online news agencies, and at the Daily Monitor for the past 10 years. His work has been featured in international news organizations, such as Earth Journalism Network, Floodlight-US, Mongabay News -US, and The Guardian. Alex has special interest in reporting on climate change reporting, extractive industries, and environmental governance. He’s an alum fellow of the African Center for Media Excellence, Thompson Reuters Foundation, and Earth Journalism Network and Internews.
energy transition

Pushing for energy transition, climate activists protest against the East African oil pipeline

Activists want the government to stop the project in order to reflect the government’s commitment to reducing carbon emissions and energy transition. ...

uganda

“We won’t harvest anything”: climate related pest wreaks havoc on Uganda’s crops

Climate experts are attributing the invasions of pests to the changing patterns in rain and temperature. Most pests are running towards the areas with cooler breeding areas, especially in East Africa. ...

flood

Extreme floods pushed hundreds of children out of school in Uganda

 In early 2020, shortly after the Covid-19 epidemic started in Uganda, Lake Albert experienced record breaking floods, sweeping and submerging all houses and other property nearby. Wamaani’s family scampered to safety. ...