Professor Emeritus of Economics at New York University, Nouriel Roubini speaks to Project Syndicate (PS) on that and more.  Project Syndicate: In your latest PS commentary, you reaffirmed your expectation that monetary authorities’ efforts to rein in inflation will “cause both an economic and a financial crash,” and that “regardless …

Ugandan population has always treasured owning motor vehicles because of a poor transport network. But the actual sales in the past few months have been on a decline amidst continued growth in inquiries. Autochek Uganda’s Country Manager, Jacob Muddu, in an interview with The Independent shares some insights about the …

Deals signed, networks made, entrepreneurial knowledge shared Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | From November 22-24, the 4th edition of the annual Uganda Innovations Week (UIW) kicked off in Kampala, organized by Start-up Uganda, with hundreds of participants from the private sector, government, and other fields participating both physically and …

The projected total Gross Written Premium at the end of year 2022 is Shs1.3tn supported by a strong economy according to industry regulator Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s insurance sector has remained on a positive growth trajectory in the third quarter of 2022, with the total gross written …

EBOLA FIGHT: The good and bad news Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health on average receives about 160 alerts every day of possible Ebola, according to the Disease Outbreak News (DON) of Nov.24 by the World Health Organisation (WHO). It says during the week commencing Nov.14, …

Will he turn on the charm or signal end of schmoozing? Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | U.S. President Joe Biden has invited 49 of 54 African leaders for a three-day summit scheduled for 13-15 December. Not invited are Burkina Faso, Guinea, Sudan, Mali, Eritrea, and Western Sahara. This means that …

  All fascists are nationalists who promise national rebirth  but not all nationalists are fascists COMMENT | JAN-WERNER MUELLER | Almost exactly a century after Fascist leader Benito Mussolini’s March on Rome and ascent to the Italian premiership, a politician whose party descends from the original Fascists, Giorgia Meloni, has …

The roads are safe for us, let us not be unsafe on them we remember the souls lost and take stock COMMENT | AYUB AHMED | The World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (WDR) is commemorated on the third Sunday of November each year. This year it is …

Why is it crucial and what can be done to improve on it? SPECIAL REPORT | THE INDEPENDENT | Since the time of the Ancient Greeks, medical professionals have sworn the Hippocratic Oath, through which they commit to providing their patients with the best care possible. This includes patients of …

WHO ships in three evaluated candidate vaccines as outbreak evolves Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT & AGENCIES | First doses of candidate vaccines against the Sudan Ebola virus are expected to arrive in Uganda in the coming days, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Supplies of one of the …