Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The financial technology (FinTech) industry has grown faster than the managers of the economy had anticipated, with the number of FinTechs growing from just five in 2017 to 189 in 2022. This has come with regulatory challenges due to the complex nature of the industry that …
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Juba, South Sudan | Xinhua | The United Nations-appointed human rights experts on Monday warned that South Sudan’s peace process needs urgent attention to prevent violence from escalating. Yasmin Sooka, the chairperson of the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan, called on the international community to swiftly pay more attention …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Women’s National Netball team, the She Cranes have been flagged off ahead of a tour to England where they will take part in the Vitality Netball International Series. The team that departed yesterday will use the tour to intensify preparations for the 2023 Netball World …
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Cane shortage amidst increased exports complicates the equation for local consumption Kampala, Ugnada | JULIUS BUSINGE | Local sugar consumers should brace themselves for further increases in price for the sweet commodity owing to a fall in production volumes amidst an increase in export volumes, according to industry players and …
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Kotido, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The joint security forces in Kotido district have recovered 22 animals that Karamojong rustlers stole from Agago district. Col. Wilberforce Sserunkuma, the 405 Brigade Commander said the recovery of the animals was part of the efforts in the ongoing cordon and search operations. He said the …
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Brussels, Belgium | Xinhua | The European Commission on Monday said it had secured over 10,000 tecovirimat vaccines against monkeypox, despite the declining number of cases in the European Union (EU). The Commission said the emergency procurement adds to the 334,000 vaccines already purchased by the EU. The purchase was funded …
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Author Guillaume Blanc debunks a colonial myth According to Guillaume Blanc, author of The Invention of Green Colonialism, one of these pitfalls is the idea of an “African Eden” that casts an entire continent as the site of pristine wilderness instead of a region populated and shaped by humans for …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | South African company Tiger Brands has recalled its Purity Essentials Baby Powder products after finding levels of asbestos, a chemical whose exposure has been linked to various cancers in test samples. According to a warning notice written by Meti Demissie Disasa, the Registrar COMESA Competition Commission, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The International Crimes Division of the High Court in Kampala has dismissed an application in which the lawyers representing Kawempe North Member of Parliament Muhammad Ssegirinya and his Makindye West counterpart Allan Ssewanyana, wanted to be part of the application seeking to protect prosecution witnesses. The …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Building Review Board-NBRB has said that using steel-timber-concrete method to construct slabs is unsafe since there are no clear standards for the timber being used. The clarification follows the 19th September 2022 ban by the Minister for Works and Transport Gen. Katumba Wamala on …
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