`Our mobile devices have become extensions of our lives’ FEATURE | AGENCIES | Ever contemplated how your phone brand might mirror your social media savvy? ZenShield’s experts break this down, with Steffan Black stating, “Our mobile devices have become extensions of our lives, and the brand we choose could whisper something …
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A new generative AI tool could transform video production and amplify disinformation risks FEATURE | AGENCIES | OpenAI recently announced a new generative AI system named Sora, which produces short videos from text prompts. While Sora is not yet available to the public, the high quality of the sample outputs published …
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Now that the Electoral Commission is reconstituted, this Mail & Guardian article traces Uganda’s journey to accepting violence as the highest form of political organising. POLITICS | ANALYSIS | In 1971, a young university student wrote a thesis on Frantz Fanon’s ideas on violence as the highest form of political organising. …
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BOOK REVIEW – YAA GYASI | DANIELLA KHANANI | ‘What is the point of all of this?’ is a question that separates humans from other animals. Our curiosity around the issue has sparked everything from science to literature to philosophy to religion. When the answer to the question is ‘Because God …
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SPECIAL FEATURE | Alfred Geresom Musamali | School cooks usually only prepare and serve food but during Uganda’s Nabumali High School Alumni Annual Dinner held at Hotel Africana in Kampala on Friday, 24th November, 2023, long-serving school cook Anthony Mang’ara was treated among the Very Important Persons (VIPs). The Secret is …
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BOOK REVIEW | JULIUS BUSINGE | “My life is one of tradition and transition; My traditions were ordained by my lineage and birthplace, in the beautiful fertile lands of Hoima in the Kingdom of Bunyoro,” writes Dr. Sarah Nyendwoha Ntiro in the introduction of her book titled ‘Emboldened’, unveiled on …
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Gulu, Uganda | JULIUS OCUNGI | On a bright Sunday morning in Rwot Obilo village, Owor Sub-County in Gulu district, Justine Nantume, a small-scale farmer is busy weeding her one-acre rice garden, some 18 km outside the bustling Gulu city. Adjacent to this rice garden is Nantume’s maize farm sitting …
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COMMENT | MARIJE SLIJKERMAN | Every 28th day of October confronts us, parents and brothers, with the deeply painful fact of our Sophia’s physical absence in our lives. Last week that day marked the eighth year of her disappearance in Uganda. It is very difficult to actually believe that eight years have …
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HOUSING FEATURE | THE INDEPENDENT | Roofing products manufacturer and supplier Uganda Baati Limited has demonstrated its commitment by offering a new product dubbed ‘Lifestile Shingles’ to the Ugandan market, a development that has widened its offering to homeowners and builders, it said on Oct.26. Uganda Baati Limited is a …
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In the quest for leadership, individuals often find themselves at a crossroads, wondering whether leaders are born or made. They ponder whether a leadership course, a mentor, or a shelf of leadership books holds the key to becoming an effective leader. These questions echo through the corridors of professional …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
