In The Magazine

Analysts hail UNOC’s ambitions but reality of fuel business complex COVER STORY | ISAAC KHISA | The decision by the government of Uganda to directly enter the oil importation and cut out middle players has blown a cloud of uncertainty in the US$2 billion business that is the heartbeat of the …

A visit to Russia and witnessing the lost opportunities for cooperation with the West THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | This week, I landed in St. Petersburg, my first time to visit Russia, to attend a BRICS conference. There were very few people at the airport, so I went through immigration …

ANALYSIS | Charles Shey Wiysonge | The Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine for TB has been used for 100 years. It is largely effective for children under five, but less so in older people and can’t be used on patients who have certain medical conditions. Today we’re the closest we’ve ever been to …

Is it better to eat several small meals or fewer larger ones? ANALYSIS | LINDSEY DESOTO | It is widely accepted in modern culture that people should divide their daily diet into three large meals – breakfast, lunch, and dinner – for optimal health. This belief primarily stems from culture …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Africa’s multilateral lender, African Development Bank is partnering with the East African Community (EAC) Secretariat and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development to launch a capacity development project to enhance trade in East Africa. The $1.56M EAC Trade Portal Enhancement Project will support …

The partnership gives Kenya’s second-largest insurer access to a larger market and expanded opportunities for growth Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | South Africa’s largest privately-owned insurance group, Hollard plans to extend its footprint in East Africa through the acquisition of a significant interest in Apollo Investments Limited, the holding company …

Talks gene drives, mRNA at Grand Challenges meeting ANALYSIS | NONTOBEKO MLAMBO | Infectious diseases are major causes of deaths in Africa. The burden of existing, emerging and re-emerging diseases like malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, cholera, schistosomiasis, lymphatic filariasis, sleeping sickness, Ebola and SARS continues to grow – and once you move …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Airtel Uganda has partnered with EASYBUY (Dexinte Finance Limited), a renowned brand for making devices easily accessible through the Buy Now, Pay Later method, in a significant step to scale up smartphone penetration in the country. Carol Asio, Head of Retail at Airtel Uganda said, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Panyu Chu Kong (PCK) Steel Pipe Co., Ltd, the company contracted to supply line pipes to the S$4bn East Africa Crude Oil pipeline (EACOP) has said the first batch of 100 kilometres of pipes is completed and in the process of being delivered to the …

It wants either an apartheid state or an ethnic cleansing process and both are crimes under international law COMMENT | VIJAY PRASHAD | On October 30, 2023, Israeli authorities said that they had killed “dozens” of Hamas fighters in the first days of their ground invasion. Meanwhile, Gaza’s Ministry of Health …