The Independent wins 3 ACME journalism awards Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | MTN Uganda supported the African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) to recognize and reward excellent journalistic work as part of its efforts to promote good journalism. ACME, a Kampala-based media development organisation that supports African journalists to achieve …
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Shs160bn project from COP21 commitments at stake NEWS ANALYSIS | Dicta Asiimwe | A project intended to help subsistence farmers in Butaleja district, eastern Uganda, cope with climate change impacts is at risk of failure as some would be beneficiaries have not yet left the wetlands where they grow rice. …
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Why Uganda and others were not disappointed COVER STORY | Ian Katusiime | President Yoweri Museveni got at least one major deal on the sidelines of the just concluded US-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington DC, US. The President managed to get the U.S. group, Albertine Graben Energy Consortium (AGEC), to agree that a …
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Can continent keep up its record $7bn funding trend over next 12 months amidst current global turmoil? COMMENT | Thabiso Foto | Startups have become vital engines of change that can have an outsized impact on an economy. They are crucial in fueling innovation and enhancing economic and digital competitiveness. They improve …
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Why Crypto, Twitter, and Meta’s best days appear to be behind them as Amazon, Apple limp along COMMENT | Roger McNamee | After a decade of unconstrained growth – when it seemed that a new billionaire was minted every day – the tech industry has finally hit a rough patch. Elon Musk’s …
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They are vital for continent’s growth, say participants at African Development Bank Forum Kampala, Uganda | AGENCIES | Hundreds of academics and leaders of international institutions from around the world came together for an African Development Bank (AfDB) Forum on ways to harness the skills, wealth and dynamism of Africa’s 160-million-strong diaspora …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament on the Defence and Internal Affairs Committee are in Somalia for a five-day visit to Ugandan troops who have been fighting Al Shabaab insurgents since 2007. The legislators who are in the company of the state minister for Defence in charge of …
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They want their side to win not because it`ll change their lives, but because they want the other side to lose COMMENT | Kaushik Basu | The state of global politics has economists, political scientists, and political philosophers floundering. We are witnessing a level of polarisation rarely seen. From Turkey, Brazil, and …
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Countries need to integrate nature into their economic development plans, and climate agendas COMMENT | David Malpass | The Earth’s biodiversity and the services provided by healthy ecosystems are under massive pressure from climate change and the challenge of supporting eight billion people in a sustainable way. Key ecosystem services – such …
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It has become new performance ‘tool’ Kampala, Uganda | AGENCIES | Once solely deemed “an older man’s drug,” Viagra and other erectile dysfunction medications are becoming commonplace in younger men’s lives. But why are these young men relying on this little blue pill when they clearly have no physiological impediment? It’s …
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