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There are signs of post-pandemic recovery for Africa’s off-grid solar industry. Now it needs to lure back the investors Africa’s off-grid solar power industry is growing but is in urgent need of further support, as the sector struggles to shake off the negative impact of the Covid pandemic on providers of equipment and services, …

Agro-processing, manufacturing and primary agriculture were big determinants for the Bank’s performance | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Development Bank, the country’s National Development Finance Institution on July.07 released its 2021 Direct Impact Report highlighting the fundamental role that it continues to play toward Uganda’s sustainable socio-economic transformation and growth. Francis …

Experts back the move but say, the poor will be hit hardest Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | On July 6, Bank of Uganda held an emergency monetary policy committee meeting and decided to increase the central bank rate (CBR) by one percentage point to 8.5%, the highest since the …

  Astrid R.N. Haas is an Urban Economist who has worked previously at the African Development Bank. She has also served as a Senior Country Economist and Head of the Cities that Work Initiative at the International Growth Centre (IGC) in Kampala. She spoke to Ian Katusiime about some of …

Pfizer and BioNTech to test a candidate | THE INDEPENDENT | Pfizer and BioNTech announced a new clinical trial for universal COVID-19 vaccine candidates.They say the candidates will include T-cell enhancing shots and pan-coronavirus shots that “protect against the broader family of viruses and its mutations.” A key challenge for …

Some reason to cheer, but lots of work ahead | CHRIS CHANGWE NSHIMBI | The European Union (EU) has lived up to the primary reason it was created – ensuring that member states will not wage physical war against one another, but settle their differences amicably. It owes some of …

Artificial Intelligence helps translate over 200 African languages | THE INDEPENDENT | Meta (www.Facebook.com) announced on July 06 that it has built and open sourced ‘No Language Left Behind’ NLLB-200, a single AI model that is the first to translate across 200 different languages, including 55 African languages with state-of-the-art …

  Museveni’s dream and numbers that don’t lie Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Since President Yoweri Museveni announced on June 7, rather surprisingly, that Uganda had attained Lower Middle Income status, the question has been why the President appears desperate for Uganda to attain that rank. Several views have …

How low levels of skill impact our nation’s ambitions in government, private sector and our homes THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | A friend has lived in America for the last 15 years, having left the country in her early twenties. Before, during and after her graduate studies, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY ‘Middle Income’ status: Museveni’s dream and numbers that don’t lie THE LAST WORD Uganda’s biggest handicap: How low levels of skill impact our nation’s ambitions in government, private sector and our homes COMMENTS …