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Experts urge authorities to unlock financial and regulatory opportunities to drive growth Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | JULIUS BUSINGE | Uganda and Tanzania’s public and private sectors must address gaps in mining activities to create opportunities aligned with their development plans. Speaking at the 2nd Uganda-Tanzania Business Forum, held in Dar …

Europe’s satellite agency to strengthen cooperation with continent’s Meteorologists ANALYSIS | RONALD MUSOKE | The African Union Commission and the European Meteorological Satellite Agency (EUMETSAT), have signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen their cooperation on earth observation. The agreement opens the way for African environmental and meteorological services to access …

Climate change study predicts where mosquitoes will breed in future ANALYSIS | MARK SMITH & CHRIS THOMAS | The relationship between climate and malaria transmission is complex and has been the subject of intense study for some three decades. Mosquito vector populations sufficient to maintain malaria transmission occur within a particular …

For Africa to feed its ever-growing population, govts must `listen to the soils’ ANALYSIS | RONALD MUSOKE | Africa’s soils upon which millions of smallholder farmers depend to grow food are dying and need urgent revival if they are to continue supporting the continent’s most important economic activity: agriculture. That was …

Helicopters are more dangerous than planes ANALYSIS | SCOTT NEUMAN | The crash that killed Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and several other top officials on May 19 was the latest high-profile deadly helicopter accident in recent years. For most people, the death of retired NBA star Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter …

The telecom company paid Shs1.1 trillion to URA in tax revenues compared to Shs 927bn in the previous year as a contribution to the country’s fiscal and economic development goals Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | MTN Uganda shareholder are set to earn a record dividend of Shs 403 billion for …

“L’État, c’est moi: The founders would be stunned that’s how an American president invokes power COMMENT | RICHARD K. SHERWIN | The drama starring former U.S. President Donald Trump that is now playing out in a New York City courtroom is more than just a criminal trial. It is a contest …

Uganda’s power cut as Kenya, DR Congo, S. Sudan spend more on armies COVER STORY | IAN KATUSIIME | The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 2023 recorded the biggest percentage increase in military spending in the world, according to new data from SIPRI, the Sweden-based security think tank. DRC’s spending …

How there is an increasing reliance on war and sanctions as the main instruments of Western foreign policy THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | Western nations are facing a foreign policy crisis. This is especially so with the United States and her poodle, the United Kingdom. Since 1991, they have increasingly …

Its adoption of an aggressive stance towards Congress over its forced sale legislation backfired COMMENT | NANCY QIAN | TikTok is now one of the biggest stories in business and geopolitics. U.S. President Joe Biden has just signed a law that will ban the massively popular app in nine months if …