THIS WEEK: 50% of Ugandans would spend more to pay teachers better, global survey Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Global Parents Survey 2018 released last week shows that more than any other country polled across the world, if there were additional funds to spend on their children, 56% of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Following years of speculation about his next destination, former Prime Minister and 2016 Go Forward Presidential candidate John Patrick Amama Mbabazi has joined the advisory board of the London based peace and conservation organization, The Brazzaville Foundation. “The Brazzaville Foundation is honored to welcome the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | For Nairobi teenager Emily Juma, it was a dream come true to meet her famous idol, Victoria Beckham aka Posh Spice though she was surprised by how ‘simple’ Victoria’s outfit looked: Plain white T-shirt, ripped jeans and wellies. Compared with her usual high-fashion looks, …
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This company claims they can preserve your brain for future use. But first they have to kill you Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A California-based company, Nectome, claims it can perfectly preserve clients brains for use in the future when technology will allow all the information stored in them to …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kid-Mai Death Cafe looks more like the scene of a funeral than a place you’d want to hang out with your friends. Black is the dominant color, but that’s probably the least morbid thing about this establishment. Funeral wreaths are used as floral decorations, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mothers who can’t wait to hold their babies until they are actually born can now fulfill their greatest dream with the help of 3D-printed, life-size models of their unborn children based on ultrasound imagery. Embryo 3D is not the world’s first company to offer parents …
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How messages on burning ivory from poached elephants might be missed among those for whom it is intended COMMENT | MATTHEW H. HOLDEN & OTHERS | The tusks of more than ten thousand elephants went up in flames in Kenya on April 30, 2016 – the world’s largest ever ivory …
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Africa is the world’s last frontier market, and Western businesses need to take advantage of its potential COMMENT | LANDRY SIGNE | Since 2000, at least half of the world’s fastest-growing economies have been in Africa. And by 2030, Africa will be home to 1.7 billion people, whose combined consumer and business …
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Kampala, Uganda | DAVID IRVING | Ben Franklin famously wrote: “In this world, nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes”. What he didn’t mention, despite being 83 years old, was a third, almost inevitable eventuality: ageing. Depending on when in history and where on the planet you …
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Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | The Insurance Regulatory Authority of Uganda (IRA-U) has started the construction of a Shs 28.4billion tower office and commercial block in Kampala. The 16,500 square meter project known as Insurance Towerswith 11 floors and two basements, is situated along Lumumba Avenue near the Rwenzori Courts. …
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