Why Japanese wait patiently for the light to turn green while New Yorkers cross if there is no car close by COMMENT | KAUSHIK BASU | The way people navigate traffic can tell us a lot about their respective cultures. Recently, while walking to my office in midtown Manhattan, I stopped …
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Why I feel sympathy for the president even when he embraces a speaker who has blatantly looted public funds THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | After the hue and cry on social media against our looting speaker of parliament, Anita Among, President Yoweri Museveni appeared in her constituency with her. It …
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INTERVIEW | SARA BYALA | A new book called Bottled: How Coca-Cola Became African tells the story of how the world’s most famous carbonated drink conquered the continent. It’s a tale of marketing gumption and high politics and is the product of years of research by critical writing lecturer Sara Byala, …
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Limited skilled manpower, inadequate financing, extended payment cycles, and geopolitical tensions continue to impact the sector a head of oil production Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Following the Final Investment Decision (FID) announcement in Feb, 2022, the Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU) has approved contracts worth US$7.16 billion in the …
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The Fund is expected to tackle Africa’s $110 billion equity financing gap Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Pan African multilateral lender, African Export – Import Bank has unveiled its Fund for Export Development in Africa (FEDA) office in Kigali, Rwanda. FEDA was established to tackle Africa’s US$110 billion financing gap …
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Many retirees, burdened with dependents, find themselves continuing to work, with 63% of beneficiaries still employed Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) Beneficiaries Survey Report for 2023, conducted in collaboration with Enterprise Uganda, exposes a glaring insufficiency in the country’s retirement benefits, with an average …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A total of 27 Ugandans have won funding support amounting to US$5, 000 (approx.Shs20million at current exchange rate) for the 2024 10th cohort, lower than over 209 winners for 2022, the Foundation’s chairman announced on March 22. Hoziana Niyonsaba Ssemanda, the head of marketing and …
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The AWE initiative has increased representation of the telco’s women suppliers from 7% in 2023 to an impressive 15% Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | MTN Uganda has recorded a significant stride in championing gender diversity within its supply chain, increasing the representation of women suppliers from 7% in 2023 to …
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The burden of post-TB lung disease and the health and well-being of TB survivors is poorly understood Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | The National TB and Leprosy Programme at the Ministry of Health, Makerere University Lung Institute and the Global Fund have partnered to implement an innovative programme focused on …
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Postpartum hemorrhage death largely ended in high-income settings NEWS ANALYSIS | RONALD MUSOKE | The European Union (EU) has partnered with the African Union (AU) to fund a new project to accelerate access to life-saving medicines by pregnant women in five African countries including; Uganda. Each year, around the world, about …
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