Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | MTN Uganda, through its MTN Foundation, has reaffirmed its commitment to digital inclusion by equipping St. Francis Primary School for the Blind in Soroti with a fully furnished computer lab. This initiative builds on MTN’s ongoing efforts to empower learners with disabilities, following similar projects …

Counterfeiters, Preachers, Techies, Dreamers–and the Coming Cashless Society Title: The End of Money Author: David Wolman Publisher: Da Capo For ages, money has meant little metal disks and rectangular slips of paper. Yet the usefulness of physical money — to say nothing of its value — is coming under fire …

A lexicon of identity, memory, and belonging ART | GORRETH NAGGANJA | At Circle Art Gallery, Nairobi, a group exhibition of six contemporary eastern Africa artists is featuring works largely informed by the intimate space of selfhood: identity, memory, and belonging. The New Visions exhibition running Jan 22-Feb 27 features Pamela …

How US funding suspension is threatening health and research programs ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | Malaria vaccination and HIV treatment are among numerous health programmes at risk in Uganda as the country’s science research centres suffer the impact of a U.S. freeze on overseas aid. Makerere University Kampala, one of Uganda’s leading …

Health scholar explains why that leaves healthcare in Africa on brink of crisis INTERVIEW | U.S. President Donald Trump has announced that the U.S. will leave the World Health Organisation. And a 90-day freeze has been placed on money distributed by the US Agency for International Development (USAid) pending a …

The case comes at a trying time for South Sudan, one of the world’s most impoverished countries, which is heavily reliant on oil exports for government spending South Sudan | Felix Thompson | The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) is suing the Republic of South Sudan for allegedly failing to repay US$657mn in …

USA | THE INDEPENDENT | TikTok is again available on the US app stores of Apple and Google, after President Donald Trump postponed enforcement of a ban of the Chinese-owned social media platform until April 5, according to the BBC. The popular app, which is used by more than 170 million …

Time for Dialogue, Not War ANALYSIS | MELODY CHIRONDA | The DR Congo’s ongoing crisis, fueled by the M23’s advances and regional rivalries, demands urgent action to prevent further escalation “I think we’re now at a point where we really have to make some strong decisions about what happens next. That …

  What is their long-term goal and what should world leaders be doing to stop the massacres and human rights abuses? COMMENT | AMANI KASHERWA | In late January, a rebel group that has long caused mayhem in the sprawling African nation of Democratic Republic of Congo took control of Goma, …

Some campaigns make people more likely to pay a bribe COMMENT | NIC CHEESEMAN & CARYN PEIFFER | Donors and civil society groups spend tens of millions of dollars every year trying to combat corruption. They do it because corruption has been shown to increase poverty and inequality while undermining trust …