Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Majority of the Bus Companies plying up country routes have increased transport fares from Kampala to their various destinations, a week to Christmas.  The increment follows a significant surge in the number of travelers to up country destination and interstate cities of Juba, Kigali and …

The company quits Rwanda, Tanzania and Cameroon markets Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | E-commerce has been slowly gaining traction in Africa in recent years. As a result, the popular talk has been that e-commerce firms are making money off people’s obsession with surfing and shopping on the internet. That …

Local NGOs face challenges of financial management, fundraising personnel and governance Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | A new report published by Oxfam indicates that Uganda received more funds for humanitarian support for the year 2017 compared to 2016. Dubbed “Money Talks II” Assessing Humanitarian Funding flows to local and …

Lagos, Nigeria | AFP |  Fake eyelashes fluttered, bespoke suits were on display and slick music videos played at the inaugural edition of The Entertainment Fair and Festival in Nigeria’s economic hub Lagos in late November. But behind the glitter, the reality of the film and music sectors in Africa’s most …

Madrid, Spain | AFP | Sunday  A UN climate summit in Madrid stumbled towards the finish line Sunday after marathon talks between countries exposed deeper divides than ever over how to enact humanity’s plan to avert global warming disaster. More than 36 hours after the negotiations were due to end, delegates …

Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP |  As if choreographed by a puppet master, stores along the aisle of a Johannesburg mall hurriedly shut their doors one by one as soon as power outages strike slap-bang in the middle of the day. “We have to close the store immediately because people can …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several of the ministers who have been dropped, or moved to other ministries, have had a year to forget already. Many have been involved in controversy that might have influenced the changes in the new cabinet. Kayunga Woman Member of Parliament Aidah Nantaba has …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  President Yoweri Museveni on Saturday evening reshuffled his cabinet bringing on board several new faces picked from among Members of the tenth parliament. Among the new faces making it on the cabinet list, is Igara West MP Rafael Magyezi, who was appointed Minister of Local …

Manchester, United Kingdom | AFP |  Pep Guardiola believes Manchester City are paying the price for having raised the bar in how many points it takes to win the Premier League. Guardiola’s men have won the title in the past two seasons with record tallies of 100 and 98 points, but …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  The National Agricultural Management Authority-NEMA has snubbed a petition by civil societies under Civil Society Coalition on Oil and Gas-CSCO which requested the environment body not to approve the east African oil pipeline environment and social impact assessment report.    The Civil Society Coalition on …