Laba!  Street Art festival was an idea conceived by a group of artists to link the public to art. At the art studios and galleries, few locals were coming to interact and buy art hence, the alternative to this void was to extend art to them by way of creating …

Heart symptoms may influence your response | THE INDEPENDENT | The unmistakable taste and smell of coffee — not to mention its ability to perk people up in the morning — have made it one of the world’s most popular beverages. Better still, observational studies indicate that coffee may protect …

New report show challenges they face to prevent maternal and newborn deaths Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | Majority of maternal and newborn deaths in Uganda are due to preventable causes that can be significantly reduced by access to midwifery care during pregnancy, at birth, and after birth, particularly the …

Chinese travellers spend twice as much as Americans. Hannah Ryder and Rosie Wigmore look at how Africa can attract a bigger share of this lucrative market. Before Covid-19 struck, a competition was about to heat up. March 2020 – around the time that African countries started to close their borders …

  Fellowship applications open on May 3, 2021 for entrepreneurs working and living in Uganda, Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda and Senegal | THE INDEPENDENT | Legatum Center for Development & Entrepreneurship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has unveiled the Foundry Fellowship, a first-of-its-kind leadership program for accomplished …

The risks and the challenges | THE INDEPENDENT Africa’s largest-ever vaccination drive is well under way. Forty-nine African countries are rolling out COVID-19 vaccines and over 22 million doses have been given on the continent. Valuable lessons are emerging, but major risks and challenges threaten Africa’s fragile gains. Supply crunch …

What sparked the latest attacks? | THE INDEPENDENT | For weeks, tensions had been building between Israelis and Palestinians in Jerusalem, with a confluence of recent events and longer-term trends leading to the latest violence. Israeli restrictions around holy sites during Ramadan; increasingly intense protests and violence on both the …

  But will model help millions of Ugandans get out of poverty? Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | David Bahati, the Minister of State for Finance in charge of planning is excited about the Parish Development Model—the latest NRM programme aimed at lifting millions of rural-based Ugandans out of poverty. …

The projected revenues may not be realised yet the long-term effects created may be difficult to reverse COMMENT | NATHAN WERE | The Parliament of Uganda recently passed the Excise Duty Amendment Bill, 2021 in which new taxes were introduced. One of such tax is on the internet requiring users …

The lack of transparency about how algorithms sort people into groups and prioritise messages COMMENT | JAN-WERNER MUELLER | Donald Trump’s presidency was bookended by the White House pushing “alternative facts” about the size of the crowd at Trump’s inauguration at the US Capitol and his violent supporters scrawling “Murder …