Case of Africa’s troubled richest woman casts new light ANALYSIS | THE INDEPENDENT | When the former long-serving leader of Zimbabwe, Robert Gabriel Mugabe died on September 06, 2019, attention almost immediately turned to the wealth he is alleged to have looted while in office and those likely to benefit …

Uganda ranked among worst performers as progress stalls on continent | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has been ranked among the four countries with the lowest electricity connections in Africa which is the darkest continent in the world. According to an analysis by Carolyn Logan, the Deputy Director of the research …

Lessons from Europe | Dr. Eng. Kant Ateenyi Kanyarusoke: M-ASHRAE; M-SASEE | This is Part 2 of Dr. Eng. Kant Ateenyi Kanyarusoke’s four part series titled: ` Can Africa industrialise in its present form? – Lessons from elsewhere’. Here he discusses what he calls “enabling factors for industrialisation”. Wherever the …

There’s more behind that vegan burger than you think | THE INDEPENDENT | If you were to believe newspapers and dietary advice leaflets, you would probably think that doctors and nutritionists are the people guiding us through the thicket of what to believe when it comes to food. But food …

FDI expected to be reached by April 2020 ANALYSIS | LIAM TAYLOR – Africa Business Magazine  | Oil deposits have sat beneath the shores of Lake Albert, in western Uganda, for millions of years. Since its discovery in 2006, plans to extract the oil, estimated at over 1bn recoverable barrels, …

Countries need to put more resources in vaccine preventable disease surveillance | NELSON MANDELA OGEMA | Vaccine-preventable diseases such as polio could make a devastating recurrence in Africa due to weak and cash strapped surveillance, a WHO expert says. This could cost Africa US$ 22.4 billion and more than 915,000 …

Uganda has to develop and implement long-term vision for a national social protection system | THE INDEPENDENT | Spending on social protection interventions, such as the Senior Citizens Grant, is not a welfare cost, but is in fact an investment to the economy that demonstrates remarkable macro-economic impacts comparable to …

Students integrate research, collaboration and innovation into art production  | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI |Unlike the idea of leaners getting confined in the classroom and dwelling on theoretical approaches of art learning or perceiving the notion of field study as simply a form of escape from the predictable university environment, the recent …

Juba, South Sudan | AFP | The Sudanese government and nine rebel groups on Saturday signed an agreement on a roadmap towards ending the bloody conflict in the Darfur region. The deal outlines different issues the parties will need to negotiate during the latest round of talks in Juba. “We believe …

Milan, Italy | AFP | Same look, same impressive build and same oversized ego: Zlatan Ibrahimovic returns to AC Milan for a final challenge seeking to prove that he remains the superstar he claims to be. The 38-year-old Swedish striker signed a six-month contract with the struggling Italian giants on Friday …