Nigeria is emerging as the latest focal point in Africa’s fast-growing data infrastructure sector, with MTN and Airtel unveiling landmark projects in Lagos. The surge is part of a broader continental push to build AI-ready capacity, boost digital sovereignty, and attract global investment. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | …

Kamuli, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Prudential Uganda, in partnership with the social enterprise Tusafishe, has announced the successful completion of the Prudential Climate and Health Resilience Fund, an eight-month initiative that has delivered sustainable, safe drinking water and environmental education to communities across Western and Eastern Uganda. The fund, established …

    Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Absa Bank Uganda has entered a three-year partnership with Junior Achievement Uganda (JAU) to deliver a financial literacy and entrepreneurship programme that will empower more than 25,000 learners (aged up to 25 years) with practical skills for sustainable livelihoods and the future world …

  COMMENT | Manal A. Jamal | DC – In response to Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza and its escalating human-rights violations in the West Bank, the international community has revived the push for Palestinian statehood. At the end of July, France and Saudi Arabia co-chaired a high-level meeting in New York, attended …

Move weaponises aid which America uses to pressure poor countries NEWS ANALYSIS | IAN KATUSIIME |  In a controversy-sparking move, Uganda has agreed to a deal with the U.S. to accept migrants deported from America. As Uganda becomes the latest African nation to join Washington’s controversial third-country deportation strategy, the …

WASHINGTON | Xinhua |  U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday fired Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook over allegations that she committed mortgage fraud. “Pursuant to my authority under Article II of the Constitution of the United States and the Federal Reserve Act of 1913, as amended, you are hereby removed …

  New study shows how exposure to Africa’s ancient enemy –malaria- may have led to lower COVID-19 severity rates SPECIAL FEATURE | Juanita Williams | When COVID-19 swept the globe in early 2020, health experts braced for devastation in Africa. The continent’s healthcare systems, already stretched thin by endemic diseases …

GAZA | Xinhua |  At least 20 Palestinians, including five journalists, were killed on Monday in an Israeli attack on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip. The Israeli army said it launched “an initial inquiry” into the incident. Gaza-based health authorities said in a press statement that Israeli …

KIEV | Xinhua | Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced Monday that Ukrainian and U.S. teams will meet this week to explore the possibility of peace negotiations between Kiev and Moscow. Speaking at a press conference here alongside Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store, Zelensky said he will discuss the matter …

COMMENT | Daisy Ariho Kansiime | It’s a dull Monday morning. 7:30 a.m. sharp. The boardroom door swings open, and in walks Mr. Kato, the boss and personal human alarm clock, carrying a thick stack of printed agendas. Nothing screams “urgent” like murdered trees. He arrives with the energy of a motivational …