Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Chinese, Ugandans fight over Karuma Dam: Museveni accused of switch sides THE LAST WORD Uganda’s addiction to borrowing: Why our country continues to take more and more loans and what this means for …
Read More »Uganda Airlines’ Airbus gets national colours
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The recent COVID-19 worldwide lockdown has not affected the building of Uganda Airlines’ two A330-800 planes ordered from Airbus. Despite a two month delay, one of the two Airbus planes is in the final stages of completion, with its manufacturers sharing a photograph of …
Read More »Econet Group creates a Wi-Fi marketplace for digital inclusion in Africa
Johannesburg, South Africa | THE INDEPENDENT | Econet, through its subsidiaries Liquid Telecom Group (LTG) and Cassava Fintech International (CFI) has this week launched a network of #SasaiWiFiFinder hotspots in Kenya, Uganda, Zambia and Rwanda, providing locals with most affordable internet access. A statement from Econet says the …
Read More »INSPIRATION: Was Charles Dickens writing about 2020?
Sharing gems of wisdom for this pandemic BLOGS | DR Freddie Rabelas Obligacion | In 1859 when the novel A Tale of Two Cities was published, Charles Dickens mused on the status quo in his iconic and unparalleled opening lines: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of …
Read More »Fueling global growth through localization strategy
BUSINESS TIPS | Abbas Rouse | Going global has been every business owner’s dream since business conception. It has not only been a strategy to bring in more profits, but also an effort to serve an escalating decentralized customer base in different parts of the world. However, being successful …
Read More »Stanbic helps Makerere University ‘rise from the ashes’
Stanbic donates computers worth Sh100 Million to support Makerere University rebuild Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Stanbic Bank has donated computers worth sh100 million to help Makerere University reequip its administration centre after a recent fire destroyed a substantial part of the famous Main building. Commonly referred to as …
Read More »World needs more food, requires sustainable food systems
Celebrating World Food Day COMMENT | Phomolo Maphosa | The world will be celebrating World Food Day on October 16. As the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) rightly states, this is no ordinary World Food Day. It’s the first World Food Day that our generation is celebrating amid a global …
Read More »How businesses can survive Post-COVID
How to win back lost customers and drive new loyalty COMMENT | Nellie Mwandha | At the start of this year, while the coronavirus was ravaging the foundations and systems of the world, there’s no part of our core as the human race that was not tested and suffocated in the …
Read More »Why is over 70% of arts and crafts sold in Uganda imported?
COMMENT | By Amos Wekesa | Did you know that over 70% of the crafts sold around Uganda to Ugandans and foreign tourists are actually imported from Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and Congo? One can only imagine the number of jobs Ugandans are losing as a result of this trend, and therefore, the …
Read More »Man who worshiped Donald Trump as god dies of heart attack
Hyderabad, India | AGENCIES | An Indian man who worshiped US President Donald Trump and built a shrine to him, has died reportedly of cardiac arrest. His family confirmed his death on Sunday. Bussa Krishna,38, a farmer who called President Trump his god, stopped eating after the American was infected …
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