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  How the European intellectual domination of the African mind keeps our continent weak and divided THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | Ask any African elite what impedes our continent’s development, and they will list a litany of locally generated problems: corruption, lack of democracy, disregard for human rights, weak institutions, …

How and why powerful players are misleading the public ANALYSIS | KLAUS BRUHN JENSEN & SEMAHAT ECE ELBEYI | Ten years ago, the world committed itself to keeping global warming well below 2°C (and preferably below 1.5°C) above the pre-industrial era. This would be done by reducing greenhouse gas emissions …

Disease surveillance up amid an influx of people from cholera-hit DRC and South Sudan ANALYSIS | JOHN AGABA | Dr Denis Ocula needed a strategy. Cholera had killed a woman and infected an additional 106 people in his district of Lamwo, near Uganda’s border with South Sudan, and he knew only …

ANALYSIS : The US president vowed higher tariffs on BRICS nations that align with the bloc’s plans to challenge US hegemony. Despite the China-backed initiative making limited progress, dozens of nations are still eager to join reports Nik Martin. U.S. President Donald Trump is doubling down against the BRICS bloc …

Uganda strengthens border health amid ongoing threats Health | AGENCIES | Uganda’s borders have always been busy and vulnerable. Over the past decade, Ebola, COVID-19, leptospirosis, Marburg, measles and cholera have all emerged, stretching an already burdened health system. With Mpox still active and the memories of the recent Ebola outbreak …

Arusha, Tanzania | THE INDEPENDENT | The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the East African Business Council (EABC) have signed a $1 million grant agreement aimed at promoting sustainable industrialisation and strengthening manufacturing value chains across East Africa. The deal, announced on July 1, will support technical assistance, research, policy dialogue, …

How pain, trauma and politics silenced art criticism ART | EDDY FRANKEL | My friend winced. He’d asked for my thoughts on a recent exhibition of abstract paintings and I told him the truth: I found the show heinous. It was wall-to-wall brain-petrifying, gentle, zombie abstraction; the kind of painting that …

We already know from existing research that the gig economy places new pressures on transport workers to drive fast and take risky decisions Kampala, Uganda | RICH MALLETT | Motorcycle-taxis are one of the fastest and most convenient ways to get around Uganda’s congested capital, Kampala. But they are also the most dangerous. …

African central banks and payment systems are set to spearhead the continent-wide adoption and rollout of the new card Abuja, Nigeria | THE INDEPENDENT | Africa has marked a significant step towards financial independence following the launch of PAPSSCARD, the continent’s first Pan-African card scheme. Unveiled on June 27 at the …

The telecoms giant is betting on a naira-priced cloud to undercut AWS and Azure Abuja, Nigeria | AGENCIES | MTN Nigeria has launched what it claims is the country’s largest prefabricated modular data centre, marking a bold push into the country’s fast-growing cloud market and taking aim at global giants such …