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INTERVIEW | Big tech sharing economy platforms like Airbnb and Uber are marketed as trustworthy, but a new book by a South African media scholar argues that they are highly vulnerable to scammers who spread delusive speech (a form of disinformation, designed to deceive by criminal intent). Julie Reid draws from …

How  deadly jihadists get themoney they need to survive COMMENT | EGODI UCHENDU & MUHAMMED SANI DANGUSAU | The West Africa–Sahel region has seen a proliferation of militant Islamist groups since the 1990s. One of the most vicious groups operating in the region is Jama ’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (Support Group …

Tesla CEO Elon Musk spent some $300 million on Donald Trump’s campaign, gaining unprecedented access to the Republican president’s administration. What does their public row mean for Musk’s empire? ANALYSIS | NIK MARTIN | How did Musk and Trump get so close? Once a vocal critic of Donald Trump during his …

  How this dynamic Ugandan combined a talent for sports with business, politics and entertainment THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda |   Last week, Uganda lost one of its most dynamic citizens, Cedric Babu Ndilima, to a heart complication. On social media, opposition activists, who claim to be humane, went on …

African leaders must treat plastic pollution as an urgent public health crisis ANALYSIS | SOPHIE MASIKA & LORRAINE MUGAMBI-NYABOGA | Microplastics are all around us. In the air we breathe, the food we eat, the water we drink. Those tiny fragments of broken-down plastic waste, are now part of our everyday …

The genesis of this rather controversial opinion stems from the familiar stereotype on what is art from the lenses of the western art world. ART | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | It may come as a big surprise that there is still a large section of western art patrons who perceive art from …

The company eyes to connect 225,000 new customers over the next eight months through its 100 service centers Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | State-owned Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited (UEDCL) is investing Shs267.5 billion ($74 million) to refurbish electricity lines, install over 518 transformers, and construct new substations in a …

Botswana has approximately 360,000 people living with HIV, with 98% of pregnant women living with HIV receiving treatment ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | In an historic global health milestone, Botswana has been validated as the first high HIV-burden country in the world, and the first in Africa, to reach the World Health …

Event serves as a vital platform for democratic dialogue, connecting people from across society in open, respectful conversations ANALYSIS | RONALD MUSOKE | On June 5, Denmark celebrates Constitution Day—a significant national event that commemorates the adoption of the country’s first constitution in 1849 and its modern revision in 1953, both …

Introverted, nationalistic donor policies are worsening the neglect of people in crisis and displacement-report COVER STORY | RONALD MUSOKE | Uganda is Africa’s largest refugee-hosting country, and continues to serve as the region’s pressure valve, absorbing the fallout from multiple neighbouring displacement crises. However, its ongoing struggle to fend for close …