Why policymakers shouldn’t emphasise minor changes in household consumption habits COMMENT | JOSHUA CASTELLINO | In March 1977, representatives from 116 countries gathered in Mar del Plata, Argentina, for the inaugural United Nations Water Conference. At the time, the event received very little attention. Global politics was dominated by a handful …
Read More »Ideas for reducing primary school dropouts
A whopping 60% of children failing to complete just seven years of primary school is very serious matter COMMENT | PETER NYANZI | When the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) released the timetable for this year’s final examinations recently, some of their statistics left me really disturbed. According to UNEB, the …
Read More »Billions left behind on the path to universal health coverage
Uganda improves but 50% of people remain unserved by Universal Health Coverage services Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the World Bank have jointly published the 2023 Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Global Monitoring Report, revealing an alarming stagnation in the progress towards providing people everywhere …
Read More »The UN and multilateral system are in crisis
What the Global South must do and the concept of active non-alignment ANALYSIS | MONICA HEZ & GIANCARLO SUMMA | The planet is on fire, but almost all the firefighters have deserted. At the meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, which began on September 19 to 26 in New York, …
Read More »Democracies are not ‘backsliding’
The world is not moving “back” toward some regimes familiar from the past, nor moving by “accident’ COMMENT | JAN-WERNER MUELLER | It seems that 2023 will be another dismal year for democracy. There have been several coups in Africa. Tunisia long touted as the Arab Spring’s one democratic success story …
Read More »AfDB launches US$1bn climate insurance facility
Africa is expected to be disproportionately affected by climate change, despite accounting for less than 3% of the world’s energy-related carbon dioxide emissions ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | The African Development Bank (AfDB) has unveiled an insurance facility that aims to raise an initial US$1bn in financing to support countries on the …
Read More »Insurer’s customers express mixed satisfaction – Survey
However, more than three-quarters of the respondents are willing to recommend insurance in the future Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Uganda’s insurance industry survey released on Sept.26 during the 57th CEO breakfast meeting in Kampala has provided valuable insights on customer satisfaction levels. One central question, “are customers satisfied with …
Read More »Masaka Art Weekends; a gate away for art and fun
A perfect getaway on a weekend would definitely be out of town; an escape from the loathly traffic jam and pollution in the city. Within the context of finding such retreat, Ndegeya Community of the Arts, births a novel fully packaged art weekend program dubbed Masaka Arts Weekend intended to …
Read More »Youth discuss contraception choices
They want comprehensive range of choices, comprehensive counselling and community engagement Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | In a pioneering effort to address the unique reproductive health needs of young people living with HIV, a youth-led charity organisation; the GILO Young Positives Foundation, is taking significant strides toward empowering this vulnerable …
Read More »Africa vaccine manufacturing gets reality check
Pessimism rules at Eastern & Southern Africa pharmaceutical manufacturing conference Entebbe, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | The clamour for Africa to ramp up its vaccine manufacturing portfolio has grown but players in pharmaceutical production on the continent say it will take more than boardroom talk for the continent to realise that …
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