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The telco is said to have agreed to pay $100-million for the renewal of its operating licence Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | A double digit growth in data and mobile money services helped MTN Uganda to record a 12.5% growth in revenue to Shs1.4trillion last year compared with 2018. …

There is evidence that the infrastructure that global financiers want to fund is not the kind that majority of the population need | TOM GOODFELLOW | Big infrastructure projects are always controversial. Yet in parts of the world associated with severely deficient infrastructure, the positive value of major infrastructure investments …

Global Prize shines spotlight on important role teachers play in society Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Sister Rosemary Nyirumbe, a skills education teacher from St. Monica Girls Training Centre in Gulu, northern Uganda, has been shortlisted among the 50 teachers who will compete for this year’s Varkey Foundation Global …

As pressure builds to phase out fossil fuels in Africa, African Business Magazine’s NJ Ayuk argues that we must not rob our continent of the benefits it can realise from oil and gas. Africans | THE INDEPENDENT | Pressure is building to phase out fossil fuels in Africa to fight …

What we should know about our public medical facilities and their professionals as we face a pandemic THE LAST WORD | Andrew M Mwenda | The corona virus is finally with us. For a large and loud section of Ugandan elites, our country should have the facilities like Intensive Care …

COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT TEAM |  As the coronavirus pandemic ravages the globe, countries are scrambling to protect citizens financially, cushion businesses and companies, and ensure their economies do not fail from the fallout. This is because the coronavirus pandemic is not only straining the world’s health sector, businesses …

When buying a car you need to test drive it. Do not just look at the interior and exterior then select the car you want | THE INDEPENDENT | Tired of taking the bus, walking to various venues and it is now time to buy a car. Before you buy a …

Since his groundbreaking public art performance in 2012 dubbed Secolliville, in Bukoto a Kampala city suburb and later during the Laba! Kampala, Uganda | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | Street Art Festival 2013, artist Collin Sekajugo’s art has set unprecedented waves of interest and curiosity on the Kampala Contemporary art scene. This …

A study shows that 52% of the African children were iron deficient | THE INDEPENDENT | A deficiency of iron for normal body function is the most common nutritional disorder in the world. Iron deficiency is the main cause of anaemia and is associated with poor brain development and long-term …

Centum, East Africa’s largest publicly listed investment firm, seems to turn everything it comes into contact with into gold. James Mworia, the company’s CEO, explains to African Business Magazine’s Tom Collins what gives it the Midas touch Founded in Nairobi in 1967, Centum Investment has evolved into East Africa’s leading …