Rwanda gets contemporary art festival | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | Photography is more than the art of taking a picture. It is a powerful story-telling tool. It is, therefore, not surprising that it is increasingly being courted as a medium to narrate the diverse African experience on one stage called the …
Read More »Drug-resistant TB
A new study offers new hope | Andrew Nunn and I.D. Rusen | Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of death in the world from a single infectious disease, causing more deaths than HIV/AIDS. In 2017, 10 million people developed TB disease globally and an estimated 1.6 million died. One …
Read More »Is chicken healthier than beef?
New research challenges the widespread belief that white meat, such as chicken, is better for cholesterol levels than red meat, such as beef, pork, or lamb A new study breaks some bad news for meat eaters, as researchers find that white meat is just as harmful to cholesterol levels as …
Read More »Sudhir’s Kingdom Kampala Mall
The US$300 million property is already attracting top corporate clients Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | The recently opened Kingdom Kampala Mall is already attracting top clients that consist of corporate companies, civil society organisations and government agencies and ministries, according to Prabhat Mishra, the General Manager at Crane Management …
Read More »Kasaija’s budget transparency initiative
It aims at putting citizens at the centre of its formulation, implementation Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | “The budget is no longer interesting to us. We no longer listen to it because it does not give information that we want as farmers. Many years ago, the minister would read …
Read More »So, we have an African free trade agreement. Now what?
The devil lies in the complicated negotiations for implementation | Yinka Adegoke | May 30, 2019 was a notable date in African economic history as the day the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) came into effect, after which it comes to market on July 7. In a nutshell, it …
Read More »Food safety in markets
Why it must be driven by consumers | Arie Havelaar & Ashagrie Zewdu Woldegiorgis | Dirty food kills about 140 000 people every year, and leaves 91 million more suffering from diarrhoea, tapeworm, hepatitis and even dysentery and typhoid in Africa. Many of the pathogens and foods at the centre …
Read More »Inside URA’s proposed customs taxes
Local consumers and businesses – not the exporting countries – will pay the price Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | The good news coming from the Nakawa-based Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) is that local firms, will effective July this year, be protected from external competition as government increases taxes on …
Read More »ANALYSIS: Inspired by Japan
Where people, values, mentalities and habits create pure harmony THE INDEPENDENT | ANDREW M. MWENDA | In February and March of this year, I visited Japan and travelled extensively across that country’s major cities – from Tokyo to Kyoto and Hiroshima to Osaka, the commercial capital of Japan. I was …
Read More »Besigye gives opposition pain
But does his defiance hurt help FDC or IPOD? Kampala, Uganda | AGATHER ATUHAIRE | Lydia Wanyoto knows how to kill boredom and keep stress away. Dance. And she did exactly that on May 20 at the Protea Hotel in Entebbe when President Yoweri Museveni kept delegates to the 2nd …
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