Maintaining and servicing ATMs in remote or low-traffic areas is becoming less cost-effective for banks ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | Absa, Standard Bank, and FNB have been closing ATMs over the last five years, while Capitec has significantly increased its ATM footprint. Banks in South Africa are closing ATMs due to a …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Development Bank’s investments resulted into the creation of more than 400 additional jobs, bringing the total to 51,841 last year, underscoring the lender’s contribution towards transforming people’s lives. According to UDB’s latest Development Impact Report, titled “Transforming Lives: The Role of UDB in Driving …
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PEPFAR at risk as international funding for HIV response falls ANALYSIS | MELODY CHIRONDA | African networks representing people living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHAs) convened in Munich, Germany, to demand increased funding for HIV programs as the global fight against the pandemic continues. The networks include the Malawi Network of …
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New satellite internet roll-out offer faster speeds SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | Africa’s data market is experiencing a reset, with the aggressive rollout of satellite internet and intense competition promising faster and cheaper services, including markets with some of the world’s most expensive data plans. A year after the introduction …
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In a functioning democracy, the Government derives its legitimacy from the consent of the governed COMMENT | PETER NYANZI | Public debate is raging over whether or not the government should allow public demonstrations against the marauding monster of corruption in Uganda to go on. Well, it’s not my intention …
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WHO offers 2,400 rapid test kits ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | The World Health Organisation (WHO) has provided Uganda’s Ministry of Health with a set of 2,400 test kits to strengthen the country’s response to Monkeypox through rapid laboratory identification of cases. These kits are among the first Monkeypox laboratory tools received …
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EAC-CET was established to protect the common interests of various partner states by safeguarding specific sectors, and the lack of uniform application Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Import costs in the East African Community states are expected to remain high under the newly implemented Common External Tariff (CET) as countries …
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Terrorism charges and new questions for Uganda Kenya relations ANALYSIS | IAN KATUSIIME | Thirty six activists of the Forum for Democratic Change who were arrested in Kenya on July 23 are facing terrorism charges in a baffling development that puts Kenya-Uganda relations under scrutiny. They were remanded to Luzira Prison …
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A smaller force to stay behind as ATMIS exits ANALYSIS | IAN KATUSIIME | Lt. Gen. Sam Kavuma, the new Force Commander of African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), arrived in Mogadishu on July 28 to oversee the last phase of a troop drawdown process that started five years ago. …
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How our political debates over development focus on peripheral issues while ignoring the fundamental problems THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | I believe that human beings are inherently religious. We have axiomatic faith in particular beliefs based on our moral intuitions. These are kept alive through narratives. The great British economist, …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
