Egypt, UAE major investment deal to lessen Cairo’s economic struggle CAIRO | Xinhua | A fresh multibillion-U.S. dollar coastal development deal between Egypt and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will help to mitigate the North African country’s economic struggle and bridge its financing gap, according to Egyptian economists. The two …
Read More »Museveni wrong on Sudan situation
Fighting will not end peace talks but partition COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT | When President Yoweri Museveni received a delegation from the Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan led Sudan’s Transitional Sovereignty Council recently, he told them to stop fighting their rival, Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo and seek peace through dialogue. …
Read More »What’s in Uganda’s organ donation and transplant law?
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Donating an organ to a patient who needs it is a gift, an organ shall not be sold and an organ shall not be removed from a living person without their consent. That is the summary of the law that was passed by …
Read More »BMW bets big on Africa’s green hydrogen industry with SA fuel cell test vehicle
BMW hedges its bets on hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, launching a test vehicle in South Africa as the automaker seeks a path to a mass-market model in 2030. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | BMW has claimed its place as the breakout star in Africa’s race for commercial hydrogen mobility …
Read More »Earliest human footprints found on beach
SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | A group of international researchers stumbled upon well-preserved early human footprints on a Moroccan beach, which is among the oldest in the world. Their recently published research offers a deeper look into the discovery, reports Kate Okorie In July 2022, an international team of researchers …
Read More »Healthcare overwhelmed, economy struggles in eastern DR Congo amid escalating conflict
GOMA, DR Congo | Xinhua | As clashes escalate between the military and armed rebels in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Goma, the main city in the region, has been beset by an influx of civilians into displacement camps, and its healthcare facilities are …
Read More »How agri-food sector could unlock millions of jobs for African youth
Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Africa’s agri-food sector holds significant untapped potential to deliver millions of jobs and livelihoods for the continent’s rapidly growing youth population, according to a new report unveiled on Feb.14 in Kampala. The report is published by the Malabo Montpellier Panel, a group of leading African …
Read More »The end of FDC?
Why Dr. Besigye’s party could be no more by 2026 Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | 2024 is the year the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) marks twenty years. Ideally, it should have been a milestone for the first major opposition party in the era of multiparty politics. Instead the party …
Read More »Nigerian E-payments eclipse South Africa’s 2022 GDP, in latest surge
A scarcity of hard cash has made e-payments the new norm in Nigeria. So much so that the value of digital transactions has grown larger than the 2022 GDP of South Africa, Africa’s third-largest economy. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | When the Nigerian Central Bank introduced newly designed currency …
Read More »Africa’s 10 busiest airports based on total passenger traffic
SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | Air travel in Africa is projected to surpass pre-pandemic levels for the first time in 2024. From Cairo, with the second-oldest airport in Africa, to Johannesburg, host to the only airport in Africa with direct flights to six continents, here is a list of Africa’s …
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