Moscow, Russia | AFP | As the Kremlin seeks to boost ties with Africa, a Moscow university that was a training ground for the continent’s elite during the Cold War is once again working to bolster Russia’s soft power. The Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, created in 1960 to improve …
Read More »Flying start to Kampala Geopolitics Conference 2019
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kampala Geopolitics Conference 2019 had it all on day one. African and global politics, debate and Intellectualism rolled in a few hours….and that is before an even more promising day two, due Friday at Makerere University. The conference was “…fired by the most impressive and energetic moderation …
Read More »WORLD BANK: All children should be able to read by age 10
Poverty indicator ➡SELECT COUNTRIES ➡ ✳ Botswana 🇧🇼 48.3 | ✳ DRC 🇨🇩 86.0 | ✳ Australia 🇦🇺 8.6| ✳ Ethiopia 🇪🇹 90.3 | ✳ Uganda 🇺🇬 82.8 | ✳ South Africa 🇿🇦 79.8 | ✳ UK 🇬🇧 3.4 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Bank has today in Kampala released a report detailing what it will take …
Read More »Across Sub-Saharan Africa, tech-enabled micro-insurance is the next big thing
INSURANCE AND MOBILE PHONES: Policymakers across the region need to implement policies and practices that stimulate growth Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | The Sub-Saharan African region is set to be the hotbed for mobile phone services as the young population owns more devices in the next six years. …
Read More »Winning debuts for South Africa, Uganda coaches
✳Results Ethiopia 🇪🇹 0 Uganda 🇺🇬 1 South Africa 🇿🇦 2 Mali 1 🇲🇱 Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | South Africa and Uganda won international friendlies Sunday to give new coaches Molefi Ntseki and Northern Ireland-born Johnny McKinstry successful debuts. Goals from Dean Furman and Themba Zwane earned South …
Read More »Ebola survivors can pass on the virus
Scientists trying to understand what role sex plays Four scientists: Professors Andrew L. Webb, Brayden G. Schindell, Jason Kindrachuk, and Jia B. Kangbai have noted one area in the spread of the Ebola hemorrhagic fever that requires further study. It is the Ebola virus’ persistence in the reproductive systems of …
Read More »OPINION: Africa still a colony
OPINION | Julius Domba | Uganda this week celebrated her independence. The country marked 57 years since the colonialists from Britain left through the front door, but in my view, returned through the back door. In fact ,Africa is still a colony in the same way it was in the …
Read More »Global brands scramble for African market
Growing middle class, economy attracts investments in the hotel industry Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Nearly six years ago, 18 countries in Africa did not have any global branded hotel as prospective owners and operators did not see business opportunities. But this has now reduced to only five countries …
Read More »African presidents at the UN
They dance delicately between painting a bleak a picture to get help but not spark queries about money from last year ANALYSIS | SARAH DILORENZO | At the modernist U.N. building on New York’s East Side, “United Nations” means the trappings of protocol, the gravitas and pettiness of diplomatic relations, …
Read More »UN provides huge business opportunities for Africans
Christian Saunders has been the United Nations Assistance Secretary-General in the Office of Supply Chain Management. He spoke to the Africa Renewal’s Kingsley Ighobor about the opportunities that African companies can tap form the UN. Globally, the UN has been reforming its supply chain management. How is this expected to …
Read More »