Why guarantees and provisions offered for bankability of projects, shouldn’t be politically unattractive to public COMMENT | NICHOLAS AGABA RUGABA | Over the last three months or so, there has been wide public debate and extensive media coverage on various public private partnerships and projects involving developing specialised health facilities, …

At the recent Harvest Money Expo, participants witnessed how Agric-techs support farmers to use mobile phones to transform COMMENT | DAVID BIRUNGI | Agriculture continues to be a key contributor to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of various economies across the world. According to the 2020/2021 financial year, agriculture accounted …

The contradictions in his arguments and the contempt he holds Ugandans in, especially the educated, is striking COMMENT | JACK PINTO | Refer to: “The real problem of Uganda: Educated Ugandans can’t see they don’t need a perfect policy environment to become prosperous” (The Independent April 21).  I open Mwenda’s …

Are they healthier and can they save the environment? | THE INDEPENDENT | Global food systems face the challenge of providing healthy and adequate nutrition through sustainable means, which is exacerbated by climate change and increasing protein demand by the world’s growing population. Recent advances in novel food production technologies …

The pension fund manages assets worth over Shs15.5 trillion invested in assets cross East Africa Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s National Social Security Fund has paid Shs400bn to 18000 eligible members for the mid-term access since the exercise commenced on March.17, the fund’s executive said. The payments are in accordance with …

Borrowers took more loans in 2021 compared to a year before Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s largest commercial banks reported a sharp growth in earnings in 2021, pointing to the recovery of the economy following its partial reopening. However, some are worried about risks arising from inflation and …

  | THE INDEPENDENT | Elon Musk recently completed the purchase of 9.2% of Twitter’s stock and became the social media company’s largest shareholder. He was also offered a seat on the company’s board, which he declined. On one level, Musk’s investment seemed to make a lot of sense: Musk …

  We need new international systems embedded in nature and redesigned to improve the human condition COMMENT | MARGARET KUHLOW | Russia’s war in Ukraine is a humanitarian catastrophe that violates the United Nations Charter and international humanitarian law, and has exacerbated socioeconomic and environmental crises around the world. It …

World Malaria Day April 25 provides us with a moment to reflect on the scale of the challenge we still face COMMENT | MICHAEL JOOS | World Malaria Day April 25 provides us with a moment to reflect on the scale of the challenge we still face – and recognise …

The `investor’ behind the complicated Lubowa International Specialised Hospital, is the same one behind UVCC COMMENT | ABBEY KIBIRIGE SEMUWEMBA | The legend about coffee is that it was discovered by a goat shepherd when he noticed his goats became so energetic after eating berries from a certain tree. He …