No man qualifies as a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problems of wheat | WANDILE SIHLOBO | The words of the ancient Greek philosopher, Socrates. Wheat and other grains are back at the heart of geopolitics following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Both countries play a major role in …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Shareholders of British American Tobacco Uganda (BATU) will earn nearly 50% less in dividends for the year ended December 2021 owed to reduced profit. Financial results released on Feb. 25 shows that the cigarette  firm recorded a sharp drop in net profit from …

Mentorship, access to finance and markets are on offer | THE INDEPENDENT | There are more opportunities that are being availed to small and medium enterprises as Uganda expects to have first oil in 2025. The Petroleum Authority of Uganda on Feb. 22 entered a partnership agreement with Stanbic Business …

An exhilarating, at times enraging new book For ten years, Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah has run an extraordinary platform for conversations about sex that centre the pleasure of African women – the blog ‘Adventures from the Bedrooms of African Women’, which she co-founded. Now, the Ghanaian feminist has published a new …

  China is a global tech player at par with the United States or Western Europe with its own rules and regulations | JOHN PAUL RUGABA | It’s September 12, 2018 and I have just landed in China. Apart from the breath taking scenery, new language and culture, I notice …

How it became Africa’s most spoken language | JOHN M. MUGANE | Once just an obscure island dialect of an African Bantu tongue, Swahili has evolved into Africa’s most internationally recognised language. It is peer to the few languages of the world that boast over 200 million users. Over the …

Residents of Kyiv have no choice but to go about their lives as the world tries to predict if and when Putin will invade COMMENT | JACK CROSBIE | The calm here is palpable. Shops are open, supermarkets are stocked. On Monday, Feb.14, the tunnels beneath the city’s central Maidan …

Why radio remains Africa’s lifeline in a digital world according to a survey of 34 African COMMENT | NICHOLAS POMPIGNE-MOGNARD | “Even in today’s world of digital communications, radio reaches more people than any other media platform.” – Antonio Gutteres, Secretary-General of the United Nations Radio has always been an …

  Time for the country to leap into pharma knowledge and great value manufacturing COMMENT | MORRISON RWAKAKAMBA | Uganda Investment Authority is working with Ministry of Health and other stakeholders to implement establishment of an over 500 acre fully serviced major pharmaceutical industrial park in Nakasongala to spur human …

Why accused security institutions shouldn’t use public relation stunts and or window dressing  COMMENT | OLIVIA NAKAWOMBE | In the recent past the media has been awash with distressing and extremely depressing pictures and video footage of tortured victims. One of the trending videos on social media shows a one …