Uganda Marketing Excellence Awards (UMEAS) 5th anniversary awards gala due Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Evolve Group Africa has announced this year’s Uganda Marketing Excellence Awards (UMEAS) finalists. The finalists will tussle it out for the most coveted honours in the marketing sector, at the awards’ fifth anniversary gala, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Entrepreneur Stuart Kasule is introducing a wave of premium international liquor brands to Uganda’s beverage market, aiming to elevate the drinking experience in East Africa. Pearl Liquors Uganda Ltd., founded by Kasule, who built his career in Australia, is launching three globally recognized brands: …

Bundibugyo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has announced plans to establish a chocolate factory in Bundibugyo District, reaffirming his commitment to expanding value addition and creating jobs in Uganda’s cocoa-rich region. Addressing supporters during his campaign tour, the NRM Presidential Flagbearer said the venture will harness …

PRAU honors Uganda’s top innovators at 9th Excellence Awards Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Public Relations Association of Uganda (PRAU) has been hailed for investing in recorgnising organizations and individuals who champion innovations and brilliance. Held under the theme “Recognizing Innovation and Impact in Public Relations,” the 9th PRAU …

SPECIAL REPORT – ALL AFRICA.COM  | ADAM CRUISE |  When Dr. Mike Chase banks the small survey plane over northern Botswana’s mopane woodlands, he can see the country’s wildlife story written in the dust below. Carcasses—some months old, others more recent—lie scattered along ancient elephant paths, mute evidence of drought, …

New report exposes major policy and data gaps ANALYSIS | MARY KENNEY | Nearly one million babies are stillborn in Africa every year. Behind every stillbirth is a mother, a family and a story left untold. Most of these are preventable, many unrecorded, and too often invisible. Each number hides a moment …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As the year winds down, the Northern Ugandan city of Gulu will host the second edition of the Gulu Marathon on Saturday 6th December. The marathon, launched at Kampala Club on Thursday, saw marathon officials and sponsors promising an even bigger and more …

WASHINGTON | Xinhua |  U.S. President Donald Trump hosted his counterparts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda here on Thursday, witnessing them signing a peace deal aimed at ending a decades-long conflict in eastern DRC while opening their critical mineral resources to the United States. Presidents …

  JOHANNESBURG | Xinhua |  South Africa said Thursday that it will temporarily step back from the Group of 20 (G20) activities, after the United States, the new rotating presidency, confirmed it would not invite Pretoria to participate. “For now, we will take a commercial break until we resume normal …

COMMENT | DANI RODRIK |  We need new ideas to address the three greatest economic challenges of our time: climate change, the erosion of the middle class, and poverty. The first is an existential threat to our physical environment; the second drives polarization and undermines democracy; and the third is …