COMMENT | ANDREW PI BESI | For many years, citizens of our ancient continent and beyond have grappled with the question of national growth, or, as Adam Smith framed it, the “wealth of nations”. It was Smith who, exactly 250 years ago this March, offered the first systematic account of this …
Read More »XI: Recalibrating officials’ understanding of governance achievement
BEIJING | Xinhua | A light bulb is not something most people would associate with governance. Yet nearly four decades ago, while working in one of the poorest parts of east China’s Fujian Province as the Party chief of Ningde Prefecture, Xi Jinping told local officials that ensuring access to …
Read More »Uganda finishes 4th at All Africa Junior Team Golf Championship
Boys Team results 1. South Africa -22 2. Kenya +13 3. Morocco +18 4. Uganda +25 5. Zimbabwe +27 6. Zambia +33 7. Mauritius +49 8. Namibia +52 9. Botswana +55 10. Ghana +76 11. Egypt +86 12. Tanzania +100 13. Cote D’Ivore +106 14. Tunisia +130 Girls team results …
Read More »MUYINGO: Uganda will be transformed by higher education institutions embracing innovation
Gulu, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Minister of State for Higher Education Dr John Muyingo has said innovation is no longer optional but a necessity for Uganda’s transformation into a modern industrial and knowledge-based economy. He said nations that invest in knowledge, research, technology, and human capital development transform their economies …
Read More »Applying Keynesianism to Uganda’s Economy
How the structure of the Ugandan economy defeats the applicability of Keynesian tools and what to do about it COMMENT | NNANDA KIZITO SSERUWAGI | John Maynard Keynes, once honoured by Time magazine as one of the three most profound economists that ever lived, wrote The General Theory of Employment, …
Read More »Uganda seeks global recognition as coffee powerhouse at Melbourne expo
Melbourne, Australia | AGENCIES | Uganda is moving to shift its role from a silent supplier to a visible brand in the global coffee market, using the Melbourne International Coffee Expo 2026 to showcase its high-quality beans to thousands of international buyers and roasters. With more than 31,000 visitors attending …
Read More »Capturing moments of Erasure through poetic imagery
Through a delicate interplay of portraiture, paper mache, allegorical motifs and transitional space, the artist constructs a powerful visual language on what was, what is and what is being transformed. ARTS | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | For Brogan Mwesigwa every slight life experience gives him inspiration to create art. Often …
Read More »Molly Katanga begins her defence, narrates to court how she was violently beaten
Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Molly Katanga, the widow of deceased businessman Henry Katanga, on Thursday returned to begin her defence before High Court judge Comfort Kania. Sitting in the dock, with a pink veil to cover her scarred head, Molly maintained she did not kill her husband, adding …
Read More »Kampala sways to classics, sips on perfection as Baileys joins RnB Picnic
Kampala, Uganda | ENTERTAINMENT CORRESPONDENT | There’s a quiet magic in leaning into the old songs that raised you, the fits that remind you of who you were, the slow days that ask little of you. On Sunday, the third edition of the Old Skool RnB Picnic officially marked its …
Read More »White House threatens to ‘unleash hell’ on Iran
WASHINGTON | Xinhua | U.S. President Donald Trump will “unleash hell” if Iran refuses to make a deal over the ongoing U.S.-Israeli war against Iran, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Wednesday. “President Trump does not bluff and he is prepared to unleash hell,” she said at a …
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