COMMENT | DAVID JACKSON OBOTH | Why does the President dress casually even when he is handling serious state matters? I bet it’s a trend that has eluded the understanding of many people as to why this iconic leader does what he does, including sticking to a particular dress code. There were …
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How to ensure Africa is not penalised by net-zero policy spillovers on international trade and investment COMMENT | JAMES MACGREGOR & JODIE KEANE | Despite Africa’s extremely limited emissions contribution to climate change, its producers and exporters are now at risk of adverse effects to their businesses owing to the …
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Uneasy progress for Uganda women and girls’ health as Demographic Health Survey records a remarkable improvement COMMENT | JOY ASASIRA | As a women’s health and rights advocate, I could not hide my excitement when I learned that the maternal mortality ratio had declined from 336/100,000 live births in 2016 to 189/100,000 …
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The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) is a significant infrastructure project that strives to transport crude oil from Uganda’s oil fields in the Albertine region to the Tanzanian port of Tanga. This enterprising project is foreseen to have a transformative impact on Uganda’s economy and contribute to the development …
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Renewable energy must be the foundation to raise agricultural yields, end hunger, reverse environmental degradation COMMENT | KRISTINA SKIERTINA & AISHA MOHAMMED MUSSA | The fabric of our global food system is fraying under the strain of climate change and an ever-expanding population. To prevent it from unraveling, we must embrace …
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Why the climate emergency requires serious democratic ideals to avoid it becoming a disaster COMMENT | JAN-WERNER MUELLER | This summer with its record temperatures, deadly floods, and raging wildfires, which in Canada alone destroyed the equivalent of all the trees in Germany might have felt like a final warning: without …
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COMMENT | MICHAEL JJINGO | It’s an unfortunate truth that often when we’re in need of a workout, we’re least motivated to actually get active! The hardest thing about exercises is to start. Once you are doing regular physical exercises, the hardest thing is to stop. “Those who think they have …
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Why geopolitics and not protectionism should be the worry for the future health of the world economy COMMENT | DANI RODRIK | “The era of free trade seems to be over. How will the world economy fare under protectionism?” This is one of the most common questions I hear nowadays. But …
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Why those who optimally mix what AIs and humans each can do best will be champions in the new economy COMMENT | JAMIE METZL | Everywhere we look nowadays, we find warnings that artificial-intelligence algorithms are coming for our jobs. While Goldman Sachs estimates that two-thirds of all current jobs in …
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Securing new trade and investment opportunities will lift millions out of poverty and adapt to climate change COMMENT | GITA BRIEL & DR. JODIE KEANE | As Africa embarks on its industrialisation drive, supported by the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), the realities of climate change are becoming more visible …
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