Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Motorcare Uganda Limited, a player in the Ugandan motor industry with over 27 Years of Experience with exclusive distribution rights for Ford vehicles has today launched the Next-Gen Ford Ranger with advanced safety and technology features. During the launch, Richard Musani the General Manager, Sales …
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The prize and perils for the next occupant of the hottest seat in Uganda’s private independent media sector COMMENT | JOSEPH WERE | Monitor Publications Ltd is again managing director hunting after Tony Glencross announced he was leaving after eight years in the hot seat. Watching the coming and going of …
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ART | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | Artist Henry Mzili Mujunga fits the description of an intellectual. From the time I have known him; which is close to two decades now; his conversations have always been intellectually nuanced. Even for light conversations like the weather or the Kampala traffic jam, he has a …
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What Africa is doing to fight condition that causes more deaths than malaria and HIV/Aids combined INTERVIEW| NADINE DREYER & TOM NYIRENDA |Each year antimicrobial resistance – the ability of microbes to survive agents designed to kill them – claims more lives than malaria and HIV/Aids combined. Africa bears the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Airtel Uganda, Uganda’s First 5G Network has today launched the first 5G Home Broadband Device with a promise to boost connectivity in Uganda. The new development was announced during the Airtel Wednesday Night Golf monthly mug tournament held at Uganda Golf Club today Nov.29. The …
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International conferences generate meaningful results only if everyone is free to criticise and peacefully demonstrate COMMENT | MARTA SCHAAF AND KRISTINE BECKERLE | To avert catastrophic climate change, an active and empowered civil society is necessary. The ongoing United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai is almost certain to provide …
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Why Kenya and Rwanda have taken a step in the right direction ANALYSIS | MICHAEL MUTAVA | President William Ruto of Kenya recently announced that Kenya’s borders would be open to visitors from the entirety of Africa, with no visas required, by the end of 2023. He said: “When people cannot travel, …
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Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Amini, a Nairobi-based climate tech startup focused on solving Africa’s environmental data gap through artificial intelligence and satellite technology, has raised $4 million in a seed funding round. The round was led by Salesforce Ventures, Salesforce’s global investment arm, and Female Founders Fund, a seed-stage …
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Ugandan farmers have been importing day-old chicks from Kenya, Netherlands and South Africa Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | Kenyan poultry company, Kenchic, has taken the battle for customers to the doorstep of local producers with the offer of its products at a more competitive price than its rival. The move, …
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Local manufacturing of vaccines is Africa’s ‘second independence’ says Africa CDC boss Lusaka, Zambia | RONALD MUSOKE | The African Union’s desire to ramp-up vaccine manufacturing on the continent has been boosted by a commitment in principle by GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance, to inject US$1 billion into the process. Dr. Jean …
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