Do you employ a “no regrets” philosophy in life? If so, you might want to rethink your strategy. It might even be hampering your decision-making and overall life satisfaction. BOOK REVIEW | DANIEL H. PINK | In Daniel H. Pink’s latest best-selling book, `The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves …
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BOOK REVIEW – YAA GYASI | DANIELLA KHANANI | ‘What is the point of all of this?’ is a question that separates humans from other animals. Our curiosity around the issue has sparked everything from science to literature to philosophy to religion. When the answer to the question is ‘Because God …
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ART | PETER KIMANI | East African literature continues to grow and reshape itself in exciting new ways. The world really did take notice of the region when Tanzanian-British author Abdulrazak Gurnah won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2021. Interest in Gurnah’s work continued last year when he made a …
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NEW YORK | TASS | Russia has requested a meeting of the UN Security Council in connection with supplies of Western weapons to Ukraine, a source in the world organization told TASS on Friday. “A meeting on the supply of Western weapons has been requested for January 22,” he said. …
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The book, ` How Big Things Get Done’ by Bent Flyvbjerg and Dan Gardner which was published this year in February. It explains why many projects fail (go over budget, time or are never finished) and what strategies exist to make projects less likely to fail. BOOK | THE INDEPENDENT …
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Uganda’s first wildlife veterinarian narrates her love for gorillas and passion for public health Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | When news broke that Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka had published her memoir, it sparked excitement because she has dedicated her life to conservation and looking after gorillas. For those who have visited …
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How the Digital Revolution Is Transforming Currencies and Finance ART | ESWAR S. PRASAD | Are cryptocurrencies the next big investment, a fad, or a currency that will transform the economic and financial landscape? What are some of the advantages and shortcomings of digital currencies? Who will benefit from these new …
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Following a recent spate of military coup d’état in West Africa, there has emerged fresh interest in military coup d’état including this one: ‘Undoing Coups. The African Union and Post-coup Intervention in Madagascar’ by Antonia Witt. BOOK | Antonia Witt | The recent wave of military coups from Sudan to Guinea, …
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From the establishment of the State in 1948 to present day Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | Reading Ronen Bergman’s Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel’s Targeted Assassinations may require one to suspend any moral and ethical concerns to understand how the state of Israel evolved into the …
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Former CEO’s explosive book exposes how state power utility, ESKOM, was destroyed Kampala, Uganda | KEITH GOTTSCHALK | One repeated theme of the memoir Truth to Power: My Three Years Inside Eskom, by Andre de Ruyter, former CEO of South Africa’s troubled power utility, Eskom, is that “negligence and carelessness had …
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