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EconomyPolitics & Policy

Uganda’s economy growing but not braced for shocks, says World Bank

Uganda gross domestic product grew faster than initially predicted in the 2018-2019 fiscal year, but the growth is still not fast enough for the government's lower middle-income status and poverty reduction ambitions
The World Bank Headquarters, Washington DC.
Politics & Policy

Daniel arap Moi: the making of Kenya’s ‘big man’

Moi is widely held responsible for a regime that bore witness to, and benefited from, violence, corruption and discrimination. Kenya’s Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission found that his government was responsible for numerous gross human rights violations
Digital EconomyPolitics & Policy

How infrastructure sharing can help lower data prices in Africa

Africa has the world's most expensive internet prices and lowest data speeds; rethinking how telecom masts are sited and used could help reduce the costs of internet provision and increase accessibility
A mobile phone mast
Digital EconomyOpinionPolitics & Policy

Digitisation and entrepreneurship will propel African industrialisation, defying naysayers

The dominant narrative is that industrialisation in sub-Saharan African is declining and less relevant. But this ignores growing trends such as new technologies and a vibrant entrepreneurship scene
Students in an introductory programming class at Outbox, an incubator, innovation lab and co-working space in Kampala
OpinionPolitics & Policy

Colonial rule is to blame for the failure of democracy in Africa

By elevating powerful local leaders over their communities, the colonial era undermined pre-existing checks and balances and helped institutionalise repressive forms of government in Africa
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry greets Cameroon's President Paul Biya at the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, D.C., on August 6, 2014
Politics & Policy

Russia’s Africa ambitions grow as America, under Trump, steps back

The first Russia-Africa Summit is a clear indication that Russia is stepping up its efforts to increase its influence in Africa, with the deals signed underscoring how Moscow is using strategic investments to gain more traction on the continent
Politics & Policy

Uganda’s curriculum is failing English instruction in rural schools

English language targets in Uganda's curriculum are unrealistic in poorly-resourced government rural schools and fall below what's required to learn the language
Politics & Policy

Drug trafficking: US to pursue prominent Kenyan suspects linked to Akasha brothers

US-Kenya efforts to arrest prominent figures linked to the Akasha organisation could curb heroin trade in East Africa
US Navy mencarry bags containing Hashish captured from a dhow in the Arabian Sea, March 17, 2017
Politics & Policy

How Uganda is using old and new laws to limit digital activism

Uganda's government is reinterpreting old criminal libel laws and enacting new ones to restrict digital activism and crack down on citizens, activists and politicians who criticise the president on the internet
Social media networks in one group on an iPhone
Politics & Policy

Why is sub-Saharan African drug use on the rise?

Sub-Saharan Africa will experience the largest growth in the number of absolute drug users of any region on the globe between now and 2050, according to new research by the ENACT programme at the Pretoria-based Institute for Security Studies
Drug addict holding syringe
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