Tanzania faces blow-back from its recent VAT introduction with its all-important safari industry struggling to maintain its leading position in East Africa. The remarkable decline in Tanzanian booking requests received by SafariBookings.com – the largest online marketplace for African Safari Tours – highlights the damage being caused to that country’s
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By Livingstone Mukasa There is a famous slogan: “There is no hurry in Africa” and if you may prefer let me add “Hakuna Matata” (No problems). This slogan epitomizes our sluggish time keeping ways and often the accompanying low productivity. For the record, I am different and if you invite
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Why Bobi Wine is misguided So Bobi Wine issued a “letter to Young Ugandans” in which he claims that colonialism marked Uganda’s golden age. This is the problem with President Yoweri Museveni’s critics - always ignorant and emotional and their arguments always lack substance in both matter and manner. I
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Ethiopia, whose economy recently overtook Kenya’s, is now the fastest-growing economy in sub-Saharan Africa, according to a new World Bank report. This means Ethiopia’s economy will further stretch its lead on Kenya’s even as the latter grapples with economic headwinds, including heightened political temperatures that have left investors jittery. “Ethiopia
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The Kenyan economy has been thrown into a state of uncertainty after NASA’s Raila Odinga pulled out of the repeat presidential election slated for October 26, reports the Standard Newspaper. Mr Odinga was to face his arch-opponent, Jubilee Party’s Uhuru Kenyatta, after the Supreme Court nullified the August 8 presidential
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By Anthony Batze Each building has to be supported by something. It does not matter whether it’s a grass thatched house or a sky scraper, it will always need something to stand on which is called a foundation. The foundation is a major part of a building that supports its
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A couple of weeks ago, I was approached by Business Focus Online Magazine to write a weekly column. It has taken me a bit of time to compose this piece. For a while, while am a prolific writer, I kind of had a writer mental block and also my schedules
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October 9, 2017 marks 55 years since Uganda attained independence from Britain. However, the desire to be politically, economically and socially independent largely remains a dream. While it’s true that Uganda has witnessed unprecedented political turmoil (largely caused by Ugandans themselves) which has negatively devastated the economy, many Ugandans still
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Uganda’s women have made remarkable progress across various sectors of the economy since 1962. However, they are yet to make significant inroads in the banking sector especially in top leadership positions. For example, out of the 24 operating banks in Uganda, there is only one woman heading a bank-Annet Nakawunde
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Uganda vs. Ghana, 4:00 PM Mandela National Stadium, Namboole Live on SuperSport 3 The penultimate Group 'E' World Cup qualifying game between Uganda and Ghana this afternoon stands to be the most important of the campaign for either sides. Separated by just two points in second and third places respectively, Uganda and Ghana cannot
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