Analysis & Opinions

The COVID-19 pandemic has left many Ugandans unable to access basic needs like food, a new survey has revealed. As a result, many have resorted to asking for help from friends and family members. The study conducted by Food Rights Alliance and Twaweza titled; Livelihoods under COVID-19: Livelihoods and inequality

Kenneth Kitungulu, the Stanbic Bank Uganda Head of Global Markets For the first time since February, the headline Stanbic Bank Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) crossed into positive territory recording a reading of 50.3 during July, up from 46.5 in June. This is a significant recovery from the 21.6 figure we

By Sylver Kyagulanyi In the year 1999, at the dawn of my music career, I was working with Diamonds Production, a music band which was then owned by Kato Lubwama, the current Member of Parliament for Rubaga South. We used to gig all-over the country, performing from village to village,

Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, the doctor running the World Health Organisation's Regional Office for Africa/WHO Dr. Matshidiso Moeti is the doctor running the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Regional Office for Africa, a sprawling landmass of 47 countries. Here’s a glimpse of the woman behind the statistics – and the challenge she’s

By Roland Mwene Rwamuguma July 27th is when boda boda transport resumed operation in Uganda as per the easing of the lock-down restrictions. Initially boda boda were supposed to work but only to carry luggage up to a certain time.Given the largely informal sector, boda bodas belong to the zeze sector that

Technology offers the best opportunity for Africa’s advancement, and African countries have the right to choose which countries and companies they partner with in charting the technological development of their people. This was one of the messages emerging from a webinar hosted by the University of Johannesburg yesterday. Titled, “Gearing

By Sylver Kyagulanyi The entertainment or creative arts industry is as old as humanity. It is one of the ways through which people demonstrate ingenuity and craft to make our lives more beautiful and worthwhile using creative arts, including music, dance, drama, painting, poetry to mention but a few. This

Uganda dairy processors are incurring major losses due to unfair terms slapped on their products by East African Community (EAC) Member States. With capacity to process more than 2.4m liters daily capacity, processors had to source an expanded market in Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and other countries since domestic demand couldn’t

By Amos Wekesa One of the challenges I see for Uganda is that many people especially those in position of responsibility think we need very complicated solutions to our problems or to grow our economy. People will air out very complicated suggestions when asked what Uganda needs especially when it