Menstruating girls and women face discrimination at home, in the education system, and all along.
Author: Guest Writer
Posted inTech News
Eyes wide open: What smart glasses mean for citizen privacy in East Africa
What makes this moment critical is not just the technology itself, but the asymmetry it creates: between those who can see, record and analyse, and those who are unknowingly seen.
Posted inLetter
Letter to “Dr.” Andrew Mwenda on the duty of honest public commentary
your recent public statements deepen my concerns and hence my letter to you.
Posted inAfrica
Africa doesn’t need to be translated. It needs to be heard
Every year on 25 May, the continent asks one pointed question: are we moving closer to the Africa we envisioned: self-determined, sovereign in its own story?
Posted inPeople
The invisible must get served first by legally binding treaty for older persons
Longevity is one of humanity’s greatest achievements yet the promise of longer life is too often accompanied by gaps in the protection of human rights.
Posted inOpinion
Gen. Muhoozi’s anti-corruption campaign is a smokescreen for consolidating family rule – writes Joe WhalouXhaso
The 12th Parliament risks becoming even more subordinate to executive and military influence if current trends continue.
Posted inEnergy
Driving Africa’s fair energy transition through technology and innovation
Africa’s energy transition must be shaped by Africans themselves, says Prof. Bart Nnaji.
Posted inOpinion
Oweyegha-Afunaduula: Democratic backsliding: 40 years of hope, 30 of deception
When the National Resistance Movement (NRM) captured state power through the barrel of the gun in January 1986, it promised more than military stability.
Posted inAfrica
Civil society groups call for community-centred action following Africa forward summit declaration
The Africa Forward Summit declaration repeatedly referred to building “partnerships of equals” between Africa and France.
Posted inOpinion
Why your communications strategy is undermining your decisions
As markets become more complex and information moves faster, communications is now part of strategy, embedded in how boardroom decisions are formed, framed, and executed.
Posted inLango
Lango interim Won Nyaci urges parents to prioritise child safety and moral guidance during holidays
On Thursday, Ogwal Oyee emphasised that holidays are presenting increased dangers, especially for our young girls, who he said are vulnerable to predators exploiting the break to lure them into acts that cannot be tolerated.
Posted inOpinion
A country like Uganda – without its elders – has no future
Prof Oweyegha-Afunaduula: “The old and elderly are the only group that can teach the youth to distinguish between genuine identity and manufactured ethnic hatred.”