Ramathan Ggoobi asks why Ugandan banks don't reward ‘good’ borrowers by lending to them at lower interest rates, which in turn would induce them to undertake safer projects and create a win-win situation
As the UN Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development closes, ARI’s director selects salient facts and features from the comprehensive Habitat III Regional Report for Africa
Michael Mutyaba looks at the tactic of opposition co-option in Uganda; a strategy that has been continuously used by the NRM since it came to power in 1986
Jamie Hitchen interviewed Sierra-Leonean singer Emmerson Bockarieon on his country, its corruption problem and the role music can play in raising awareness and changing attitudes
The case for an accessible and continuously updated Pan-African database of scientific research facilities and their equipment inventories. This would boost intra-Africa collaboration and the scientific input to national development programmes.
South Africa's municipal elections will be the most competitive to date. The African National Congress (ANC) faces a challenge in four of the country’s eight metropolitan municipalities.
Museveni’s government is giving all attention to politics, policy design and planning instead of doing the small things that would make a big difference argues Ramathan Ggoobi
