Recently, I had the opportunity to chat with Silver Kayondo, the Co-Founder and CEO of DroneNerds Africa (Uganda) Limited. The company specializes in frontiering the use of commercial drones/UAVs in agriculture, construction, GIS mapping, environmental compliance monitoring, and humanitarian refugee support in Uganda. During the meeting, we talked about the ways his company is helping
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READ MOREMy memory is again in the way of your history. Agha Shahid Ali, Farewell. I’ve been wondering about the role of apathy. We read about it and talk about it often. Even as we try and figure out how to best present a story we ask ourselves “why should I care?” This question has been
READ MOREBy the time the bus decelerates to a squeaking halt, the beating of her heart is almost choking her, reducing her breath to spasms.
READ MOREIn the present-day world, families continue to be an important part of society, but not as important as they were 10 years ago. But then also, that theory of thought depends on how we define families.
READ MOREHave you ever wondered what role music has to play in the struggle for the democratization of Africa or any given society for that matter?
READ MOREIn less than two weeks, Pope Francis will kick off his maiden tour of the African continent when his plane lands at Jommo Kenyatta International Airport on 27th November.
READ MOREBy Paul Shalala A 47 year old Anglican Priest, who is living with HIV has taken to social media to encourage positive living and discourage fellow clergymen from stopping HIV positive congregants from taking Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ARV) drugs. Reverend Stuart Bweupe, the priest in charge at Kabwe North Parish, has been posting Facebook and WhatsApp
READ MORE“plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose” Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr I wonder if Jean Baptiste knew that these words would later shape themselves into a phrase that would be echoed across the world and be widely relevant almost 200 years later. Although perhaps, the phrase itself would show that it was here to stay,
READ MORE“For the purposes of this Convention, “enforced disappearance” is considered to be the arrest, detention, abduction or any other form of deprivation of liberty by agents of the State or by persons or groups of persons acting with the authorization, support or acquiescence of the State, followed by a refusal to acknowledge the deprivation of
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The Public notice published in the @DailyMonitor no.3 Correction of errors after the card has been taken is 50,000 UGX. Is @NIRA_Ug charging Ugandans for the mistakes that were done by their staff? How fair is this charge and what changes after the card has been picked? pic.twitter.com/kqTF…
17,000 condoms distributed ahead of the Nc'wala ceremony for the Ngoni people of Eastern Province. Kuli kulimbwa ku Chipata
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FDC boycotts the IPOD summit in Munyonyo! DP and her groupies attack FDC. FDC rallies had been blocked and its activities banned in Western Uganda. After DP photoshoot with M7, now they are being blocked also! FDC 🙄 DP 🤤 Me: These bu-parties that like being with M7 should 🤫
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