Aid, Trade, Context and Local Solutions: The Post-USAID World
by Christopher Burke Seven weeks after President Donald Trump announced a pause in operations of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to assess programmatic efficiencies and consistency with US foreign policy; Secretary of State Marco Rubio, also acting administrator at USAID, announced 83 percent of the agency’s programmes
PDM: A Game Changer Towards Citizens’ Prosperity
A couple of years ago, the Yoweri Museveni administration inaugurated the Parish Development Model (PDM) in Uganda purposed as a tool to pull our citizenry out of poverty. As a follow-up of be-tidings of the model, President Yoweri Museveni, has of recent, been touring various parts of the country to
Understanding Broken Cyber Windows Theory
By Javvad Malik Have you ever walked down a street with broken windows, burnt out cars, graffiti and felt a bit uneasy? There’s a reason for that, and it’s not just about aesthetics. The Broken Windows Theory, introduced by social scientists James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling in 1982,
Breaking the Binary: Examining Women’s Land Tenure in Customary and Statutory Systems
By Christopher Burke Discussions on women’s land rights in Africa often begin with the widely accepted premise that women have less tenure security than men. While this is undoubtedly true, the devil is in the details. A closer look at how tenure insecurity manifests in different contexts—whether Uganda or elsewhere
Sustaining Uganda’s Fisheries: Innovations, Policies and Community Action
By Christopher Burke Uganda’s fisheries sector is a vital contributor to food security, employment and export earnings accounting for 3 percent of National GDP and 12 percent of the total Agriculture Sector GDP. Fisheries contribute significantly to Uganda’s National Development Plan III and Vision 2040 that aims to increase
For a successful integration, Africa needs an operating system update
Ask any traveler about their experience moving across parts of Africa, and you will likely hear about familiar challenges: high costs, indirect routes, and unpredictable schedules that can make even the simplest journeys more complicated and costly. These travel hurdles highlight the immense opportunity to further strengthen Africa’s integration and
The State of African Energy 2025 Outlook provides an overview of the dynamics of Africa’s involvement in the global LNG sector
The global energy marketplace is shifting toward the acceptance of natural gas as a pivotal component in the transition to cleaner energy solutions, and rightly so. Africa, with its vast untapped gas reserves, has significant opportunities in the global liquefied natural gas (LNG) trade, a market that has quadrupled over
Conversational banking is crucial in winning over East Africa’s Gen Z while keeping loyal customers
The banking sector, like many industries, stands at a crossroads, grappling with a tidal wave of shifting consumer expectations driven by emerging technologies and disruptive business models. Financial institutions across Africa are now racing not only to acquire new customers but also to retain existing ones the majority being tech-savvy
Seven Keys To Success With An Employee Ownership Culture
One of the lessons I have learned over the years as a business executive, and now as a mentor to entrepreneurs, is that if you really want employees who enthusiastically take ownership of their work, you have to start treating them like owners, not renters. Owners feel they have skin
President Yoweri Museveni is entitled to his opinion
A daily of February 3, 2025, preposterously bellowed a headline, “Museveni vs the law.” Elsewhere, the same daily heckled online “lawyers, activists take on Museveni over remarks on Supreme Court (SC)ruling.” In both its print and online reporting, the daily seemingly crowned some self-appointed activists and analysts as spokespeople for
