A competition launched by Google for developers of its Android software platform in Sub-Saharan Africa has opened up a whole new world of possibilities for Steven Nsubuga, a 26-year-old from Uganda. Currently in the Smartphone world, the battle is on between Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android phones. Microsoft, with its latest mobile operating system, Windows …
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Is Uganda’s president grooming his son to take over?
July 8th, 2021It should not take us by surprise if Uganda’s president, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni who has ruled the co …
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Goodbye champion for women and girls
July 1st, 2020The sudden death of Commonwealth youth trainer, internationally recognized activist and TV presenter …
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With rocketing food and fuel prices, Ugandans are calling on their government to take action to ease living conditions. Diana Phoebe, a 24-year-old aspiring Commonwealth Correspondent, reports on the costs to the economy and country of a brewing crisis. It has been a month since opposition leaders in Uganda came up with a demonstration termed …
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With rocketing food and fuel prices, Ugandans are calling on their government to take action to ease living conditions. Diana Phoebe, a 24-year-old aspiring Commonwealth Correspondent, reports on the costs to the economy and country of a brewing crisis. It has been a month since opposition leaders in Uganda came up with a demonstration termed …
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Intellect is a great trait to possess. But success in life relies on more than brain capacity. It requires determination, guts and hard graft, writes 27-year-old Steven Nsubuga, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Kampala, Uganda. Like any typical Ugandan student at the end of University, I dreamt of the good life: a nice car, a great …
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Intellect is a great trait to possess. But success in life relies on more than brain capacity. It requires determination, guts and hard graft, writes 27-year-old Steven Nsubuga, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Kampala, Uganda. Like any typical Ugandan student at the end of University, I dreamt of the good life: a nice car, a great …
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On 11th July 2010, terrorists struck the Kyadondo rugby club in Uganda, killing 80 innocent young people who were watching the World Cup finals. Diana Phoebe, a 25-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent, witnessed the horror first-hand. Here she recounts that terrifying night. Since the beginning of the month of June, Ugandans have been remembering, sharing stories, and …
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On 11th July 2010, terrorists struck the Kyadondo rugby club in Uganda, killing 80 innocent young people who were watching the World Cup finals. Diana Phoebe, a 25-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent, witnessed the horror first-hand. Here she recounts that terrifying night. Since the beginning of the month of June, Ugandans have been remembering, sharing stories, and …
"I could see bodies on the ground, people bleeding, others dead" Read More »
The ‘Occupy’ protests against unfettered capitalism have spread from New York to the City of London and are increasingly making headlines, writes Aishah Namukasa, a Ugandan student living in Germany. On Saturday 15 October 2011, thousands of ‘Occupy the London Stock Exchange protestors, alongside curious observers and bystanders, thronged St Paul’s Cathedral churchyard in London. …
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The ‘Occupy’ protests against unfettered capitalism have spread from New York to the City of London and are increasingly making headlines, writes Aishah Namukasa, a Ugandan student living in Germany. On Saturday 15 October 2011, thousands of ‘Occupy the London Stock Exchange protestors, alongside curious observers and bystanders, thronged St Paul’s Cathedral churchyard in London. …
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Ugandans are hoping their national football team, ‘the Cranes’, can end a near 40-year wait and finally participate in the Africa Cup of Nations, writes Steven Nsubuga, 27, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Kampala. A little under a month ago, on the eve of Uganda’s Independence Day, hope was in the air. The nation was united, …
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