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If you ever need a “no-nonsense” lawyer in Kampala, Uganda, this is your guy. David F.K. Mpanga takes on the badly managed UMEME, Uganda’s lone, notorious electricity generator. Now, if you are going to threaten anybody, leave…
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I have a problem. I have no idea how to describe who I am. No, it’s not like I fell and hit my head and woke up to find out that I have no recollection of…
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Katy Long spent a year in Uganda researching the meaning of citizenship in Africa and how it affects regional mobility, especially the social inclusion/exclusion of refugees on the continent. As she states in her post, The…
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The summit will address three areas: Youth Employment, Education, Millennial Communications – the use of social media and technology for development. Before the summit, a Development Case Study Competition aims to provide youth with the opportunity…
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Africans voices in international development need to get louder
August 28, 2013 International DevelopmentI think this Guardian lede is unfortunate: Are celebrity advocates and blogging expats crowding out African voices? A new fellowship is finding that while the media might be ready, after being so long ignored, young leaders…
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Dear Pastor Lively, sovereign interference has its consequences
August 28, 2013 International DevelopmentIn March of 2012, the Center for Constitution Rights filed a federal lawsuit against Scott Lively and his current organization, Abiding Truth Ministries. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG), a non-profit…
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Mark Zuckerberg’s internet.org: Making the internet available to every person on earth is a goal too large and too important for any one company, group, or government to solve alone. Internet.org’s partners have come together to…
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Mawuna Koutonin, writes about how Africa’s nouveau riche got their money at Silicon Africa. His wish list for an African leader is simple but comes across as what should be common sense leadership on the continent. In 10…
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An excellent example of African Agency in Eastern DRC
August 19, 2013 Diaspora at work International DevelopmentI’ve read so many African migrant stories that open very similar to this one. African migrant arrives in newly adopted country, penniless, but full of hopes and dreams for themselves and for the people back home.…
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