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I am reading Dayo Olopade’s Bright Continent, and something occurred to me. Uganda seems to be everywhere. Nearly all the people I interact with in the development space have worked, lived, or toured the country physically…
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Infographic: Uganda is youngest country in the world
March 10, 2014 International Development UgandaI’ve long wanted to look into my countries demographic breakdown. I dug around for some numbers from Google (via World Bank data) and some from USAID. Not all numbers for each age group are available, so…
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In 2005 I retired from competitive athletics after failing to qualify for the 2004 summer olympics. Without financial support, I realized that there would be no way for me to make it to 2008, the next…
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In 2012, over 750,000 Ugandans sent home $1 billion
July 31, 2013 International Development technology Uganda758,294 Ugandan emigrants sent home $948 million in remittances in 2012. That’s fast approaching the $1.6 billion Uganda received in development aid in 2011. The really interesting nugget about Ugandan immigrants (at least according to this…
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Africa’s gerontocracy isn’t going to last much longer
October 29, 2012 International Development UgandaThis morning I published an op-ed in Canada’s The Globe and Mail on the generation gap between Africa’s rulers and the median age of their citizens. It is something I haven’t really seen debated in main…
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Beyond Kony2012: Atrocity, Awareness, & Activism in the Internet Age
April 29, 2012 Appearances International Development UgandaI spent this weekend reading through Beyond Kony2012 Atrocity, Awareness, & Activism in the Internet Age. It was compiled and edited by Amanda Taub of Wronging Rights fame. Below are some excerpts from the authors (including yours…
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One of the positive unintended consequences of the Kony debate was the rise of the African voices coming to the microphone. This conversation was of particular concern for me because it hit home. Unlike other do-gooder…
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If you have been under a rock for the last week, you probably didn’t spend 29 minutes to see this video about Joseph Kony, dubbed Kony 2012. But if you did, then you have to take…
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I have had roughly 24 hours to gather my thoughts about the latest fund-raising stunt undertaken by the long-in-the-tooth Invisible Children (IC) organization. In that time, I have had an opportunity to think and ruminate over…
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