The government has been prioritising infrastructure development as a means of accelerating economic transformation. However, the high cost of investment in the sector has raised concerns. In final and second part of this feature, New Vision’s RONALD MUGABE explores the cost of raw materials on the overall cost of infrastructure projects. The story was published […]
Continue readingThe government has been prioritising infrastructure development, arguing it’s a sure way the country’s economic transformation will be accelerated. However, there have been lingering concerns about the Uganda’s high cost of infrastructural projects compared to that of its neighbours. New Vision’s RONALD MUGABE finds out why, in Part I of this special feature that was […]
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Uganda Media Women’s Association (UMWA) has awarded journalists and media houses for excellence in gender sensitive reporting. The inaugural Gender Media Awards attracted submissions from 26 journalists and the work of 14 media houses was reviewed. At the awards gala held on Wednesday August 24 at Hotel Africana in Kampala, The Observer was named the […]
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The BBC World Service has launched the first new language service in its biggest expansion since the 1940s. A digital Pidgin service for West Africa was launched on Monday this week. It will shortly be followed by new online services in Amharic, Afaan Oromo and Tigrinya, aimed at Ethiopia, Eritrea and diaspora audiences around the world. […]
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This opportunity is now CLOSED. For more information on ACME’s training programmes, write to training@acme-ug.org. The African Centre for Media Excellence is pleased to invite applications from Ugandan journalists for a fellowship Reporting Public Policy. The fellowship comprises of two four-day workshops and substantive grants for investigative reports on public policy. Workshop Background Very few […]
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By Peter G. Mwesige It is reported that business is getting back to normal in Kenya after last week’s election, which incumbent Uhuru Kenyatta officially won. I am not sure business will get back to normal for most of the mainstream media in Kenya. It appears that in their attempt to foster peace and deny […]
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After four and a half years at the helm of NTV Uganda, Ms Aggie Asiimwe Konde, the station’s managing director, is leaving her job proud of her accomplishments. Konde, the first female director of a major television station in Uganda, says she has nurtured exceptional talent and has set broadcasting standards for excellence. Aggie Konde […]
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This article was published in The Observer. *** The failure and subsequent resolution of Crane bank has continued to dominate news headlines. Unfortunately, much of the commentary on this issue, in the mainstream media, and especially on social media, betrays a profound misunderstanding of how bank supervision works and what can realistically be achieved by a […]
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