The United States has escalated its trade war with Canada from tariffs to outright import bans, shutting selected Canadian products out of the American market as tensions between the two …
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Robots Can Now Do Backflips. Can They Steal Your Job Next?
A humanoid robot dances across a stage, drops into a split, performs a backflip and gets back on its feet to applause. At IFA Berlin 2026, held September 4 to …
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Uganda Is About to Get Richer and Poorer at the Same Time
Uganda is approaching a rare economic situation in which the same rise in global oil prices could make the country richer in the future while making it poorer in the …
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On 2 June 2016, Kampala became the 462nd city on Uber’s global map and the tenth in Africa. The promise was simple: tap the phone, watch a car arrive, pay …
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Fame Is Not a Business Strategy: The Collapse of Messi’s Sports Drink
A global icon, a heavyweight manufacturing partner, and 27,000 retail doors were not enough to save Más+. For East African entrepreneurs banking on celebrity endorsement as a growth strategy, the …
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Uganda’s economic debate is shifting from how fast the economy is growing to a more practical question: how much of that growth is reaching households? This will be the central …
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Uganda Appoints Vitol to Market Pearl Sweet Crude Oil
Uganda has taken a major step towards becoming a crude oil exporter after the Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) appointed global energy trader Vitol to market the country’s allocation of …
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Africa is building a digital highway for cross-border trade after the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat and Ghanaian technology company Quest Ghana Limited signed a joint venture agreement …
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Creditchek Acquires Ugandan Fintech Startup Algosys in East Africa Expansion
Creditchek, a financial technology infrastructure company building the data and technology infrastructure powering credit decisions across Africa, today announced the acquisition of Algosys, a Ugandan core banking software startup serving …
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Parliament Probes Digital Plate Crisis as Delays Cost Uganda Shs4bn Weekly
Parliament has launched an investigation into persistent delays in the issuance of Uganda’s digital number plates, with lawmakers estimating that the disruption is costing the economy more than Shs4 billion …
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