Ties that bind III: Understanding why Uganda ranks as one of the most entrepreneurial countries and a high startup failure rate
The Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) routinely produces long lists of firms that are struck off the register either for failure to submit their returns to government, or because of the reasons listed by Salewa Isaac (2023). However, bad governance, which is a cancer in most African countries cannot be ruled out as a major cause of the collapse of many firms, especially the indigenous ones.
One killed as countrywide protests resume with ‘Ruto Must Go’ chants to press for removal of Kenyan president
At least 50 people have been killed in the protests to date, according to the government-funded Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR).
Ties that bind II: Why environmental and ecological politics, like Siamese twins, are critical to conservation
The ecological approach inherently recognises the complexity of our world and helps us understand it. If we are to understand the complexity of life, whether it be plant, animal, or human animal, we need to understand the complex systems of which they are a part. Leadership is no different. Leadership takes place in a variety of social and biological systems which are interdependent and mutually influencing
Rwandan elections body says incumbet Kagame is on course to retaining seat with 99 per cent vote
Paul Kagame has led the East African country since he seized power as the head of rebels who took control of the government and ended the genocide in 1994. He was vice president and de facto leader from 1994 to 2000, when he became president.
Ties that bind: Why science is the thread that unites environmental, social, ecological, ecosystem dimensions of business and entrepreneurship
Academic knowledge is a specific form of knowledge that has characteristics that differentiate it from other kinds of knowledge, and particularly from knowledge or beliefs based solely on direct personal experience in the total environment. Therefore, academic knowledge is not all the knowledge that is available to humanity to fit in the total environment or bring about societal change.
South Sudan’s humanitarian crisis worsens as WHO announces over 650,000 new refugees from Sudan
Right now, approaching six million people – or 46 per cent of the population – face crisis levels of food insecurity – a number that’s expected to rise to around 7.1 million during the current lean season.
Congolese rumba music stalwart Koffi Olomide ordered to be ‘diplomatic’ after ‘there is no war, we are beaten, we are slapped’ criticism of army
Olomide, who last year sang praises of President Felix Tshisekedi, was being interviewed by journalist Jessy Kabasele on the “Le Panier, the Morning Show” aired by the state-controlled Congolese National Radio and Television (RTNC) on Wednesday.
Al Shaabab terror group blamed for car bomb that killed five, injured 20 in Mogadishu
Al Shabaab militants claimed responsibility for the attack on an affiliated radio station, saying the bombing targeted a place where security and government workers meet at night.
Kenyan police arrest 33-year old man suspected of killing 42 women, dumping bodies in quarry
Collins Jumaisi confessed that he lured and killed 42 women and dumped their remains at the quarry, Mohamed said. The murders stretch back to 2022, starting with Jumaisi’s wife, with the most recent on July 11, Mohamed said in the televised statement.
Rwandans vote in presidential election that’s expected to extend 30-year rule of Paul Kagame
Paul Kagame’s opponents are Frank Habineza of the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda and independent candidate Philippe Mpayimana, both of whom struggled to attract supporters during campaigns.
