The surveillance iron curtain descends on East Africa
The transnational security and surveillance doctrine adopted by authoritarian states in the East African bloc has gutted civil liberties, the...
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Lessons from 2026 World Cup as East Africa preps for its moment
A FIFA World Cup like no other, it is a descriptor that keeps being thrown around quadrennially. And so it...
After the night of the long knives…
The night of 15 May 2026 is foundational. A meeting where the atmosphere was vaguely tense had hours ago been...
Is Uganda finally about to hedge its bets on agro-industrialisation?
While commissioning the NEC Meat and Beans Processing Factory in Kisozi, Gomba district on 15 July, President Yoweri Museveni hailed...
Surveillance: Hello from the other side
The social appropriation of spyware in Uganda is best framed through the lens of mobile communications. This, perhaps, explains why,...
