East African Business Notifier

  By Elijah Tumusiime Agriculture is a major pillar in the Ugandan economy, contributing to over 25% of the country’s GDP.  However, a large portion of the industry has depended on antiquated techniques for decades, which restricts market access and productivity. As internet connectivity starts to change how farmers grow, harvest, and market their produce, a shift in how things are done is taking place. The internet is increasingly becoming as crucial to farming in Uganda's rural villages as rainfall and rich soil.  Farmers now have access to pest alerts, crop management guidance, and real-time weather forecasts via connected mobile phones and internet platforms. They can reduce losses and increase yields by using this information to make better decisions about when to plant, water, or harvest. Another significant benefit of connection is the availability of market data. In the past, many farmers relied on intermediaries to update prices and find buyers, which frequently ...

  BY PAUL TENTENA The rapid rise of climate litigation is reshaping how energy policy is defined and enforced worldwide, with courts increasingly setting the parameters of climate action. Advisory proceedings at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) are establishing legal interpretations that extend far beyond national borders, influencing how governments regulate emissions, approve projects, and manage natural resources. For Africa, the implications are significant. While the continent contributes less than 4% of global emissions, it faces mounting pressure to align with legal standards largely shaped outside the region.  Without stronger participation in these proceedings, African states risk having climate obligations defined externally – with direct consequences for industrialization, energy access, and investment flows. Against this backdrop, the African Energy Chamber (AEC) has moved to intervene in a landm...

Erik Berglöf BEIJING—The global water cycle is our planet’s life-support system. It is a powerful environmental pump, with forests transpiring moisture and replenishing giant atmospheric rivers of freshwater.  It is also a global thermostat, regulating the climate through evaporation and cloud formation. And it is a giant filter, purifying water as it percolates through the soils and wetlands. But while all life depends on the water cycle, it is coming under increasing strain and losing its ability to perform these essential functions, leading the United Nations to  declare  a new era of “global water bankruptcy.”  Rising temperatures, ecosystem degradation, and shifting rainfall patterns are weakening the natural systems that regulate water flows and quality, while conventional infrastructure, designed for historical hydrological conditions, is increasingly exposed to variability, sedimentation, and shock. To protect the water cycle from these competing pressures, w...

By John B. Habumugisha Uganda’s aspiration   to   integrate into   the   global   community   dates back to   the   1850’s -   the era   of   early   explorers,   whose   construction   of   railways   and   ports   laid   the   foundation   for this   connection.   Years   later,   much   of   the   infrastructure   they   left   behind   still   forms   the backbone of African economies. With   the   construction   of   new   engineering   projects   like   the   Standard   Gauge   Railways   in Kenya   and   Tanzania,   the   suspended   3.   2km   Kigingo   -   Busisi   Bridge   across   Lake   Victoria and   the   East   African   Crude   Oil   Pipeline ...