Category : China-Uganda
China’s clean energy excellence: Reflecting on Kiira Motors
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July 24th, 2024
By Nnanda Kizito Sseruwagi It is said that when you owe the bank one million shillings, you have got a problem, and when you owe the bank 1 billion shillings, the bank has a problem. The narrative of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) as a “debt trap” for developing nations has gained significant traction. However […]
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Revamping Uganda’s Vocational Education: Lessons From China
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July 14th, 2024
By Nnanda Kizito Sseruwagi Recently, a vocational institute in Uganda entered a memorandum of understanding with China’s Hunan Mechanical and Electrical Polytechnic (HMEP). I was delighted to learn that Uganda’s Luyanzi Institute of Technology (LIT), a vocational school in Kampala, is opening channels of opportunities to enhance training and employment opportunities for its students and […]
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Fighting Corruption: Lessons from China’s Decisive Triumph Over the Vice
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July 1st, 2024
By Salim Abila Asuman. In Uganda, and Africa in general, the spectre of corruption infiltrates nearly every conversation, and the heavy shadow it casts on our nation’s potential for developments is noticed. Emulating China’s bold strategies and unwavering resolve, Uganda has an imperative opportunity to eradicate corruption and unlock its true potential for a brighter, […]
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Opportunity in Uganda’s Road Crisis? Lessons from China
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April 30th, 2024
By Nnanda Kizito Sseruwagi I was initially depressed when pondering this article. The crisis of Uganda’s roads depresses many of us. I don’t think it is necessary to explain or emphasize the wreckage of what used to be the roads and the dreams and potential we have lost economically and humanly with the loss of […]
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China excels through simple attitudes
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April 19th, 2024
By Nnanda Kizito Sseruwagi I recently travelled to Beijing to participate in the 3rd Conference on Dialogue Between Chinese and African Civilizations organized by the China Africa Institute (CAI). In preparation for the conference, the organizers asked what topic I would prefer to discuss. I chose to contribute to the one on promoting Belt and Road […]
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Uganda needs to Leverage its Bilateral Relations with China to Maintain its Growth Trajectory
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April 4th, 2024
By Musiime George The past year was a mixture of two emotional hues for Uganda following the enactment of the anti homosexuality law. Whereas proponents of the law celebrated and rejoiced in its enactment, critics and activists alike were concerned that the law would unleash an array of rights concerns in Uganda. However, besides this […]
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Uganda-China Should Collaborate on Climate Financing
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March 18th, 2024
By Nnanda Kizito Sseruwagi I wish to first pre-empt the scepticism shared by some people about the feasibility of different modes of climate finance and the efficacy of their impact on mitigating climate change. The climate finance architecture easily seems to be capitalism’s mode of commercialising climate change without solving it. I am partly doubtful […]
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SINO-UGANDA RELATIONS HAVE ENTERED A CRUCIAL STAGE
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February 20th, 2024
By Steven Akabwayi Early Feb this year, China opened a visa center in Kampala for ordinary passport holders, aiming to reduce congestion at the main embassy. The center was launched by the Chinese Ambassador to Uganda H.E Zhang Lhizong, purposely to ease travel for Ugandan nationals traveling to China for business and other activities. The […]
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Myths & Misconceptions: How the West biases our perception of China
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January 15th, 2024
By Nnanda Kizito Sseruwagi We are interesting animals, humans. Interesting! Nobel Laurette and profound cognitive psychologist Daniel Kahneman, author of “Thinking, Fast and Slow”, has argued that our brains are predisposed to give priority to bad news. That negative perceptions stick to our psyche faster than positive perceptions. If true, nowhere has this attribute of […]
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Navigating the Trade Imbalance: Increased Cooperation with China Benefits Uganda and Africa
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December 21st, 2023
By Shemei Ndawula Recently, the European Union(EU) Parliament issued a formal complaint against the Chinese People’s Republic regarding its trade deficit with China. This complaint has sparked global debate about the nature and impact of China’s economic engagement with the world especially with developing nations. While the EU’s concerns are not without merit, in the new […]
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