May 2009

Seacom blames national networks for poor service. The networks will not lower the prices simply because they can.  

National Insurance Corporation raises $4.5 million in IPO.

Telecom tycoon Jon Pedley is selling everything he owns, moving to a mud hut in Uganda and launch a children's charity. Okay.

A two-week protest against US Senator Corburn's plan to withhold $40 million in aid for Uganda bears fruit. The protestors are members of Invisible Children and Resolve Uganda.

How do you account for the loss of 2 billion shillings worth of drugs? Three senior health ministry officials will have to explain themselves on that one.

Financial analysts want the government to open up the debt market to more players.

China National Offshore Oil Corp and Total SA have both submitted proposals to partner with Tullow in western Uganda. No surprises there. China is looking to secure as many reserves as it can, and Uganda's government would prefer less, um, troublesome partners in matters of human rights. Expect this to pass.

Since 2008, the Makapads project produces sanitary pads for refugees. The pads are made from papyrus and waste paper. 

Erik Hersmann on CrowdFunding and seed funding in African Tech.

that 350,000 could be much higher given that there is an estimated 940,000 living with HIV.

Uganda AIDS Commission says it has no money to keep the 350,000 AIDS patients alive. According to the Commission, each patient requires $11,500 worth of antiretroviral meds over a lifetime. Total bill: over $4 billion.