Africa Development Promise

At 10 —Africa Development Promise Marks a Significant Milestone

Business and Finance, Business and Investment, East Africa, Headline

Africa Agen­da sends hearty con­grat­u­la­tions to Africa Devel­op­ment Promise (ADP), which recent­ly cel­e­brat­ed 10 years of impact­ful work in Col­orado, Ugan­da, and Rwan­da. At a 10th anniver­sary lun­cheon on August 15th in Den­ver, Mon­i­ca Labiche Brown, ADP’s founder and exec­u­tive direc­tor, said the orga­ni­za­tion’s pro­grams sup­port 12 agri­cul­tur­al coop­er­a­tives in Ugan­da and Rwan­da. In 2021, the orga­ni­za­tion expanded…

Uganda Anti-Gay Law Met with Condemnation from US, UN

Culture and Society, East Africa, Headline

On June 1, Pres­i­dent Yow­eri Musev­eni, the auto­crat­ic and long-serv­ing leader of the African nation of Ugan­da, signed what is con­sid­ered one of the harsh­est anti-LGBTQ laws glob­al­ly. Some of the pun­ish­ments in the new law for Uganda’s found break­ing the law include a 20-year sen­tence, and cap­i­tal pun­ish­ment for repeat offend­ers and oth­er individuals…

Review: Kenya Airways 787–8 Economy Class

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From Nairo­bi to Johan­nes­burg, I trav­eled on Kenya Air­ways on a Boe­ing 787–8 in econ­o­my class. Ser­vice was pleas­ant onboard and the meal was accept­able, but the chron­i­­cal­­ly-delayed air­line was late again. Kenya Air­ways 787–8 Econ­o­my Class Review After fly­ing from Nairo­bi to New York in busi­ness class on Kenya Air­ways on my pri­or trip, I…