Amy Fallon

Amy Fallon works from Helsinki, Finland. I like water. PhD researcher at @AaltoWAT @AaltoUniversity exploring Finland in between researching water governance and climate variability. UEA alum! Amy Fallon has over 239 followers on Twitter.

Uganda rows over Museveni’s rule

Article Amy Fallon - 29 Sep 2017

As MPs scuffle over the president’s ageing reign, protesters take the battle to the streets

Ugandan medics seek Libya payday

Africa Amy Fallon - 9 Jun 2017

The brain drain to North Africa threatens to hobble the nation’s health system

Uganda justifies brain drain

Africa Amy Fallon - 12 Mar 2015

Judgment has been postponed indefinitely as a battle wages over the 'export' of health workers.

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Uganda: NGO takes govt to court for brain drain

Africa Amy Fallon - 26 Feb 2015

Uganda's biggest public health threat is the drain of its medical brains to Trinidad and Tobago.

Antiporn law screws risque Ugandan singer

Africa Amy Fallon - 11 Dec 2014

Jemimah Kansiime's livelihood is now under threat as her Rihannaesque antics could lead to jail time.

Ugandan MP’s lonely anti-gay law battle

Africa Amy Fallon - 8 Aug 2014

A court overturned the anti-gay Bill on a technicality, and the politician who fought it plans to fight a bid to have it passed again.

Cold comfort for Rwanda

Article Amy Fallon - 19 Jun 2014

So much of the world is familiar with ice cream that it is difficult to imagine discovering it for the first time, as these Rwandan women did.

Africa to get its own web encyclopedia

Africa Amy Fallon - 5 Jun 2014

The online encyclopedia will serve as a repository for the continent's rich traditions, crafts and culture.

East Africa ups the fashion stakes

Article Amy Fallon - 27 May 2014

Fashion Weeks in Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi provide a showcase for local designers and are spurring similar events in neighbouring countries.

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Idi Amin: The tour of terror (ticket please)

Africa Amy Fallon - 10 Apr 2014

Uganda's tourism board wants to cash in on those who are fascinated by the dictator's brutal reign.

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Anti-gay law puts Uganda tourism at risk

Africa Amy Fallon - 13 Mar 2014

Uganda could suffer a backlash from tour operators in the West angered by President Yoweri Museveni's new law against homosexuality.

Uganda’s outrage skirts the law.

Article Amy Fallon - 6 Mar 2014

President Yoweri Museveni's anti-pornography Act is no laughing matter despite a spirited protest against the miniskirt ban, writes Amy Fallon.

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UNISA hosts its first TEDx event

[email protected] - 26 Sep 2020

The Elephant in the Room Tedx event at UNISA will help to create meaningful change in South Africa through the power of ideas

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SA’s SEZs create decent jobs

special reports - 25 Sep 2020

The Special Economic Zone programme is used as a critical tool for accelerating the country’s industrial development agenda

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The new normal in tourism is business unusual

special reports - 25 Sep 2020

Innovation and changing trends have kept some tour operators in the green, though most have struggled during the tight lockdown

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TENDER NO. BOBS 05/2020 PROVISION OF CERTIFICATION SERVICES TO BOTSWANA BUREAU OF STANDARDS QUALITY MANAGEMENT SERVICES

special reports - 25 Sep 2020

The Botswana Bureau of Standards (BOBS) invites tenders from reputable companies for the provision of certification services

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The Galaxy Z Fold2 smartphone breaks all the rules

special reports - 25 Sep 2020

The Galaxy Z Fold2 has meaningful innovations that offer users enhanced refinements and some unique foldable user experiences

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Adventures, ghost tours and big skies await visitors to the Cape Winelands

special reports - 23 Sep 2020

All of the CWDM destinations are accessible within a 30- to 120-minute drive from Cape Town, creating real value for money

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SingularityU Online Summit to contribute to SME growth in 2020

special reports - 23 Sep 2020

The global speakers lined up for this year's event will address the challenges and opportunities specifically facing small businesses

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Policy priorities lie with urgent economic reforms

special reports - 23 Sep 2020

Professor Raymond Parsons believes that business and consumer sentiment in South Africa would both benefit from even lower borrowing costs