Month: November 2025

Uganda fetches Shs 530.2bln from extractive sector as EITI Report is submitted to Oslo

KAMPALA, November 30, 2025— The Uganda Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative [UGEITI] recently launched its Fourth EITI Report, which covers the period 1 July 2022 to 30 June, 2023. The report was officially launched by the…

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COP30: AfDB strengthens investments in climate-peace-security nexus

MELES, November 30, 2025 — Climate change, of which Africa has been the principal victim, is aggravating severe and rising security threats across the continent — including terrorism, armed confrontations, and inter-community…

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Gov’t restores Kole Dam at Shs 720mln after weed infestation

KOLE, November 30, 2025 — The Government has rehabilitated Leye Dam in Ayer Subcounty, Kole district, following a deadly weed infestation that destroyed all the fish previously reared there. The dam, constructed…

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Colombo event highlights urgent need for cooperative capital reforms

COLOMBO, November 29, 2025 — The 17th ICA–AP Regional Assembly in Colombo, Sri Lanka, hosted a powerful and insightful discussion during a session titled “Tackling the Cooperative Capital Conundrum with Resilient Financing.”…

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A Blueprint for Energy Access: Empowering Africa through Innovation and Investment

JOHANNESBUR, November 29, 2025 — A few generations ago in America, grandparents often reminded children how fortunate they were by recalling stories of walking miles to school or doing homework by candlelight.…

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SOROTI: Teenage mothers receive skilling centre to improve their livelihoods

SOROTI, November 29, 2025 — Teenage mothers in Soroti district have received a new learning and skilling facility, the Awaliwal Training Centre, located in Amoroto B Village, Awaliwal Sub-county. The Awaliwal Training…

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Stanbic Ongea Digital Creators Summit launched in Kampala

KAMPALA, November 28, 2025 — Stanbic Bank Uganda in partnership with Uganda Communications Commission [UCC], Ongea Africa and the Uganda Digital Society have launched a new national platform aimed at equipping young…

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Sheema teachers form SACCO to boost their financial independence

SHEEMA, Nov, 28, 2025 — Teachers in Sheema district have launched a Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisation [SACCO] in an effort to strengthen their financial independence and reduce reliance on high-interest local…

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Politics: Mabirizi pledges irrigation schemes to boost farming in Adjumani

ADJUMANI, November 28, 2025 — The Conservative Party [CP] presidential candidate, Joseph Elon Mabirizi, has pledged to establish modern irrigation schemes for communities in Adjumani and the wider West Nile Subregion if elected…

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580 to graduate at UCU Mbale College 26th graduation ceremony

MBALE CITY, November 28, 2025 — A total of 580 students are set to graduate at Uganda Christian University [ UCU Mbale College during its 26th Graduation Ceremony, slated for this Friday…

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