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Smarter water use could feed 10bln and create nearly 250mln jobs-report
KAMPALA, March 20, 2026 — Rebalancing water use across the global food system will be crucial to meeting future food demand sustainably and could create 245 million long-term jobs, most of them…
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World Happiness Report 2026 shows complex global picture of social media and happiness as Uganda ranked 118
KAMPALA, March 19, 2026 — Heavy social media use appears to be contributing to the drop in wellbeing among young people in English-speaking countries and Western Europe, especially among girls, according to…
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Bank of Tanzania Joins AFC as equity shareholder, strengthening sovereign support and shareholder diversification
DAR ES SALAAM, March 19, 2026 — Africa Finance Corporation, the continent’s leading infrastructure solutions provider, today announced that the Bank of Tanzania [BOT] has made an equity investment in the Corporation,…
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Afreximbank announces opening of registration for 2026 certificate of trade finance in Africa
CAIRO, March 19, 2026 — The Afreximbank Academy [AFRACAD] has announced the opening of registration for its 2026 Certificate of Trade Finance in Africa [COTFIA], one of its flagship programmes designed to…
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Butabika grapples with Shs 102bln funding gap amid rising mental illness
KAMPALA, March 17, 2026 — Butabika National Referral Mental Hospital is facing a funding shortfall of Shs 102 billion required to effectively meet its wage, non-wage and capital development needs, according to…
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Ethiopia unveils 15-year agroecology strategy to transform climate-vulnerable food systems
ADDIS ABABA, March 17, 2026 — Ethiopia has launched two complementary national strategies aimed at transforming the country’s agricultural sector: the National Agroecology Strategy for Food System Transformation [2026–2040] and the National…
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MTN Group reports strong 2025 results, unveils Ambition 2030 strategy
KAMPALA, March 16, 2026 — MTN Group has reported strong operational and financial results for 2025, marking the successful conclusion of its Ambition 2025 strategy while unveiling a new long-term roadmap aimed…
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Uganda’s public debt hits Shs 131 trillion in December 2025
KAMPALA, March 16, 2026 — Uganda’s public debt has risen to approximately Shs 131 trillion, up from Shs 128.6 trillion recorded in September 2025, according to the latest report from the Ministry…
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Legislators divided over proposal to raise artistes’ pay
KAMPALA, March 16, 2026 — The Copyright and Neighbouring Rights [Amendment] Bill, 2025 has drawn mixed reactions among the Members of Parliament, particularly over a proposal to grant additional pay to producers…
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Local Council elections to be held in April, 2026
KAMPALA, March 15, 2026 — The long-awaited elections for Local Council I [LCI] and Local Council II [LCII] will be held by the end of April, 2026, according to the Minister of…
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