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AIW 2025 opens with call for affordable investment capital
KAMPALA, November 18, 2025 — The State Minister for Industry, David Bahati, has said that for African countries to fully industrialise their economies, they must reduce the cost of capital if the…
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Former ED of defunct UCDA dead
KAMPALA, November 18, 2025 — The former Executive Director of the defunct Uganda Coffee Development Authority [ UCDA ], Dr Emmanuel Iyamulemye has passed on, according to Agriculture minister Frank Mwebaze who…
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Uganda’s exports fetched US$ 947.33mln in September 2025
KAMPALA, November 17, 2025 — Uganda’s exports amounted to US$ 947.33 million [approximately Shs 3.3 trillion] in September 2025, representing a 35.8 percent increase from the US$ 697.60mln [about Shs 2.4 trillion]…
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Gov’t team visits Sino-Uganda Mbale Industrial Park, commits to fast-tracking key infrastructure
MBALE CITY, November 17, 2025 — A high-level government delegation led by the Permanent Secretary and Secretary to the Treasury [PSST], Ramathan Ggoobi, yesterday visited the Sino-Uganda Mbale Industrial Park to address…
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Kenyan MPs call for stronger regional collaboration in management of water resources
WAKISO, November 17, 2025 — The Chairperson of Kenya’s Standing Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Senator David Wakoli Wafula, has called for stronger regional collaboration in the management of water resources…
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Form SACCO to boost your financial status, politicians urged
LIRA CITY, November 17, 2025 — The Members of the Association of Urban Speakers Council of Northern Uganda have been urged to form a Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisation [ SACCO ]…
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Burundi: Explosion disrupts Ndayishimiye’s visit to gold-mining cooperative
BUJUMBURA, November 17, 2025 — A powerful explosion, described by witnesses as a lightning strike, caused panic during a recent visit by Burundian President Évariste Ndayishimiye to a gold-mining cooperative in Mabayi.…
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Link PDM and Emyooga to social protection, experts urge government
KAMPALA, November 16, 2025 –- Financial experts have urged the Ugandan government to integrate all poverty-alleviation initiatives into a unified social protection framework to enhance their sustainability and long-term impact. Programmes such…
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Millions face acute hunger in 16 crisis areas FAO-WFP report warns
KAMPALA, November 16, 2025 – A new joint report by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations [FAO] and the UN World Food Programme [WFP] warns that acute food insecurity…
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Rubirizi coffee farmers warned against picking immature berries
RUBIRIZI, November 15, 2025 – Coffee farmers in Rubirizi district have been urged to stop harvesting immature coffee berries, a practice that undermines both the quality and market value of Uganda’s coffee.…
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