Organisations
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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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Gov’t introduces cost-sharing policy for FMD vaccination
ISINGIRO, March 19, 2026 — The government has introduced a new cost-sharing policy requiring farmers to contribute financially towards vaccinating livestock against foot-and-mouth disease [ FMD ], in a move aimed at…
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Climate change: Clean cooking technology transforms women’s lives in Teso
SOROTI, March 19, 2026 — For years, cooking over smoky firewood stoves exposed many women in Teso to choking fumes, persistent coughs and eye irritation, turning a daily domestic task into a…
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Equity Group records historic Ksh 75.5bln profit amid regional expansion
KAMPALA, March 18, 2026—Kenya’s Equity Group Holdings Plc has reported its strongest financial performance on record, posting a 55 percent increase in profit after tax to Ksh 75.5 billion for the year…
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Ngetta launches local seed project to boost agricultural productivity
LIRA CITY, March 18, 2026 — The Ngetta Zonal Agricultural Research and Development Institute [ZARDI] in Lira City has launched a project aimed at helping farmers, cooperatives and small agribusiness enterprises boost…
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IBANDA: SACCO posts record growth as members warned against dormant accounts, loan defaults
IBANDA, March 18, 2026 — ISSIA SACCO has recorded what Board Chairman Chris Boonah described as a period of “tremendous growth”, even as the leadership warned members over rising dormant accounts and…
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Joint monitoring shows steady progress at Kapchorwa’s Sukut irrigation project
KAPCHORWA, March 18, 2026 — A joint monitoring and supervision exercise by Kapchorwa District Local Government and the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries [MAAIF] has revealed steady progress at the…
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Mozambique Oil Industry Withdraws from London Africa Energies Summit Over Local Content Concerns
Maputo, March 17, 2026 — Mozambique’s oil and gas industry has announced that it will withdraw from participating at the Africa Energies Summit – hosted by Frontier Energy Network in London this…
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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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