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Kinyara Sugar to pay Shs 5.5bln in cash top-ups to farmers
MASINDI, July 6, 2026 — Kinyara Sugar Ltd will pay Shs 5.5 billion in cash top-ups to contracted farmers during the 2026/27 financial year for sugarcane supplied to the company during the…
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Tshisekedi Leads Ebola Response Push as Ramaphosa Brings African Solidarity
KINSHASA, July 6, 2026 — The President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo [DRC], Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, on Friday welcomed the President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, to the Institut…
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Morocco carry Africa’s hopes again as Atlas Lions storm into World Cup quarter-finals
HOUSTON, Texas — Azzedine Ounahi scored twice in the second half before Soufiane Rahimi added a late third as the Atlas Lions ended Canada’s impressive run and reached the World Cup quarter-finals…
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Ranchers Finest ships first consignment of processed beef to Ethiopia
KAMPALA, July 5, 2026 — Uganda has taken a major step towards expanding its value-added agricultural exports after Ranchers Finest Ltd dispatched the country’s first consignment of processed beef to the Diamond…
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EBRD and EU mark success of water conservation awareness campaign in Egypt
CAIRO, July 5, 2026 — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development [EBRD] and the European Union [EU] have marked the successful completion of a water conservation awareness campaign delivered as part…
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Teso farmers urged to embrace coffee growing to boost incomes
SOROTI CITY, July 4, 2026 — Coffee experts are urging farmers in Uganda’s Teso Sub-region to embrace coffee cultivation as an alternative cash crop that can provide a more reliable source of…
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Afreximbank boss calls for African economic sovereignty through industrialisation, trade and domestic resource mobilisation
LAGOS, July 3, 2026 — The President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of African Export-Import Bank [ Afreximbank ] George Elombi, has said that Africa’s economic sovereignty will only be…
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IsDBI and CIFCA Forge Strategic Partnership to Advance Islamic Finance in Tanzania
BAKU, July 3, 2026 – The Islamic Development Bank Institute [IsDBI] and the Tanzania-based Centre of Islamic Finance, Compliance and Advice [CIFCA] have signed a Memorandum of Understanding [MoU] to strengthen cooperation…
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Makerere University 2025-2030 Strategic Plan launched
KAMPALA, July 2, 2026 — The Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Henry Musasizi, has launched Makerere University’s Strategic Plan 2025/26–2029/30 and reaffirmed the government’s commitment to supporting higher education, research…
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Policy vs reality: Competency-Based Curriculum is meant to produce skilled learners, but many private schools lack labs and textbooks
KAMPALA, July 2, 2026 – In February 2020, the Ministry of Education and Sports [MoES], through the National Curriculum Development Centre [NCDC], introduced Uganda’s Competency-Based Curriculum [ CBC ], replacing the content-based…
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