Development
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African banking giants set sights on Kenya in East Africa expansion push
NAIROBI, March 20, 2026 — Kenya is emerging as the new battleground for Africa’s biggest banks, with major lenders racing to secure a foothold in what is increasingly seen as the gateway…
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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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Northern Uganda cotton revival gets Shs 7.2bln boost
KAMPALA, March 20, 2026 — Northern Uganda’s cotton farmers are set to reap big gains after the African Development Bank [AfDB] approved US$2 million [approximately Shs 7.2 billion] in technical assistance to…
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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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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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Gulu steps up tick control as Northern Uganda prepares for cattle restocking
GULU, March 18, 2026 — Gulu district has stepped up preparations to control ticks and other livestock vectors ahead of the Government’s planned restocking programme in Northern Uganda, with veterinary officials adopting…
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