Financial
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Private sector ends 2025 with high hopes for further expansion in 2026
KAMPALA, January 8, 2026 — Ugandan companies experienced broadly unchanged employment levels and rising input costs in December 2025, following a ten-month period of job creation. Despite these pressures, business conditions continued…
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2026 coffee industry predictions: Quality, pricing & automation
WASHINGTON DC., January 8, 2026 — Mirror Coffee Roasters in Bellingham, Washington, share their predictions shaped by shifting trends, technological advancements, and changes in consumer behavior, global instability and suggesting that the…
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Legal dilemma : MTIC ignores BoU’s request to de-register non-compliant large SACCOs
KAMPALA, January 7, 2026 — The Bank of Uganda’s [BoU] bid to license and regulate large Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisations [SACCOs] in the country has suffered a setback after the Ministry…
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Ugandans to post bonds of up to Shs 54mln for US visitor visas
KAMPALA, January 7, 2026 — Ugandans applying for United States B-1/B-2 visitor visas [tourism and business] will now be required to post a visa bond of between Shs 18 million and Shs…
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District boss calls for refugee repatriation as UNHCR funding cuts strain health services
ADJUMANI, January 7, 2026 — The Adjumani district LCV Chairperson, Ben Anyama, has warned that refugees may have to be relocated from the district if humanitarian agencies are no longer able to…
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Lango Clan Leaders’ SACCO members urged to buy more shares to boost capital base
LIRA CITY, January 7, 2026 – The leadership of the Lango Clan Leaders’ Savings and Credit Cooperative Society Limited [SACCO] has urged its members to increase their shareholding in order to strengthen…
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Africa’s Upstream Future: Momentum builds, but investment discipline remains a hurdle
By NJ Ayuk CAPE TOWN, January 6, 2026 — Two breakthrough offshore discoveries in Namibia in 2022 — one by Shell and one by TotalEnergies — marked an important milestone for the…
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WOCCU publishes new white paper on ethical AI for credit union
KAMPALA, January 6, 2026 —World Council of Credit Unions [WOCCU] International Advocacy today released a whitepaper entitled Navigating the Ethical Landscape of Artificial Intelligence in Credit Unions that is designed to equip credit…
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aBi Trust lends to farmers, others through SACCOs
KAMPALA, January 6, 2026 — In a bid to sustainably strengthen agribusiness through Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisations [SACCOs], aBi Trust has rolled out a dedicated agricultural financing initiative targeting farmers and all…
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Gov’t approves use of HIV injectables in Uganda
KAMPALA, January 5, 2025 — The National Drug Authority [NDA] has approved the use of lenacapavir, a twice-yearly HIV prevention [PrEP] injection manufactured by Gilead Sciences, a U.S.-based company. The approval is…
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