Financial
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A Blueprint for Energy Access: Empowering Africa through Innovation and Investment
JOHANNESBUR, November 29, 2025 — A few generations ago in America, grandparents often reminded children how fortunate they were by recalling stories of walking miles to school or doing homework by candlelight.…
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Sheema teachers form SACCO to boost their financial independence
SHEEMA, Nov, 28, 2025 — Teachers in Sheema district have launched a Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisation [SACCO] in an effort to strengthen their financial independence and reduce reliance on high-interest local…
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Politics: Mabirizi pledges irrigation schemes to boost farming in Adjumani
ADJUMANI, November 28, 2025 — The Conservative Party [CP] presidential candidate, Joseph Elon Mabirizi, has pledged to establish modern irrigation schemes for communities in Adjumani and the wider West Nile Subregion if elected…
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Increasing annual investment in infrastructure by US$ 155bln could double Africa’s GDP by 2040
KAMPALA, November 28, 2025 — Africa could double its GDP by 2040 if annual infrastructure investment by African countries rises to US$ 155 billion, according to a new joint report from the…
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Uganda Parliamentary SACCO to hold 21st AGM this Friday
KAMPALA, November 27, 2025 — The Uganda Parliamentary Cooperative Savings and Credit Society Limited will hold its 21st Annual General Meeting [AGM] this Friday, according to Chief Executive Officer Methods Mureebe Muhanuka.…
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KENYA: 25,000 SACCOs face closure over failure to file audited financial statements
NAIROBEI, November 27, 2025 — A total of 25,000 Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisations [SACCOs] in Kenya are facing deregistration after failing to prepare and file audited financial accounts, placing over Ksh…
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Climate finance: from transition to transformation
By Rumi Mahmood LONDON, November 27, 2025 — Physical climate risk has become one of the most consequential forces shaping global markets. What once appeared as an external environmental issue now registers…
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Uganda launches bold climate-finance agenda as new strategies move ‘From Ambition to Action’
KAMPALA, November 26, 2025 — Uganda has unveiled a set of climate-finance strategies designed to turn years of policy ambition into concrete action, as the country commits to building a low-carbon and…
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Court issues criminal summons against former Trade ministry PS Ssali
KAMPALA, November 26, 2025 — The Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala on Monday issued a criminal summons for Geraldine Ssali Busuulwa, the embattled former Permanent Secretary [PS] of the Ministry of Trade, Industry…
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Stanbic Bank, FinCom launch first fully digital lending solution for schools
KAMPALA, November 25, 2025 — Stanbic Bank Uganda has partnered with FinCom Technologies, creators of the SchoolPay platform, to unveil the country’s first fully digital lending system designed specifically for schools. The…
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