Financial
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Campaign to grow 80mln coffee trees in Bukedi launched
BUDAKA, May 6, 2026 — The Government has distributed more than two million coffee and cocoa seedlings to farmers in the Bukedi Sub-region, in a bid to promote the cultivation of the…
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Mass livestock vaccination drive targets deadly diseases in Karamoja
MOROTO, May 5, 2026 — A large-scale livestock vaccination campaign was launched in Karamoja Subregion aimed at containing deadly transboundary animal diseases threatening pastoral livelihoods. Pastoral mobility continues to complicate disease control…
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AI drives cybersecurity edge as firms cut breach costs and response times – WEF report
KAMPALA, May 4, 2026 — Artificial intelligence [AI] is rapidly transforming cybersecurity and emerging as the sector’s most significant driver of change, according to a new report by the World Economic Forum…
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Debt servicing crisis threatens 55mln women’s jobs, UN report warns
KAMPALA, May 4, 2026 — Rising debt servicing costs could result in the loss of 55 million jobs for women and a 17 per cent drop in their per capita income, according…
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Airtel Africa eyes up to US$ 2bln from Airtel Money IPO as valuation nears US$ 10bln
KAMPALA, May 4, 2026 — Airtel Africa is preparing an initial public offering [IPO] of its mobile money arm, Airtel Money, in a deal that could raise between US$ 1.5 billion and…
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Gov’t secures over Shs 11bln to boost clean energy access in Uganda
KAMPALA, April 30, 2026 — Uganda’s energy transition has gained fresh momentum after Absa Bank Uganda and the Uganda Energy Credit Capitalisation Company [UECCC] signed a Shs 11.085 billion concessional financing agreement…
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URA boss urges Africa to adopt technology in combating tax evasion
KAMPALA, April 30, 2026 – The Commissioner General of the Uganda Revenue Authority [ URA ], John R. Musinguzi, has called on tax authorities across Africa to embrace science and technology in…
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Major sustainability drive launched in Kampala to align financial sector with global standards
KAMPALA, April 29, 2026— The Governor of the Bank of Uganda [BoU], Michael Atingi-Ego, has unveiled a major sustainability initiative aimed at aligning Uganda’s financial sector with global environmental, social and governance…
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When the Shocks Keep Coming, Farmer Cooperatives Are the Only Buffer That Works
By Shobha Shetty BRUSSELS, April 29, 2026 — The shocks keep coming. The question is whether we help smallholder farmers face them together — or leave them to face them alone. Right…
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The New Face of African Debt
By Athene Laws and Amadou SY NAIROBI, April 29, 2026 — A major transformation is underway in Sub-Saharan Africa: Governments are increasingly shifting borrowing away from external debt and toward domestic debt.…
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