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MP Ssewungu Demands Action Over Market Fires

KAMPALA, March 21, 2026 — The Shadow Minister of Education, Joseph Gonzaga Ssewungu, has expressed concern over the rising cases of market fires in Kampala causing widespread losses. Reports indicate that a…

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Masindi hospital gets US$ 96,000 water and maternal health boost

MASINDI, 21 March 2026 – Masindi Hospital has received a major upgrade, thanks to a joint initiative by the Rotary Club of Masindi and the Bweyogerere Rotary Club, which delivered a US$…

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Kawempe Hospital says maternal deaths drop by 140 as MPs question patient charges

KAMPALA, March 20, 2026 — Kawempe National Referral Hospital has reduced annual maternal deaths from 200 to 60 over the past three years, its Executive Director, Dr Emmanuel Byaruhanga, has told Parliament.…

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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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