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UNBS, EAGC train MSMEs on standards and quality control
WAKISO, June 30, 2025 – – The Uganda National Bureau of Standards [UNBS], in collaboration with the Eastern Africa Grain Council [EAGC], has launched a training campaign targeting Micro, Small and Medium-sized…
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Sport key in EAC integration process – Tayebwa
MOMBASA, December 10, 2024 – Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa has said sport is an important driver in the East African Community [EAC] integration process. Tayebwa said that sport brings Members…
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Uganda celebrates World Gorilla Day, residents urged to protect our closest relatives
KANUNGU, September 25, 2024 – Uganda joined the global community yesterday to commemorate World Gorilla Day, honouring gorillas, our closest relatives after chimpanzees. This annual event, according to conservationists, raises awareness for gorilla…
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Fishing on Lake Albert: Congolese fishermen get back confiscated fishing gear
BULIISA, July 5, 2024: Congolese fishermen whose fishing gears were impounded by the UPDF Fisheries Protection Unity [FPU] have a reason to smile after government returned their fishing gear. Major Frank Kanzira,…
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Nebbi: Community erects makeshift structure to decongest classrooms
NEBBI, April 18, 2024 – After failing to get assistance from government, parents of Nyarundier Primary School in Akworo Sub-county, Nebbi district, have decided to construct a temporary structure to decongest the…
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Second edition of Mbarara City Festival slated for June this year
MBARARA, March 5, 2024 – Authorities in Mbarara City in partnership with the Private Sector Foundation Uganda are engaged in the preparation of the second edition of Mbarara City Festival, the inaugural…
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Africa
AfDB approves US$ 696.41mln of financing for Burundi and Tanzania to build SGR
ABIDJAN, December 13, 2023– The African Development Bank [AfDB] has approved various financing structures valued at US$ 696.41 million for Burundi and Tanzania to start Phase II of the Joint Tanzania-Burundi-DR Congo…
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Africa
COMESA decries longstanding NTBs across borders
LUSAKA, December 1, 2023 – Longstanding Non-Tariff Barriers [ NTBs ] constitute 63,6 percent of total outstanding NTBs in the COMESA region, with some of these remaining unresolved for an average period…
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West Nile
MPs irked by poor state of Zombo roads
ZOMBO, November 16, 2023 – Legislators comprising the Committee on Presidential Affairs have decried the appalling state of roads in Zombo district, which they said has rendered the delivery of services poor.…
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Market Information
Uganda’s January 2023 exports jump 8.8 percent
KAMPALA – The value of Uganda’s exports in January 2023 rose by about 8.8 percent to US$ 404.46 million from US$ 371.81mln registered the previous month, mostly due to higher receipts for…
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