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Kenya’s Prime Time SACCO joins billionaires’ club
ITEN, May 23, 2025 – – Prime Time SACCO has recorded a strong performance for the 2024 financial year, crossing the KSh 1 billion asset mark and officially joining Kenya’s “billionaires’ club”.…
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UNDP Human Development Report: AI key to Uganda’s inclusive growth
KAMPALA, May 17, 2025 — The United Nations Development Programme [UNDP] in partnership with the Government of Uganda and Kyambogo University have launched the 2025 Human Development Report [HDR], titled “A Matter…
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Museveni Commends YPA for Remarkable Transformation and Agribusiness Expansion
KAMPALA, May 10, 2025 – President Yoweri Museveni has praised Youth Platform Africa [YPA] for its impressive journey of growth and transformation, particularly in the agribusiness sector. “I am pleased to learn…
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Afreximbank Launches US$ 1 Billion Africa Film Fund To Transform The Continent’s Creative Industry
KIGALI, May 8, 2025 — African Export-Import Bank [ Afreximbank ] , through its development impact investment arm, the Fund for Export-Development in Africa [FEDA], has committed to spearhead the launch of…
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Ecobank named Africa’s Best Bank for Trade Finance in Global Finance Awards
LOMÉ, March 21, 2025 — Ecobank Group, which also operates an affiliate in Uganda, has been named as the Best Trade Finance Provider Bank in Africa, at the Global Finance Trade Finance…
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Tayebwa advocates for more research in areas of economic growth
KAMPALA, March 17, 2025 –– The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa, is calling for more research in key areas of Uganda’s ten-fold development strategy, stating that this would significantly support the…
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Mbale SS to launch Shs 4bln science and technology hub on 75th anniversary
MBALE CITY, March 11, 2025 — Mbale Secondary School in Mbale City will commission the construction of a Shs 4 billion science and technology hub on June 14, 2025, as part of…
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AEC endorses U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright’s support for African energy independence
JOHANNESBURG, March 9, 2025 — U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright delivered a decisive message at the Powering Africa Summit in Washington, D.C., affirming that Africa must be free to harness its…
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EACOP: Laying of infrastructure to unlock oil production progressing well
KIKUUBE, March 4, 2025 –– The implementers of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline [EACOP] say the laying of the required infrastructure for the pipeline to transport oil from Lake Albert oilfields…
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Ethiopian Startup WAGA Introduces Blockchain to Coffee Trade
ADDIS ABABA, February 27, 2025 –– Ethiopian startup WAGA is preparing to harness the country’s extensive agricultural potential by piloting a blockchain-powered platform for the coffee supply chain. This initiative is expected…
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