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01 July 2026
EBRD to open its first office in Nigeria during Vice President’s visit

LONDON, July 1, 2026 — Matteo Patrone, Vice President for Banking at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development [EBRD], is visiting Nigeria from July 1-3, to open the Bank’s first office in Lagos. The opening of the office – which will also be attended by Nigeria’s Finance Minister, Taiwo Oyedele – represents an important …

01 July 2026
Uganda’s GDP per capita rises to US$ 1,420 as trade deficit widens, air quality worsens

KAMPALA, July 1, 2026 — Uganda’s economy registered a mixed performance in May 2026, with new government data showing improvements in income per person, investment, exports and business registrations, while the country also experienced rising fuel prices, worsening air quality, higher malaria prevalence and a widening trade deficit. The findings are contained in the May …

01 July 2026
Speaker Oboth champions coffee and cocoa as tools to fight poverty in Bukedi

TORORO, July 1, 2026 — The Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Marksons Oboth, has urged communities in the Bukedi Sub-region to harness the economic potential of coffee and cocoa production as a means of breaking the cycle of household poverty. Speaking at the official launch of the Coffee and Cocoa Household Poverty Eradication Initiative, Oboth described …

01 July 2026
Indonesia scales back military training for coop programme after multiple deaths prompt rights concerns

JAKARTA, July 1, 2026 – Indonesia has scaled back basic military training for prospective managers of President Prabowo Subianto’s flagship village cooperative programme following the deaths of five participants in the opening weeks of the exercise, and amid growing calls for the scheme to be scrapped. The defence ministry, which is overseeing the programme, confirmed …

01 July 2026
Kitgum coffee cooperative targets 140,000 seedlings annually

KITGUM, July 1, 2026 — Mucwini Coffee Growers’ Co-operative Society Limited in Kitgum district, Northern Uganda, is transforming coffee seedling scarcity into surplus, with an ambitious target of producing 140,000 seedlings annually for farmers across Kitgum and the wider East Acholi sub-region. Just two years after its formation in 2024, the cooperative has grown from …

01 July 2026
Farm incomes set to rise over next decade, but volatility threatens gains – report

KAMPALA, July 1, 2026 – Global average gross agricultural income per worker is projected to rise by 9 per cent by 2035, driven by productivity improvements and broadly stable agricultural prices, according to a new report released on Tuesday by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations [FAO] and the Organisation for Economic …

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