GULU, July 27, 2026 — Stanbic Uganda Holdings Limited [SUHL], through Stanbic Bank Uganda and its non-profit arm, Stanbic Business Incubator Limited [SBIL], has launched two programmes aimed at empowering more than 10,000 low-income women entrepreneurs and 100 horticulture farmers in northern Uganda. The Women Economic Empowerment [WEE] programme, supported by the Gates Foundation, and …
KAMPALA, July 27, 2026 — The death toll from the Bundibugyo virus disease [BVD] outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo [ DRC ] and Uganda has risen to 1,356, with 3,095 confirmed cases reported across the two countries, according to the latest situation report released by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention …
KAMPALA, July 27, 2026 – East African Community [EAC] Partner States must deepen monetary cooperation, strengthen policy coordination and accelerate reforms towards monetary integration as the region faces growing global economic uncertainties, Bank of Uganda [BoU] Governor Michael Atingi-Ego has said. Speaking during the official opening of the 29th Ordinary Meeting of the East African Community …
KAPCHORWA, July 27, 2026 – Cherubei Parish Development Model Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisation [Cherubei PDM SACCO] has elected a new Board of Directors following fresh elections held after an earlier poll was cancelled due to the participation of ineligible voters from neighbouring parishes. The repeat elections were conducted last Tuesday after the initial exercise …
NAKASEKE, July 27, 2026 — Residents of Ngoma Sub-county in Nakaseke district have been urged to embrace Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisations [SACCOs] to improve their savings culture and access affordable credit, following the opening of MADFA SACCO’s seventh branch in the area. The call was made by the Nakaseke District Commercial Officer, Samuel Kyalimpa, …
MOROTO, July 27, 2026 — The Government of Uganda has officially launched a major emergency food relief programme to support nearly 313,987 drought-stricken households across the Karamoja Sub-region situated in northeastern Uganda. Coordinated through the Office of the Prime Minister [OPM] following Parliament’s approval of a Shs 45 billion intervention, the relief effort aims to …
