KAMPALA, June 16, 2026 — Uganda’s leading bank, Stanbic Bank Uganda Limited, in partnership with Prudential Assurance Uganda Limited, has launched an enhanced version of its Medi-Protect health insurance product, offering medical cover of up to Shs 294 million under its highest-tier package in a move aimed at widening access to healthcare protection in Uganda. …
KAMPALA, June 16, 2026 — For decades, financial literacy has been viewed as the answer to financial exclusion. The assumption has been simple: if people understand financial products, they will naturally use them. Yet experience in Uganda suggests otherwise. Over the last decade, access to formal financial services has improved significantly. According to Uganda’s National …
SEATTLE, June 16, 2026 — Egypt delivered an impressive performance to earn a deserved 1–1 draw against FIFA World Cup contenders Belgium in their opening Group G match in Seattle on Monday, and were unfortunate not to leave with all three points. Facing one of world football’s established powers, the Pharaohs matched Belgium throughout and …
DODOMA, June 16, 2026 — Millions of smallholder farmers in Tanzania are increasingly overcoming long-standing market barriers through a government-backed digital cooperative model that has already processed transactions worth more than Tsh 88 billion. For decades, many independent farmers operated in isolation, often exposed to exploitative middlemen, limited bargaining power and opaque pricing systems. Today, …
LIRA, June 16, 2026 — At least four Parish Development Model Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisations [ PDM SACCOs ] in Lira district have acquired office space to improve operations and better serve the public better. The SACCOs include Banya Amach Town Council PDM SACCO in Amach Town Council, Arwot-Omito Ayami PDM SACCO in Ayami …
KIKUUBE, June 16, 2026 — The Executive Director of the National Environment Management Authority [NEMA], Barirega Akankwasah, has directed that maize planted on land within Bugoma Forest Reserve should not be harvested. Akankwasah issued the directive recently while launching the restoration of 12.77 square miles of land, part of the 22 square miles of Kyangwali …
