MASAKA, July 28, 2026 — Muteesa I Royal University has launched a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture programme aimed at equipping students with practical agricultural and agribusiness skills through training in climate-smart farming, soil management, research, and sustainable agricultural practices to support communities in Buganda and across Uganda. Speaking at the official launch of the …
KAMPALA, July 28, 2026 — Finance Minister Henry Musasizi has tasked the Economic Policy Research Centre [ EPRC ] to focus on generating evidence-based economic policy research and analysis to support Uganda’s ambition of achieving a US$ 500 billion economy by 2040. The Minister made the remarks on Monday while meeting the Board and Management …
SYDNEY, July 28, 2026 — More than 2,400 credit union and financial cooperative leaders from 39 countries have concluded the 2026 World Credit Union Conference [ WCUC ] following four days of keynote presentations, educational sessions and global collaboration focused on strengthening the cooperative finance movement. Hosted by the World Council of Credit Unions [WOCCU] …
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 …
