KYANKWANZI, July 23, 2026 — Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisations [SACCOs] must strengthen governance, risk management, capitalisation and member-centred leadership to remain resilient and play a greater role in Uganda’s economic transformation, cooperative leaders have said. The call was made during the ongoing inaugural SACCO Leadership Summit 2026 organised by the Uganda Cooperative Savings and …
BERLIN, July 23, 2026 — Decades of unchecked deforestation driven by coffee cultivation in Vietnam’s Central Highlands have taken a devastating toll on the country’s forests, according to a new investigation by Coffee Watch, a Berlin-based watchdog organisation. Vietnam is the world’s second-largest coffee producer, accounting for nearly 40 per cent of global Robusta coffee …
BUSHENYI, July 23, 2026 — Bushenyi district officials have launched a series of grassroots community dialogues [Barazas] aimed at assessing the implementation of government programmes, addressing service delivery challenges and strengthening accountability among local leaders. The ongoing consultations, which began on Tuesday, are being led by the Bushenyi Resident District Commissioner [RDC], Emmy Ngabirano. They …
KAMPALA, July 23, 2026 — A new research report has revealed that the rapid growth of Fintech-based fraud poses an increasing threat to the cooperative sector across East Africa, particularly in Uganda and Kenya, as financial institutions become more reliant on digital financial services. The Online Fraud Report 2026, released by cybersecurity and identity verification …
KAMPALA, July 23, 2026 — Finance Minister Henry Musasizi has urged Absa Bank Uganda to work towards providing affordable capital to both the public and private sectors to support the implementation of Uganda’s Tenfold Growth Strategy. Musasizi made the call on Wednesday during a meeting with the lender’s leadership at the Finance ministry’s offices to …
KAMPALA, July 22, 2026 — Centenary Group, through its technology subsidiary Centenary Technology Services [Cente-Tech], has entered into a strategic partnership with MicroPay Uganda to develop and scale digital solutions aimed at improving access to education, healthcare and insurance services. The partnership, formalised through a Memorandum of Understanding [MoU], combines MicroPay Uganda’s digital services platform …
