KAMPALA, July 7 — Small and medium-sized enterprises [SMEs] operating in Uganda’s Karamoja Sub-region have been invited to apply for grants of up to US$15,000 under a new European Union-funded programme aimed at strengthening climate-resilient pastoral and agro-pastoral market systems. The PLACE SME Grant Facility, established under the European Union-funded Regional Programme in Livestock and …
GULU CITY, July 7, 2026 — Beer brewer Nile Breweries Limited [NBL] has trained more than 300 retailers, mainly bar owners and stockists, in Gulu City on financial literacy as part of its Growing Retailers Innovatively Together [GRIT] programme. The company, which previously reached 1,560 retailers in Kampala, Hoima, Mbarara and Jinja in 2024 and …
LUWERO, July 7, 2026 — Dairy farmers in Nakaseke district are increasingly embracing solar-powered irrigation systems to sustain fodder production, increase milk yields and cushion themselves against the effects of climate change. The growing adoption of renewable energy is transforming dairy farming in the district, with farmers using solar-powered technologies not only to pump water …
NAIROBI, July 6, 2026 — Kericho County in Kenya is redefining the role of cooperative societies, transforming them from traditional marketing organisations into drivers of rural industrialisation, value addition and enterprise development as part of efforts to accelerate the implementation of the Government’s Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda [BETA]. From coffee processing and dairy production to …
KAMPALA, July 6, 2026 – Uganda earned US$ 2.3 billion [about Shs 8.3 trillion] from coffee exports over the 12 months to May 2026, despite a significant decline in export volumes and earnings during the month of May, according to the latest coffee export report. Released by the Agriculture ministry, the report shows that Uganda …
HOIMA, July 6, 2026 — Paddy Kisembo, the newly elected Kikuube LCV Chairman, has pledged to strengthen cooperative societies in the district and mobilise local farmers to engage in commercial agriculture, which is key in ending household poverty. Kisembo was elected in the Kikuube by-election on June 18, following the death of the former district …
