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The Africa Climate Collaborative at Makerere University, an initiative supported by the Mastercard Foundation, has launched a fully funded Youth Skilling Program aimed at equipping young people with practical, market-driven skills to unlock business opportunities and contribute to climate resilience. The program will begin with a pilot cohort of 50 youth drawn from Lwengo, Rakai and Yumbe districts, as part of a broader initiative that seeks to empower 500 young people over the eight years of its implementation. According to Prof. Gorettie Nabanoga, Programme Director of the Africa Climate Collaborative, the initiative was designed to support skilling young people who…

The National Drug Authority (NDA) has conducted an intelligence-led enforcement operation targeting the smuggling of poultry vaccines at f Uzima Chicken Factory and Quantum Foods Uganda in Kanyanya, (Kampala) and Seeta (Mukono). Confirming the operation, NDA spokesperson Abiaz Rwamwiri said this operation led to the recovery of large quantities of smuggled poultry vaccines and related cold-chain equipment from Uzima Chicken Factory and Quantum Foods Uganda. During the operation more than 10 liquid nitrogen tanks used to store vaccines requiring extremely low temperatures, with multiple smuggled poultry vaccine consignments worth over UGX 100,000,000 were impounded. The suspects, Respect Khoza – Manager…

Business leader Charles Mbire has set a powerful tone for Uganda’s investment community, telling participants at the inaugural SBG Securities Investor Day that integrity—not physical assets—is now the most valuable currency in modern business. Delivering the keynote address at the landmark event hosted by SBG Securities, a subsidiary of Stanbic Uganda Holdings, Mbire said Uganda’s entrepreneurs must recognise that trust, ethics and governance increasingly determine who gets capital, who earns partnerships and who sustains long‑term success. “Invest in your character and integrity before you invest in business,” Mbire told the audience of investors, policymakers and business leaders. “Financial institutions such…

The Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited (UEDCL) has commissioned transformer upgrades in Matugga, Bombo and Kapeeka, fulfilling its commitment to improving service reliability for customers in these areas. The upgrades aim to address three issues; increasing electricity demand, transformer overloading, and low-voltage challenges that have affected households and businesses in these areas. The completed works in Matuga, include the installation of two new distribution transformers (100kVA and 50kVA), together with 525 meters of medium-voltage (MV) and 620 meters of low-voltage (LV) network extensions in Galozi Zone. In Kirowa village, the existing transformer has been upgraded from 25kVA to 50kVA.  In…

By Dr. Naushad Karim, Consultant Interventional Radiologist at Aga Khan University Hospital For many women, uterine fibroids are an unseen battle, one that quietly reshapes daily life through heavy menstrual bleeding, pelvic pressure, fatigue, and emotional distress. Though fibroids are benign growths that develop in or on the uterus, their effects are often anything but harmless. In Kenya and around the world, women have long endured the discomfort, sometimes believing that hysterectomy, the surgical removal of the uterus, is their only option. But medicine has evolved, and with it has come a gentler, uterus-preserving alternative known as Uterine Fibroid Embolization,…

Corporate leaders and policy architects gathered on Friday, June 11, 2026 for the second annual East Africa Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Summit, hosted by Capital One Group (COG). The high-level virtual assembly, which brought together regional board members, chief financial officers, operations directors, and public relations strategists, comes at a critical juncture as East African markets edge closer to sweeping structural and regulatory changes regarding corporate sustainability. Held under the theme “ESG as the Capital of Sustainability: From Commitment to Delivery”, the high-level virtual event comes at a defining moment for the domestic market, following confirmation that the Bank…

Binance today announced $125,000 in humanitarian funding to support the Uganda Red Cross Society’s frontline response to the ongoing Ebola outbreak in Uganda. The contribution will support urgent interventions in affected and high-risk communities,helping to strengthen community awareness and prevention campaigns, contact tracing and surveillance support, risk communication and community engagement activities, and the provision of essential supplies and protective equipment for frontline responders. The Ebola outbreak has placed significant pressure on health systems and communities in affected areas, prompting a coordinated response from government authorities,humanitarian organisations, and public health partners working to contain the spread of the virus and protect vulnerable populations.…

The Government has commenced direct payments to beneficiaries under its ambitious eighty billion shillings  cattle restocking programme. The program is aimed at rebuilding livestock assets and household incomes across the Acholi, Lango and Teso sub-regions, areas that suffered decades of conflict, cattle rustling and economic disruption. According to an implementation update issued by the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) on Monday, 559 households have so far received 2.8 billion shillings through a digital payment system, marking the beginning of what officials describe as a major rural wealth restoration initiative targeting 16,000 households before the close of the 2025/26 financial…

Building on the support of longstanding institutional partners such as FEDA, Spiro’s latest equity round draws global capital from Europe and Africa, confirming growing global confidence in scalable infrastructure-led business models across emerging markets. Following years of optimization across its product portfolio, technology and energy ecosystem, Spiro has moved past the proof-of-concept phase and stands ready to execute its next chapter of pan-African expansion. This investment will support the expansion of Spiro’s batteryswapping network, strengthen its industrial and assembly footprint, accelerate technology development and support the company’s entry into new high-growth African markets. Global investors back Africa’s fast-growing mobility and…

Global payments giant PayPal has expanded access to its digital dollar stablecoin, PayPal USD (PYUSD), to users across 70 markets worldwide, including Africa, in a move expected to significantly improve cross-border payments for African businesses, freelancers and online entrepreneurs. The announcement, made from San Jose, California on May 26,2026, positions Africa as a key growth market in the future of digital commerce, with PayPal saying the expansion is aimed at reducing the high costs, delays and inefficiencies associated with traditional international money transfers. For many Ugandan businesses, especially exporters, online merchants, software developers, digital creators and remote workers, receiving international…