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UDB Wins Global Sustainable Finance Award.

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By Solomon Lubambula/KMA Updates Uganda Development Bank (UDB) has been honored with the Outstanding Business Sustainability Achievement Award 2025 at the Karlsruhe Sustainable Finance Awards, during the Global Sustainable Finance Conference (GSFC) in Karlsruhe, Germany. The accolade was received by UDB’s Managing Director, Dr. Patricia Ojangole, and marks another milestone in the Bank’s journey toward […]

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Rwanda launches CyberHub to boost cybersecurity skills and innovation

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The government will on October 2 unveil CyberHub, a national centre of excellence in cybersecurity and data protection that seeks to build the country’s talent pool, strengthen innovation, and position Rwanda as a regional leader in digital security. The initiative, spearheaded by the National Cyber Security Authority (NCSA), will be hosted at the University of

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KCCA announces new date for Kampala city festival

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The Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has postponed the highly anticipated which was scheduled to take place on October 5. The announcement was made on Thursday by KCCA Executive Director Sharifah Buzeki during a briefing at the Uganda Media Centre. According to KCCA, the city festival had been pushed to October 12, 2025 at Kololo

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PEARL BANK (POST BANK) BOOST CITY FESTIVAL WITH UGX 25 MILLION

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The Kampala City Festival has received a major boost ahead of its much-anticipated return, with Pearl Bank (formerly Post Bank) contributing UGX 25 million to support the celebrations. The contributions were officially received by the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) Executive Director, Sharifah Buzeki, and the Festival Organising Committee Chairperson, Sheila Birungi. The festival is

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3 Hamas suspects arrested in Germany, accused of plotting attacks against Jews in the country

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Berlin — German authorities have detained three suspected members of Hamas on charges of planning terror attacks in the European nation. The three men were detained Wednesday in Berlin during a police operation targeting a weapons handover, according to information from security sources obtained by the Der Spiegel newspaper. Germany’s Federal Prosecutor General confirmed the provisional arrest of

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French Navy Boards Russia’s ‘Shadow Fleet’ Ship

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The French navy was on board a tanker from Russia’s “shadow fleet” stationed off France on Wednesday, AFP journalists at the scene said, after data showed it was off the Danish coast last month during mysterious drone flights. The Boracay, a Benin-flagged vessel blacklisted by the European Union for being part of Russia’s sanction-busting “shadow

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PRESIDENT MUSEVENI LAUNCHES NRM MANIFESTO 2026–2031, CALLS FOR PROTECTION OF GAINS AND DRIVING UGANDA TO HIGH MIDDLE-INCOME STATUS

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President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, who is also the National Chairman of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM), has today officially launched the party’s manifesto for the 2026–2031 term. H.E President Yoweri Museveni launches the NRM Manifesto 2031. At a grand ceremony hosted at Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort Hotel which drew Cabinet ministers, Members of Parliament, senior

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Security blocks Bobi Wine in Butyende

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Buyende, Uganda: The Opposition National Unity Platform (NUP)’s Presidential candidate, Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, was blocked by security on Tuesday from accessing Bukungu Landing site, where two ferries remain uncommissioned and a long-awaited ice plant has been vandalized. Security personnel deployed heavy armoured vehicles, denying the candidate entry and forcing a diversion to

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US government on brink of shutdown after last-ditch Senate vote fails

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Forget the shutdown of national parks (except, of course, we’ve got it reported for you). It’s the likely delay to publication of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ monthly jobs report that has folks on Wall Street fretting. That report – a monthly snapshot of job creation – is always closely watched. And it’s been under even

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EAC Youth Parliament ends with calls for leadership and Unity

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The Eighth East African Youth Parliament (EAYP) concluded in Arusha, Tanzania with impassioned calls for courage, humility, unity and meaningful action as the region’s young leaders debated their role in advancing integration, governance, and peace across the Community. The two-day sitting, held on 26 and 27 September 2025 under the theme, “Local Youth Actions for

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