Value Addition for Coffee & Cocoa: COCOFAR says it will strengthen aggregation and collective marketing, finish member registration, expand into more districts, and set up coffee and cocoa value-add facilities while mobilising affordable financing and climate-smart irrigation. Agribusiness Exports: Ranchers Finest shipped Uganda’s first processed beef consignment to Ethiopia’s Diamond Hotel and Restaurant Group, starting a monthly supply of about 20 tonnes and pushing the “farm to fork” jobs agenda. Poultry Production Boost: Kakamega began expanding the Butere Hatchery from 12,000 to 100,000 chicks per month using solarisation and modern housing under the World Bank FLLoCA programme. Digital Market Integration: East Africa moved closer to a single digital market after experts approved a harmonised framework for trusted cross-border data flows and stronger personal data protection. Tech Rebrand: Dimension Data Uganda rebranded to NTT DATA, expanding services into AI, cloud, cybersecurity and managed IT for Uganda’s growing digital economy. Public Health Watch: WHO added the first molecular diagnostic test for Bundibugyo virus to its Emergency Use Listing as Uganda reports Marburg concerns amid the wider Ebola strain. Land & Infrastructure Tensions: Arua airfield expansion residents demand faster, transparent valuation and compensation; meanwhile, oil frontier communities in Buliisa still seek resolution after long-ago evictions. Energy, Climate & Industry: Environmental groups backed a legal push against TotalEnergies over climate “vigilance” covering emissions across the value chain, while shipping disruptions from Hormuz closure keep raising costs across logistics and production.