Oil & Gas Oversight: Bank of Uganda Governor Michael Atingi-Ego and the judiciary visited EACOP Pump Station One in Hoima to assess progress ahead of first oil, stressing that pipeline delivery underpins Uganda’s 2026/27 budget projections and export earnings. Standards & Industry Support: Trade Minister Sanjay Tanna directed UNBS to crack down on substandard goods while speeding up certification access for SMEs, citing a rise in UNBS enterprises certified from 501 to 1,270 and increased standards development. Trade Diplomacy: Uganda renewed its push for stronger Saudi partnership, pitching agro-processing, tourism, mining, science/tech and digital infrastructure, with a demand-driven production model aimed at matching market needs. Energy & Power Reliability: Reports highlight loadshedding and delayed electricity connections hitting Kampala residents and businesses, with MPs putting UEDCL under pressure over persistent blackouts and slow hookups. Food Security Shock: WFP warns El Niño could worsen hunger, with estimates pointing to tens of millions more facing acute food insecurity across eastern and southern Africa, including Uganda, as rains and harvest cycles are disrupted. Public Health & Ebola: WHO says DRC’s Ebola outbreak has surpassed 1,700 deaths as the crisis accelerates, with trials and vaccine work continuing amid conflict-affected access gaps. Cyber & Media: Uganda’s Next Media says hackers temporarily compromised NBS Television, Next Radio and AfroMobile social accounts, urging the public to ignore suspicious posts. Digital Infrastructure: A report on Africa’s data centres shows Morocco, South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria leading on certified capacity—an issue for Uganda’s own industrial digitisation push.