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World Bank agrees $300m coronavirus loan to Uganda

June 30, 2020 Uganda Business News

The World Bank Group said on Tuesday that its board had approved $300m in budget support for the Uganda government to boost its fight against the coronavirus and to support the economy

Congolese refugees queuing up for aid in Bundibugyo district, Uganda

How to protect refugees in a pandemic: Lessons from Uganda

May 27, 2020 Agnes Igoye

Despite its large refugee population, none of Uganda’s 139 confirmed cases of Covid-19 (as of May 14, 2020) occurred within refugee settlements, a testament to the country’s humane, sustainable, and forward-looking policies

The World Bank Headquarters, Washington DC.

World Bank approves Shs182bn loan for Uganda’s desert locust response

May 21, 2020 Uganda Business News

The World Bank said on Thursday its board approved a low-interest loan to support Uganda’s desert locus response and strengthen its emergency response systems

Abidjan's central business district, with the headquarters of the African Development Bank visible

Coronavirus profiteers: Protecting Africa from vulture funds

May 20, 2020 Daniel D. Bradlow

Some $117 billion of Sub-Saharan African countries’ roughly $150n in long-term debt to private creditors is in the form of bonds, with debtor countries owing the bondholders about $8bn per year. But markets are clearly not confident that these countries will meet their obligations

Garden City Mall in Nairobi during the coronavirus outbreak

Lockdown update: Easing to begin next week

May 19, 2020 Uganda Business News

President Museveni said Tuesday that the lockdown easing he announced yesterday will not come into effect until a week later, after the health ministry issues guidelines on the face masks required to go out in public

Museveni lifts lockdown — or did he?

May 19, 2020 Uganda Business News

Going into President Museveni’s 18th speech on the Covid-19 pandemic, there was wide expectation that he would announce a relaxation of lockdown measures instituted in March and April

How to protect Covid-19 response funds from looters

May 15, 2020 John Prendergast

According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, up to 25% of global procurement funding is lost to corruption. With billions of dollars flowing into African countries to support their Covid-19 responses, there is an urgent need to ensure that the money goes where it is intended

The army and violence: handling of coronavirus crisis hints at change

May 12, 2020 Sylvie Namwase

In recent months Uganda’s army has shown professionalism and discipline in dealing with a number of crises, including a desert locust invasion and a national electricity outage. The inter-agency COVID-19 taskforce is led by the army, although it was set up expressly to support the health ministry

Aid helps, but ensuring stable access to affordable food is more sustainable

April 19, 2020 Astrid R.N. Haas

Governments must focus on keeping food supply chains working during Covid-19 lockdowns, and ensure that sufficient food reaches urban markets and that it remains affordable

World Bank Group headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Africa’s big asks at this year’s IMF and World Bank spring meetings

April 16, 2020 Danny Bradlow

The scale of the economic onslaught wrought by the coronavirus pandemic will dominate discussions at the International Monetary Fund (IMF)/World Bank spring meetings scheduled to take place – for the first time ever virtually – on 17 to 19 April