By Acen Branda
Agriculturalists have been encouraged to integrate value addition to allow farmers to reach wider regional or export markets rather than relying only on local fresh-market gluts.
This was during the Zombo district agricultural show and coffee conference that commenced on 11th-13th November 2026 at Kyambogo University playgrounds Paidha campus.
Representatives from the...
By Mike Rwothomio
The three-day Zombo Agricultural Trade Show and Coffee Conference 2026 has officially kicked off at Kyambogo University Paidha Campus playground in Paidha Town Council, bringing together a sizable number of agricultural development partners, exhibitors, farmers, government institutions and other stakeholders to showcase agricultural innovations and explore business...
By Mike Rwothomio
Zombo District Local Government has officially launched a three-day Agricultural Trade Show and Coffee Conference scheduled for 11–13 November 2026 at the Kyambogo University Paidha Campus playground.
The announcement was made at a press conference held in the district boardroom at the district headquarters on Wednesday, 21 October 2026.
Running under the theme...
By Mike Rwothomio
Leaders are accelerating preparations for the 2026 Agricultural Trade Show and Coffee Conference, a three-day event scheduled for 11–13 November at the Kyambogo University grounds in Paidha Town Council, Zombo District.
The gathering is expected to bring together smallholder farmers, traders, agro-processors, researchers, government officials and private-sector...
By a concerned Teacher in Zombo District
I bring you greetings! It is with a sincere heart and genuine concern that I write this message. For many years, weak accountability and integrity failures have undermined public service delivery across this district.
These shortcomings are among the key reasons Zombo has been ranked the poorest in the West Nile Sub-region.
Gaps in accountability...
By Janey Watango
Leaders of the Okoro Coffee Growers Cooperative Union have urgently appealed to the government, through the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives, to intervene and rescue the union as it struggles to recover from near-total collapse.
The call was made during a capacity-building training for newly elected leaders and the governing body held last week at the Ayuda coffee...
By Mike Rwothomio
Caritas Nebbi Catholic Diocese urged smallholder farmers to apply acquired agronomic knowledge and skills to transform livelihoods and build resilient agricultural enterprises.
The appeal was made by Emmanuel Oyirwoth, Program Officer at Caritas Nebbi, on Friday during a Farmers’ Day and Exhibition for beneficiaries of 8 farmer groups under the Caritas project in Asina...
By Mike Rwothomio
Zombo District leadership has formally appealed to the Ministry of ICT and National Guidance to resolve critical technical failures affecting approximately 50 percent of Parish Development Model (PDM) tablets.
The disruptions are constraining operational efficiency across half of the district’s 61 parishes.
According to the Zombo District Production Department, 31 of...
OPINION
By Moses Akuma Odims
West Nile stands at an interesting moment.
We are more than four million people — resilient, diverse, hardworking — hosting both nationals and refugees. We have fertile soils, we border three countries, we have the Albert Nile, we have tourism potential, we have growing power supply and we have Muni University.
Yet the numbers still worry us....
By Zoomer Africa
Ugandan entrepreneur and Arua City native Benard Feni, popularly known as Mungu Feni, has been named CEO/Entrepreneur of the Year at the Ghana Merit Awards 2026.
His faith-based, Arua-based non-profit, the Mungu Feni Foundation, took home Best NGO/Foundation of the Year at the same ceremony.
The double honour recognises Feni’s work building scalable enterprises while...
By Mike Rwothomio
Bernard Feni, chief executive officer of Euro Gold Refinery, has been named Best Entrepreneur of the Year 2026, while his company secured the Platinum Award for Best Natural Resources and Extractives Company in Uganda at the 2026 Business Excellence Awards.
The awards ceremony took place on August 14, 2026, at Sheraton Kampala Hotel under the theme “Celebrating...
By Mike Rwothomio
Zombo District has officially launched the six-year Uganda Climate-Smart Agricultural Transformation Project (UCSATP), implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries.
The initiative targets 213 farmer groups engaged in the value chains of crops, fisheries, beneficial insects, and livestock.
The project seeks to transform livelihoods in...