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On Saturday 24 October 2026, Afrigo Band will play with the Pearl Symphony Orchestra at the UMA show grounds in Kampala. Quicket Uganda lists tickets from USh 120,000.
On 6 October 2026, the first volunteers in Uganda received a University of Oxford vaccine candidate against Bundibugyo Ebola, in a trial testing its safety and immune response, the MRC/UVRI & LSHTM Uganda Research Unit and Africa CDC said.
On 5 October, banks in Uganda quoted the shilling at 4,017 to 4,027 per US dollar, a record low, the Daily Monitor reported. A forex analyst said the Bank of Uganda stayed out of the market.
Ugandan artist Sanaa Gateja, known as the "Bead King", is showing paper-bead works on bark cloth, banana-fibre pieces and found-root sculptures at Afriart Gallery in Kampala from 19 September to 21 November 2026.
Officials report 4,018 deaths and about 8,300 confirmed cases in seven provinces; Uganda's own outbreak was declared over in July, and Kenya's latest published figures show no confirmed case.
Denmark, Sweden and Iceland have launched a Shs33 billion (about US$8.7 million) revolving fund and a new copyright law to back Uganda's creative economy.
AAIFF Africa, sister festival to Paris's ÉCU, screens 19 films from 14 African countries in Kigali on 15–17 October 2026, with Kenya and Uganda among the nations selected.
Organisers confirmed dates, venue and programme for Nyege Nyege's 11th edition, as early-bird 'Die Hard' tickets go off sale tomorrow.
