Mourice Muhoozi

Was the 14th Ministerial Conference (MC14) of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Yaoundé, Cameroon (March 26–30, 2026) truly a failure—or a long-overdue disruption of an unequal global trade system? While many observers have framed the outcome as a breakdown in consensus, for developing countries, it may represent something far more significant: a strategic pause that prevents the further entrenchment of inequitable global trade rules. Since its establishment in 1995, the WTO has...

ESAFF Uganda in collaboration with partners, will host the 7th Women in Agriculture (WiA) Conference from 8th–9th December 2025 at Les Foyers de Charité (Namugongo, Kyoto) This year’s conference will convene rural women farmers, policymakers, youth leaders, civil society, and development partners to confront two interconnected challenges: insecure land rights and the rising cases of gender-based violence (GBV). These persistent barriers continue to undermine women’s empowerment and limit...

Regional leaders, small-scale farmers, and traders are urging the East African Community (EAC) to harmonize trade policies, as a critical...