Uganda won the Women’s IHF Nations Trophy – Africa Zone V with a 29:28 win over Kenya in the final, settled by a Joyce Namutosi goal 74 seconds from the end. The competition was played from 4 to 8 November at the Filbert Bayi Multi Sports Center in Kibaha, Tanzania.

Six teams took part in the competition, split into two groups of three. Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia played in Group A, while hosts Tanzania, Rwanda and Djibouti made up Group B. The top two teams in each group advanced to the semi-finals, and the third-placed sides met in the match for fifth place.

Uganda opened the competition on 4 November with a 45:18 win against Ethiopia. The match was level at 10:10 after 18 minutes, but Uganda then scored 14 goals in a row to lead 24:10 at half-time, and added a 10:0 run in the second half, from 30:16 to 40:16. Royce Namutosi scored 12 goals and Tiane Nakirya 11, the only two performances of more than ten goals in a single match at the competition. In the second match of the day, Tanzania beat Djibouti 54:14 after leading 19:6 at the break. The hosts put together four long scoring runs: 10:0 from 6:2 to 16:2, 8:0 from 27:10 to 35:10, 6:0 from 37:12 to 43:12, and 11:0 in the last six minutes, from 43:14 to the final score. Amina Dauda scored ten goals for Tanzania.

On the second day, Kenya beat Ethiopia 41:6. Ethiopia did not score in the first half, which ended 18:0, and Kenya’s opening run reached 20:0 before Ethiopia found the net early in the second half. Kenya then scored 17 goals in a row, from 20:3 to 37:3. Rwanda beat Djibouti 49:9 after leading 25:3 at half-time. They started with a 9:0 run, added a 6:0 run from 9:1 to 15:1, and scored 19 unanswered goals.

Kenya topped Group A with a 30:27 win against Uganda. They trailed 3:4 after nine minutes, then scored eight goals in a row to lead 11:4, and were 15:9 ahead at half-time. Uganda won the second half 18:15, but could not close the gap. In Group B, Rwanda beat Tanzania 42:32 after leading 21:13 at the break, with Obadia Niyingenera scoring ten for Rwanda and Dauda another ten for Tanzania.

The semi-finals were played on 7 November. Kenya beat Tanzania 36:22 after leading 20:6 at half-time. The second semi-final needed extra time. Rwanda scored six goals in a row, from 6:9 to 12:9, and led Uganda 17:11 at the break. Uganda won the second half 20:14, and the closing minutes swung both ways. Joyce Namutosi levelled at 30:30 in the 59th minute, Clementine Hungurimana restored Rwanda’s lead at 31:30, and Royce Namutosi equalised 14 seconds later to force extra time. Uganda won the first period of extra time 3:1 and held on to win 37:35.

The bronze medal match on 8 November also turned late. Rwanda led Tanzania 29:23 after 46 minutes, before the hosts scored seven unanswered goals and went ahead 30:29 through Monicah Mpanda Joseph in the 56th minute. Clesence Irakoze equalised, and Hungurimana scored twice in the last 90 seconds, the second 13 seconds before the end, to give Rwanda a 32:31 win.

Kenya and Uganda met again in the final, three days after Kenya’s group-stage win. The score was level ten times, and neither team managed a run of more than four goals. Cecilia Katheu Kiio gave Kenya the lead, before Uganda replied with four goals in a row from Hilda Abangit, Claire Tabingwa, Tiane Nakirya and Patience Damulira, and Damulira’s second goal made it 1:5 after five and a half minutes. Kenya answered with four straight goals of their own to draw level at 6:6 in the 13th minute, and Merina Andala put them 10:9 ahead in the 20th minute. Uganda scored twice in the final minutes of the half to lead 13:12 at the break.

Uganda moved three goals clear at 18:15 in the 39th minute and kept that margin until 22:19. Kenya then scored three in a row through Melvin Akinyi, Gail Eucabeth Opar and Elizabeth Achieng to level at 22:22 in the 47th minute. Uganda went two ahead again at 25:23 and 26:24, but Kenya came back to 26:26 in the 55th minute, and Akinyi gave them a 27:26 lead with 3:20 to play. Diana Nakamya replied with two goals in 16 seconds to put Uganda 28:27 ahead, Martha Lavender Muyekho levelled at 28:28 in the 58th minute, and Joyce Namutosi scored the winner with 74 seconds left. Joyce Namutosi and Muyekho each scored seven goals in the final, with Nakamya and Nakirya adding five each for Uganda.

Uganda finished first ahead of Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Ethiopia and Djibouti. Rwanda’s Obadia Niyingenera and Uganda’s Royce Namutosi shared the top-scorer title with 30 goals each, followed by Rwanda’s Clementine Hungurimana with 29 and Tanzania’s Zawadi Athumani with 26. Tanzania’s Amina Dauda and Kenya’s Martha Lavender Muyekho scored 25 each.

With their win, Uganda qualified for the 2026 CAHB African Women's Handball Championship.