Year: 2024

Global tourism set for full recovery by end of the year with spending growing faster than arrivals

MADRID, December 4, 2024 — Around 1.1 billion tourists travelled internationally in the first nine months of 2024, as the global tourism sector recovered 98 percent of pre-pandemic levels. According to the…

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Gov’t Committed to protecting interests of PWDs, says Museveni

KUMI, December 4, 2024 — The Government of Uganda will continue to protect the interests of persons with disabilities [ PWDs ] through affirmative action. This was revealed by President Yoweri Museveni…

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Gov’t urged to revive railway network in Teso Subregion

SOROTI CITY, December 4, 2024 – The Teso Paramount Chief, Paul Sande Emolot, has urged the Ugandan government to consider re-establishing a railway connection in the subregion, stating that it would significantly…

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Alebtong: Shs 600mln UWEP funds unrecovered

ALEBTONG, 4 December 2024 – The recovery of revolving funds that the government advanced to various women’s groups in Alebtong district under the Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Programme [UWEP] remains very low. The…

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AfDB approves US$ 170mln for Egypt’s largest wind energy project

ABIDJAN, December 4, 2024 — The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank [AfDB ] has approved a loan of up to US$ 170 million to support the development of the…

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Encourage your children to embrace vocational education to combat unemployment, Bunyoro parents urged

HOIMA CITY, December 3, 2024 — Parents in the Bunyoro Subregion have been urged to encourage their children to pursue technical and vocational education to address the growing challenge of unemployment. Baigana…

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AfDB grants US$ 75mln loan to strengthen skills in prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases in Tanzania

DODOMA, December 3, 2024 — The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank approved a loan of US$ 75 million to Tanzania to fund the second stage of the Centre of…

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Livestock farmers frustrated over NARO’s delay to release local anti-tick vaccine

MBARARA CITY, December 3, 2024 – Livestock farmers in the Ankole Subregion are growing increasingly frustrated over the delay in the release of a locally developed anti-tick vaccine, which has been under…

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Can we cooperate without communicating?

NEW DELHI, December 3, 2024 – If cooperativism was a country, it would be as big as India. If you lined up 1.2 billion cooperators, the total length of the queue would be…

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Bunyoro farmers launch forum to promote unity

MASINDI, December 2, 2024: Farmers in the oil-rich Bunyoro Sub-region have launched a forum called the International Rural Rehabilitation and Shelter Development Organisation [IRRASHEDE International Organisation], aimed at uniting farmers across the…

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