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Cooperatives & Communities
Best of the Pearl Competition to raise profile of Uganda Coffee globally
KAMPALA– The Uganda Coffee Development [UCDA] is receiving final samples for the second edition of the Best of the Pearl Robusta competition 2022. The deadline for submission is August 19, 2022. The…
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Development
MPs ask gov’t to cut age of SAGE beneficiaries
KAMPALA-Members of Parliament want government to reduce the age of beneficiaries of the Social Assistance Grant Empowerment [SAGE] from 80 years to 70 years. This was contained in the report of the…
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Agriculture
Ugandan Okori appointed new RUFORUM Executive Secretary
Professor Theresia Nkuo-Akenji, the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture [RUFORUM] Board Chair and Vice Chancellor University of Bamenda in Cameroon, has announced the appointment of Dr. Patrick Okori as…
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Finance & Banking
Absa Africa Financial Markets Index Launch 2022 set for October
LONDON- The launch of Absa Africa Financial Markets Index 2022 is slated for October 13, 2022, according to the Official Monetary Financial Institution Forum [OMFIF], the producers of the index. Since its…
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News
Zambian journalist becomes youngest BBC News Komla Dumor Award winner
KAMPALA-Zambian television and radio presenter Dingindaba Jonah Buyoya has won the 2022 BBC News Komla Dumor Award. At 25 years old, Buyoya is the youngest recipient of the award; he is also…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Minister says some parishes will receive more PDM cash than others
KAMPALA– The Minister of State for Finance, Planning and Economic Development (Planning) Amos Lugoloobi, has revealed that some parishes will, in the current financial year, receive more money than others under the…
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News
Minister Lugoloobi calls for more research on Local Content Bill
KAMPALA– The Minister of State for Finance in charge of Planning Amos Lugoloobi has asked Members of Parliament to conduct extensive research on the Local Content Bill stating that in its current…
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Energy & Mining
MPs ask govt to invest in cheaper and clean energy
KAMPALA– Members of Parliament have questioned government’s continued investment in thermal energy as opposed to cheaper and clean energy. During the Tuesday plenary sitting, the MPs said should put money into sustainable…
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Cooperatives & Communities
PDM: Ugandan youth call for tax waivers on their enterprises
KAMPALA-Youth leaders from across the country have urged government to waive off taxes on enterprises run by young people as they are earmarked to benefit from the Parish Development Model [PDM]. The…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Global coffee exports gain slight increase, says new ICO report
KAMPALA– Global exports of green beans in June 2022 totalled 10.03 million bags, compared with 9.95mln bags in the same month of the previous year, up 0.8 percent, according to International Coffee…
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