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Roko promises Independence day completion of Mbarara city market
Eng. Willie Swanepoel, the Contract Operations Manager, Roko Construction Company has promised to hand over Mbarara Central Market construction works on October 9, 2020 (Independence Day). The contractor’s commitment comes after the…
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Cooperatives & Communities
NCUI gears to usher in Digital era of cooperative training in India
With a view to grappling with the extraordinary challenges being posed by COVID 19, the national apex body of cooperatives in the country, NCUI is trying to usher in an era of…
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Dairy Milk, the woes of Ugandan exporters
Uganda is a naturally gifted agricultural country. When you see the volumes of production under the largely subsistence approach that characterises our agriculture, the potential is immense. One sector whose potential has…
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Kenya’s KCB Group posts 8% jump in Q1 net profit
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya’s biggest lender KCB Group saw an 8% jump in profit after tax in the first quarter to March, to 6.3 billion Kenyan shillings ($59 million), it said in…
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Invest more in agriculture during COVID-19 pandemic, Cooperators ask government
The National Alliance of Agricultural Cooperatives in Uganda (NAAC) has called on government to undertake a number of measures to buttress Uganda’s agricultural sector against shocks resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic and…
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Opinions & Commentary
How to Mitigate the Economic Costs of Corona Virus: Businessman Amos Nzeyi writes to Museveni
First of all, I would like to thank you and your cabinet- for the courageous leadership thus far- especially the decisions announced on March 18th, 2020 which among others include the decision…
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Swedish Energy Agency Terminates Carbon Credits Agreement with Green Resources
The Swedish Energy Agency (SEA) is terminating its agreement to purchase carbon credits from the Norwegian forestry company, Green Resources—finally recognizing the devastating impact the company’s plantation has had on local communities…
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Ministry of Agriculture signs MoU to promote cashew nut production
Cashew nut farmers have reason to celebrate after signing a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) to develop the crop’s value chain on Wednesday this…
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Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)
On 31 December 2019, WHO was alerted to several cases of pneumonia in Wuhan City, Hubei Province of China. The virus did not match any other known virus. This raised concern because…
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Cooperatives & Communities
How a German Town is Cooperating to Solve its Energy Needs
A small town in the center of Germany has given the world a model for how to generate power on their terms. It all started back in 2005 in Wolfhagen, Germany when…
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