Cooperatives & Communities
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Museveni fires embattled Ssali as Trade Ministry PS
KAMPALA, July 26, 2024: President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has appointed Alex Kakooza as the new Permanent Secretary [PS] for the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives [MTIC]. Kakooza fills the vacuum left by…
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Gulu City West Boda-Boda riders shun saving with own SACCO
GULU, July 26, 2024 – Attempts by Boda-boda leaders under Gulu City West Boda Boda Association to have members again save with their Saving Credit and Cooperative Organisation [SACCO] have failed due…
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Serere’s Mugarama B VSLA, building bridges to financial inclusion and prosperity
SERERE, July 25, 2024 – In the country where most people in rural areas are outside of the financial system, Mugarama B Village Savings and Loans Association [Mugarama B VSLA] nestled along…
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Call for Rochdale Pioneers Award nominations 2024 open
KAMPALA, July 25, 2024 – Nominations are open for the International Cooperative Alliance’s Rochdale Pioneers Award, the highest honour that the ICA bestows. The purpose of the Award is to recognise, in…
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Panel discusses findings of WOCCU Study on financial inclusion for migrants, refugees
BOSTON, July 24, 2024 – The World Council of Credit Unions [WOCCU] on Tuesday led a panel discussion on the findings from its new report, Insights from Credit Unions on Financial Inclusion…
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Conflicts: Women Coffee farmers in DR Congo’s Ituri Province wrestle with an uncertain future
ITURI, July 23, 2024 – Kavira Matsetse, a widow and mother of eight, inherited her coffee plantation in Biakato, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Ituri province, nearly a decade ago. The…
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Kenyan SACCO regulator drafts guidelines on mergers
NAIVASHA, July 22, 2024 – The SACCO Societies Regulatory Authority [SASRA] has proposed draft guidelines on mergers and amalgamations, which provide a clear framework for Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies [SACCOs] that…
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Lack of proper parenting escalating teenage pregnancies in Masindi
MASINDI, July 22, 2024 – The increasing teenage pregnancies and violations of children’s rights in Masindi district have been attributed to poor parenting and lack of sex education. According to records from…
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Poverty alleviation: Buganda Kingdom urges govt to priotise cooperatives
MASAKA, July 22, 2024 – Buganda kingdom has advised government that ending poverty in communities will not be achieved if poverty alleviation programmes like Emyooga and the Parish Development Model [PDM] are not…
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