Cooperatives & Communities
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Electricity delays cripple Kapchorwa cooperative’s value addition efforts
KAPCHORWA, August 11, 2025 –– The Kaserem Area Cooperative Marketing Enterprise [KAMCE], a key agricultural cooperative serving farmers in Kapchorwa district is facing a major setback as its coffee processing machine and…
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Kikuube: Local cooperative receives tractor to boost agricultural production
KIKUUBE, August 11, 2025 – Farmers under the Buhumuriro Tukorerehamwe Farmers’ Cooperative Society Limited in Kikuube district have received a major boost following the donation of a tractor worth over Shs 100…
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UN HLPF: Cooperatives bring social justice, decent work and economic democracy in the Americas
NEW YORK, August 9, 2025 — The Permanent Mission of Chile to the United Nations [ UN ] and the International Cooperative Alliance [ICA] Americas Regional Office [ACI Americas] recently hosted a…
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Coops recognised in the 2025 HLPF Ministerial Declaration reaffirming global commitment to the 2030 Agenda
NEW YORK, August 8, 2025 — At the conclusion of the 2025 High-Level Political Forum [ HLPF ] held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York recently, the UN Member States…
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Museveni announces plan to buy Mayuge Sugar Factory for Busoga sugarcane farmers
MAYUGE, August 8, 2025 — President Yoweri Museveni has announced that the government will purchase the Mayuge Sugar Factory for Busoga sugarcane farmers. The President made the announcement on Wednesday while meeting…
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Masindi Imams form SACCO for economic empowerment
MASINDI, August 8, 2025 –– Muslims in Masindi District have resolved to form a Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisation [SACCO], codenamed Masindi Muslim District Imams SACCO, to economically empower members of the…
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Kapchorwa NRM leaders launch VSLA for financial access and political mobilisation
KAPCHORWA, August 7, 2025 – In a move aimed at fostering financial independence and enhancing grassroots political mobilisation, the National Resistance Movement [NRM] party leaders in Sirimityo Parish, Kapchorwa District, have officially…
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CHAN 2024: Cranes set sights on Guinea after poor start
KAMPALA, August 7, 2025 –Following their disappointing start to the TotalEnergies CHAN 2024 campaign, joint co-hosts Uganda Cranes resumed preparations with a recovery session held on Tuesday evening at the FUFA Stadium,…
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Nwoya: Public-private partnership to boost grain and cassava supply for ethanol production
NWOYA, August 7, 2025 – Bukona Agro Processors Limited recently entered into a public-private partnership [PPP] agreement with the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development and Nwoya District Local Government, aimed at…
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Rethinking Sustainability- Alternative Development Financing Models for Development Work
KAMPALA, August 7, 2025 — The Uganda National NGO Forum [UNNGOF], in partnership with CivSource Africa, hosted the Annual Philanthropy Symposium under the theme: Celebrating and Reclaiming Giving: Centering Local Philanthropy in…
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