Cooperatives & Communities
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Uganda Prisons SACCO loan book rise 31% in 2021
KAMPALA – Uganda Prisons Service (UPS) Savings and Credit Cooperative Society [SACCO] saw a growth in loans to members in 2021 as they rose by 31% to Shs 7.3 billion from Shs…
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ILO supports establishment of agro-cooperatives in Sudan
KHARTOUM – To improve the income levels and resilience of host and refugee community farmers in Sudan, the International Labour Organisation [ILO] PROSPECTS is supporting the development of agro-cooperatives through training and peer…
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Ugandan scientists demand govt intervention in co-op industrial enterprises
KAMPALA-Many Ugandans still believe in the power of cooperatives; that they can create positive change in the plight of the country’s dominant, yet largely-unemployed youth population. A mini-impromptu online survey conducted among…
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Crops destroyed, goats killed as African Armyworm invades Hoima and Kikuube
HOIMA – Farmers in different sub-counties in Kikuube and Hoima districts are calling for help following an invasion of the African Armyworms that have destroyed gardens and grazing farmlands and killed over…
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Co-op insurers beat their local markets for growth- ICMIF report
LONDON – Co-op insurers around the world have been bucking local trends for market growth over the last financial year, according to figures from the International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation (ICMIF).…
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Lyantonde residents in fear as wild beasts maul livestock
LYANTONDE- Locals in Lyantonde district are living in fear following the continuously killing of their livestock by wild animals thought to have escaped from the nearby Lake Mburo National Park. According to…
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Ugandans roast PS Ggoobi on Twitter over controversial coffee deal
MBALE – On April 15, 2022, at 9: 06 am, Finance ministry Permanent Secretary [PS] /Secretary to the Treasury, Ramathan Ggoobi, in a lengthy explanation, twitted, “Dear Ugandans, I am minded to…
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Masindi Emyooga SACCO leaders trained on financial literacy, mindset change
MASINDI – The Microfinance Support Centre [MSC], a government agency responsible for Emyooga programme has trained Masindi district Emyooga SACCO leaders on financial literacy and mindset change. The leaders were also trained…
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Kaberamaido youth abandon tractor over Shs 5m debt
KABERAMAIDO-Kaberamaido youth have abandoned a tractor in the hands of a mechanic after failing to clear a bill of about Shs 5.4 million. The tractor Reg. No. UAW 096V was donated to…
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French co-ops take 25 percent of global turnover of top 100 co-ops
PARIS – New research which compares French co-operatives to those in Europe and other countries puts them ahead of those in Germany, Japan and the US. Conducted by economist Olivier Frey for…
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