Opinions & Commentary
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Challenging future for cooperatives
From Mbale to Mbarara, and Masaka to Arua, an agreement holds that cooperative unions drove the growth and transformation of then Uganda, in the 60’s. Now with several cooperatives making a return…
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Cooperative Federalism is in Danger: Yashwant Sinha
BHUBANESWAR, India: India’s former Union Finance minister Yashwant Sinha has said Cooperative federalism was in danger in the country. The state should get a fair deal and the people sitting in Delhi…
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COSASE Report: BoU pitted for Closure of 7 Banks, Police Ordered to Act On Individuals
KAMPALA, Uganda: All Bank of Uganda officials who failed to properly execute their duties in accordance with the law should be held responsible for their commissions and/or omissions, the COSASE probe has…
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Nepotism, Corruption, and Greed Threatening Sebei Cooperative Union growth
During the annual general meeting last year, Sebei Elgon farmers agreed to hire land from the union for at least two to three years beginning this year with an expected collection of…
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Government Needs to balance Development and Forest Conservation –Sebei Farmers
By: Kiplangat Willy Kapwata forest is one of the major planted forests along the slopes of Mount Elgon; it lies in the two districts of Kween and Bukwo covering a total of…
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Uganda’s first Chocolate maker eyes setting up a Cooperative
When you met 32-year-old Stephen Ssembuya, his passion for chocolate strikes you immediately. Stephen hangs pictures of chocolate bars in his office and does not go for over 10 minutes without talking…
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OPINION: Uganda needs more of producer and marketing cooperatives and less of SACCOs
By James Abola In the 1950s when Africans realised they were firmly stuck at the bottom of the economic ladder, they started forming cooperatives. All over the country, there were producer and…
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Getting on the fast track: the digital transformation of Africa’s rail system
Few modes of transport evoke such a sense of history and romanticism as rail. The first recorded use of rail transport was around 500BC, when ancient Greeks used a rail-like system –…
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Ethiopia: How Conservation Agriculture Is Helping Farmers Become More Than Subsistence Farmers
By Sophie Reeve Major factors limiting food production for smallholder farmers across sub-Saharan Africa include the depletion of soil fertility, soil erosion and periodic droughts due to climate change. In Ethiopia, crop…
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REPORT: Tanzania losing out on intra-Africa trade
Intra-African trade is estimated to have amounted to $371 billion last year, but Tanzania was not among the major beneficiaries, a new report suggests. According to the Africa Export and Import Bank…
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