Opinions & Commentary
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YLP: Over Shs 500mln unrecovered in Masindi Municipality
MASINDI, January 28, 2025 – Authorities in Masindi Municipality are still grappling with the recovery of Shs 534 million that was disbursed under the Youth Livelihood Programme [ YLP ], a government…
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Key actors in Ecuador’s cocoa value chain receive training on traceability and EUDR
QUITO, January 28, 2025 – Nearly one hundred representatives from the public sector, the private sector, academia, and the field of cooperation in Ecuador recently concluded the course on “Training of trainers in…
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Bank of Uganda issues MDI licence to EBO SACCO
KAMPALA, January 28, 2025 – The Bank of Uganda [BoU] has granted a licence to EBO Cooperative Savings and Credit Society Limited, located in Bwizibwera Rutooma Town Council, Mbarara district. This licence…
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Euro Coop Calls for a Strong Green Claims Directive to Combat Greenwashing
LONDON, January 27, 2025 – Euro Coop has joined leading organisations in signing an open letter urging Members of the European Parliament and EU Ministers to adopt a robust Green Claims Directive.…
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Cultural leader urges Teso youth to embrace saving culture
SOROTI, January 27, 2025 – The Iteso cultural leader, His Highness Paul Sande Emolot, has urged the youth to embrace a culture of saving and work hard to combat poverty within their…
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Dokolo SACCO leaders call for more training in financial literacy
DOKOLO, 27 January 2025 – The leaders of the Journalists Emyooga Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisations [SACCOs] in Dokolo district are calling for increased training in financial management for their members, which…
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Museveni urges Mubende residents to priotise household incomes
MUBENDE, January 26, 2025: President Yoweri Museveni has called on the people of Mubende District to prioritise generating homestead income, emphasising that other developments, such as tarmac roads and electricity, will follow.…
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Museveni to set up boda boda loan schemes
IGANGA, January 25, 2025 – President Yoweri Museveni plans to set up loan schemes for boda boda riders in Uganda, with an intent of saving them from exploitation by private companies giving…
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Besania SACCO Founder Member Dies Aged 77
MBARARA CITY, 25 January 2025 – Emmanuel Omugisha Bukabeeba, a founding member of Besania Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisation [SACCO], passed away on Tuesday at Divine Mercy Hospital in Mbarara City after…
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Museveni boosts Lira University Staff SACCO with Shs 100mln
LIRA CITY, January 25, 2025 – Lira University Staff Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisation [SACCO] has recorded significant growth in membership and its loan portfolio after receiving a financial boost of Shs…
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