East Africa
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Cooperatives & Communities
Poor management to blame for collapsing Lango SACCOs-Expert
Savings and Credit Cooperative Organizations (Saccos) in Lango Sub-region are collapsing due to mismanagement, experts have said. Speaking during a…
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Agriculture
Bwijanga Coffee Cooperative targets coffee processing machine
Bwijanga Coffee Cooperative Society Limited in Bwijanga Sub-county, Masindi district is in the process of acquiring a coffee processing machine…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Aduku ‘Road Gang’ forms SACCO
Laborers employed to carry out road maintenance within Aduku town council, Kwania district, have formed a Savings and Credit Cooperative…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Mbarara: Emyooga kick off stalls due to registration delays
Kick-off of the Presidential Wealth Creation Initiative (Emyooga) in Mbarara district has stalled due to delays in the registration process,…
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Agriculture
Chimpanzee Trust gives Kikuube farmers vermin-proof seed to combat wildlife attacks
The Chimpanzee Sanctuary Wildlife Conservation Trust (CSWCT) has started supplying farmers in Kikuube district with agricultural inputs that are not…
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Agriculture
Nwoya cooperatives receive Produce stores worth Shs 500m
Produce stores worth over Shs 500m have been constructed for three farmer cooperatives in Nwoya district in an effort to…
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Agriculture
Abulomogo Maize Farmers’ SACCO members receive farm inputs
Members of Abulomogo Maize Farmers’ SACCO have received farm inputs from Ngetta Tropical Holdings, with funding from Micro the Finance…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Co-operatives turn to external loans as COVID-19 continues to bite
As the aftereffects of the COVID-19 global pandemic continue to rattle businesses even at the local level, a number of…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Form SACCOs if you want to grow, Minister tips women VSLAs
Women’s Village Saving and Loans Associations (VSLAs) in Hoima district have been challenged to turn their associations into Savings and…
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Agriculture
MADFA SACCO registers 75% increased member savings in two years
The Masindi District Farmers Association (MADFA)’s SACCO has registered an increase in members’ savings from Shs. 1.2 bn to…
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