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Excitement as BoU hands over fully equipped theatre to health centre in Hoima
HOIMA, January 29, 2025 – There was great excitement among local leaders and residents as the Bank of Uganda [ BoU ] officially handed over a state-of-the-art theatre to Kigorobya Health Centre…
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Museveni signs Sports Bill, 2024 into Law
KAMPALA, January 29, 2025 –– President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has signed the National Sports [Amendment] Bill, 2024, into law, according to the Presidential Press Unit [PPU]. PPU says the bill, which Parliament…
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Data Privacy: A foundation for trust and growth in cooperatives
KAMPALA, January 28, 2025 – Today, as the world marks Data Privacy Day under the theme, ‘’Take control of your data’’, it’s an opportunity to reflect on the critical importance of protecting…
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Africa to connect 300mln to electricity by 2030 in new ambitious and collaborative initiative
DAR ES SALAAM, January 28, 2025 –– Connecting 300 million Africans to electricity within the next five years is within reach through collaborative effort and commitment to implementation, participants at the Africa Energy…
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Local sports clubs can borrow a leaf and turn to a cooperative business model for sustainability
KAMPALA, January 28, 2025 – According to the International Cooperative Alliance [ICA], a cooperative is defined in the Statement on the Cooperative Identity as an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common…
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Music coop ‘dream still alive’ despite funding gap
LONDON, January 28, 2025 –– A music co-operative said recently it is “absolutely determined” to reopen its studio and rehearsal rooms despite having a £450,000 funding shortfall for repairs. Lancaster Music Coop…
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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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