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Museveni contributes Shs 2bln to Muslim Women SACCOs
KAMPALA, October 12, 2024 — President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has contributed Shs 2 billion to Muslim women-run Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisations [ SACCOs ] in the country. “I will contribute Shs…
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UNOC Joins African Energy Week 2024 as Uganda Gears up for EACOP Start
CAPE TOWN, 11, 2024 — The Uganda National Oil Company [UNOC] has joined the African Energy Week (AEW): Invest in African Energy conference as a Gold Sponsor. Taking place November 4-8 in…
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Tayebwa calls for increased investment in Uganda’s agriculture
KAMPALA, October 11, 2024 — The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa, has called for increased investment in Uganda’s agriculture, saying that the sector holds the key to the country’s economic transformation.…
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Uganda on track to beat December deadline on coffee exports to EU
KAMPALA, October 10, 2024 — Uganda’s coffee exports to the European Union [EU] wouldn’t’ not be affected by the December 2024 deadline of the EU Deforestation-free Regulation [EUDR], according to Minister of…
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AFSA to launch the “Thousand African Youth Summit” on food systems and agroecology
ADDIS ABABA, October 10, 2024 – The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa [ AFSA ] is excited to hold the Thousand African Youth Summit on Food Systems and Agroecology 2024 from…
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NARO enhances nutrition of farmers through fortified beans
KAMPALA, October 9, 2024 – The National Agricultural Research Organisation [NARO] has concluded a six-year research project focused on fortified beans, aiming to improve the nutritional value of one of the country’s…
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Uganda’s sugar exports to Kenya drop as Rwanda leads in EAC
KAMPALA, October 7, 2024 — Uganda’s sugar exports to Kenya have decreased by 16.2 percent to just 18 metric tonnes in the last nine months to September 2024. Authorities attribute this drop…
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Six low-carbon projects to benefit from CFA Uganda Programme
KAMPALA, October 5, 2024 – For the second phase, Climate Finance Accelerator [ CFA ] Uganda Programme, a UK government-funded programme has selected at least six low-carbon projects that will pitch for…
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MPs ask gov’t to establish more industrial parks
KAMPALA, October 5, 2024 – The Members of Parliament have urged government to priotise establishing more industrial parks in different regions of the country must be prioritised, saying more Ugandans will be…
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Fighting corruption: Among calls for more awareness as Shs 8bln recovered
KAMPALA, October 4, 2024 – Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among has urged the Inspectorate of Government [IG] to increase public awareness campaigns in the fight against corruption in the country. Among urged…
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