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EAC One Network Area expands with entry of Burundi
KAMPALA, August 5, 2024 – East African Community [EAC] One Network Area [ONA] has expanded with the entry of the Republic of Burundi effective August 1, 2024. In a communiqué to the…
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Zambia agribusiness SME Accelerator launches second cohort to boost climate action
LUSAKA, August 5, 2024 – The second cohort of an Accelerator program for small and medium-sized enterprises [SMEs] in the agribusiness sector launched recently in Lusaka, Zambia. This Accelerator will deliver climate-smart…
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MABARARA CITY: SACCO meeting adjourned over failure to raise quorum
MBARARA CITY, August 5, 2024 – A special general meeting for the Mbarara Central Market Vendors’ SACCO that had been scheduled to take place last Friday flopped following a low turnout of…
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Health ministry confirms two cases of imported Mpox in Uganda
KASESE, August 5, 2024 – The Ministry of Health has confirmed two new cases of Monkeypox [Mpox] in Kasese district which were imported from the Democratic Republic of Congo [DRC]. According to…
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Bukedea dairy farmers urged to form cooperative
BUKEDEA, August 5, 2024 – Dairy farmers in Bukedea have been urged to form a cooperative to market their milk and collectively further the economic well-being of the cooperative’s member-owners. The call…
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West Nile connected to national grid as Museveni commissions new power line
NEBBI, August 4, 2024 – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni yesterday commissioned the newly constructed Kole- Gulu- Nebbi- Arua Transmission line, that connects the West Nile sub-region to the National power grid. The…
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COCOBOD boss calls for private sector investment in Ghana’s cocoa industry
ACCRA, August 4, 2024 – The Chief Executive of the Ghana Cocoa Board [ COCOBOD ], Joseph Boahen Aidoo, has urged private investors to venture into Ghana’s cocoa processing industry. Aidoo said…
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WASH project improves the lives of border communities in EAC region
ARUSHA, August 4, 2024 – The East African Community [ EAC ] together with International Organisation for Migration [IOM] and the German Agency for International Cooperation [GIZ], have announced the successful conclusion…
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IFAD, Senegal partner to increase smallholder farmers’ resilience to external shocks
DAKAR, August 3, 2024 – A new rural development programme in Senegal will improve national food and nutrition security and smallholder farmers’ resilience to external shocks such as global price volatility, trade…
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Museveni meets Ghetto SACCO leaders, fulfills Shs 1.2bln pledge
ENTEBBE, August 3, 2024 – President Museveni has tasked the ghetto youths to advocate for the interests of the masses like free education for all and prosperity for all as well as…
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