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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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East African distribution stakeholders convene in Nairobi to address sector challenges
NAIROBI, August 2, 2024 – Stakeholders in the distribution sector from the East African region have convened in Nairobi, Kenya, to address challenges facing the sector and develop a strategic action plan…
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Mbarara City to hold PDM Expo this August
Mbarara City, August 2, 2024 – Mbarara City leaders are preparing to hold the Parish Development Model Expo [PDM Expo] from August, 29-31, 2024 at Mbarara Independence Park. According to Dr. Moses…
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AfDB invests US$ 20mln in infrastructure fund to catalyse continental development
ABIDJAN, August 2, 2024 – The African Development Bank [AfD] has signed a US$ 20 million equity investment in the African Infrastructure Investment Fund 4 [AIIF4]. The deal, signed on 31 July…
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Mbarara City locals irked by dilapidated bridges
MBARARA, August 1, 2024 – Residents, and leaders of Mbarara City’s South Division are concerned about the deteriorating state of bridges connecting their cells, and wards to the city. According to Jomo…
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Money Laundering: Afreximbank to host International Compliance Forum for Africa
CAIRO, August 1, 2024 – To improve global trade in Africa and align with international regulatory and compliance standards, African Export-Import Bank [Afreximbank], in partnership with the Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money…
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MAAIF lifts FMD quarantine on livestock trade in Bukedea district
BUKEDEA, August 1, 2024 – Trade in livestock and related products can continue in Bukedea district. This is after the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries [MAAIF] lifted a quarantine imposed…
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As Sudan’s war rages, its farmers help fill the hunger gap
KHARTOUM, July 31, 2024: Standing in a field of golden wheat, Imad is a long way from his life as a mechanic in Sudan’s once-bustling capital of Khartoum. Today, the city lies…
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Content piracy: A complex web of causes
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, July 31, 2024 – Content piracy is acknowledged as having enormously negative social impacts. It is a type of global organised crime that undermines the creative sector. However, what…
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