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Safe Boda founder, Uganda’s biggest motorcycle SACCO, Ricky Papa Honored by Egyptian President
Cairo, Egypt: Boda Boda’s (Motorcycles) have been blamed for many accidents across the country, with some gangs making use of bikes to make quick getaways after committing crimes. But the trend seems…
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IFAD, EU announces innovation funds for Rural youth cooperatives worth 200m Euros
Rome, Italy: Youths in sub-Saharan Africa, like Uganda living in rural areas but organized under cooperatives, are set to benefit from the just announced Impact Fund for an innovative approach. IFAD, along…
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Over 500,000 Kenyan Tea farmer to get smart cards for easy cash transactions
Nairobi, Kenya: The most disgruntled Kenyan today must be the farmer who chose to stick with coffee, tea or sugarcane — never mind that coffee, tea and sugar still take their pride…
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Self-Driving Tractors Yet to Convince Farmers to Hand Over Keys
Perhaps sooner than later Cooperatives engaged in wide-scale farming may not need to sit behind their tractors when ploughing or harvesting, but not all farmers are ready to give up control of…
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Traders cry foul for missing out on credit over SACCO management
Hoima Central Market Vendors are crying foul for missing out on loans from the Micro-Finance Support Center because of a dormant Savings and Credits Cooperative Organization. Some of the vendors, who spoke…
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Fresh foods prices hike due to drought
Tomatoes are selling like a hot cake in the fresh food market in Busia town. A box of tomatoes has increased to shillings 500,000 from shillings 100,000 in the last four months.…
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Boda-bodas told to form Sacco
In an effort aimed at bringing sanity in the boda-boda sector, riders in Busia district have been urged to form savings and credit cooperatives (SACCOs). David Joggo Mwiria the community liaison officer…
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Districts can use cooperatives to end unemployment
Local governments have been advised to grow cooperatives in an effort aimed at solving the ever-increasing youth unemployment problem. Youth unemployment is the main challenge districts are grappling with to productively engage…
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Farmers bar politicians from joining SACCO
A recently formed farmers Sacco has barred political leaders and others harboring political ambitions from joining their organization. The farmers’ decision is premised on the fear that politicians like owning everything and…
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Start small and Stop lamenting about government
Ugandans have been advised to stop whining about marginalisation and wean themselves off let the government help us syndrome. While on his routine mobilisation on operation wealth creation, Paul Kalikwani the deputy…
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