Organisations
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Brazilian coop launches new e-commerce platform to boost transparency
HOUSTON, April 2, 2025 – – Brazil’s Cerrado Coffee Growers Cooperative [Expocacer], known for its specialty coffee, recently launched a new e-commerce platform at the Specialty Coffee Expo 2025 in Houston, United…
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200 Street-connected youth benefit from commercial farming training
GULU, April 29, 2025 — A total of 200 formerly street-connected youth are now reaping the rewards of commercial farming training received at Gang Wa Peace Farm in Pabwoo Village, Gulu district.…
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NaSARRI launches Uganda’s first-ever Foxtail millet varieties
WAKISO, April 29, 2025 – In a groundbreaking development in the first against widespread food and nutritional insecurity, the National Semi-Arid Resources Research Institute [NaSARRI] has officially released the country’s first-ever Foxtail…
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Ahead of COP30, Africa champions new approach to measuring green wealth of countries and incentivizing climate action
WASHINGTON D.C., April 29, 2025 — African leaders are advocating for a new approach to measuring the continent’s green wealth, emphasising that current gross domestic product measures in most African countries are…
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Uganda Assumes Role of Co-Chair of the Coalition of Finance Ministers For Climate Action
KAMPALA, April 28, 2025 — Uganda has assumed the co-chairmanship role of the Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action at the 2025 Spring meetings of the World Bank Group and International Monetary…
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MP earmarks Shs 400mln for women’s VSLAs in Zombo district
ZOMBO, April 28, 2025 – Lawrence Songa Biyika, Member of Parliament for Ora County in Zombo district, has committed seed capital of approximately Shs 400 million to support women’s Village Savings and…
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The big interview: Meet Stephen Mugumya Bongonzya – a seasoned banker and senior cooperator
MBARARA CITY, April 28, 2025 — theCooperator News recently sat down with Stephen Mugumya Bongonzya, Vice Chairman of the Uganda Cooperative Savings and Credit Union Limited [UCSCU]—the apex body for SACCOs in…
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Welders’ Emyooga SACCO diversifies business to boost capital base
DOKOLO, 27 April 2025 – The Dokolo North Welders’ Emyooga SACCO, based in Agebo A Cell, Amuda Central Ward, Agwata Town Council, has invested its additional seed capital of Shs 20 million…
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Strengthen girls’ education, savings and employment prospects to end adolescent pregnancies – WHO
KAMPALA, April 27, 2025 –– In a bid to end the global crisis of adolescent pregnancy, the World Health Organization [WHO] has urged governments and stakeholders to prioritise girls’ education, economic empowerment…
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Poor and marginalized groups attend Pope Francis’ funeral
VATICAN, April 26, 2025 –– Pope Francis’ “insistence” on working for the poor was woven into today’s funeral events, with groups of underprivileged people invited to watch the service in St. Peter’s…
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