Organisations
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New website for International Cooperative Business Education Consortium
HALIFAX, August 26, 2024 – The International Cooperative Business Education Consortium [ICBEC] has launched a new website to maximise its impact. “Originally launched in 2013, ICBEC was re-launched in 2021, with the…
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Interview: Cooperatives Europe President talks of his involvement in cooperative movement
BRUSSELS, August 24, 2024 – Jean-Louis Bancel, President of France’s apex body Coop FR and cooperative bank Crédit Cooperatif, was recently elected president of Cooperatives Europe. Members of the organisation, which is…
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Gulu journalists skilled in making eco-friendly shopping bags
GULU, August 24, 2024 – Climate Women Media Action, a non-profit organisation has trained 14 female journalists in Gulu to make eco-friendly shopping bags in an effort aimed at supplementing their monthly…
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EAC SG and captains of industry call for new approach to boost intra-EAC trade and investments
ARUSHA, August 22, 2024 – Regional business leaders have outlined priorities to unlock business and investment to the new East African Community [EAC] Secretary General Veronica Nduva. In her keynote address during…
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Uganda to host Extraordinary Agricultural Summit
KAMPALA, August 22, 2024 – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni yesterday held discussions with the African Union Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy, and Sustainable Environment, Ambassador Josefa Sacko. Ambassador Josefa Sacko…
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DRC cooperative affected by conflict in need of support
KINSHASA, August 21, 2024 – Coffee organisations are banding together to help coffee farmers who have been internally displaced by a recent uptick in civil conflict in the Eastern Democratic Republic of…
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Uganda’s coffee exports in July hit record-breaking Shs 780bln as country readies for EUDR
KAMPALA, August 21, 2024 – Uganda’s coffee exports in July 2024 set a record of 821, 593 bags valued at US$ 210.48 million [about Shs 780 billion, the highest quantity ever exported in…
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Uganda Evaluation Week ongoing in Kampala
KAMPALA, August 20, 2024 – The eighth Uganda Evaluation Week [UEW] is taking place from August 19 – 23, 2024, at the Uganda Management Institute [UMI] in Kampala. The event is organised…
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NARO moves to develop new varieties of vegetable seeds
KAMPALA, August 20, 2024 – In a bid to address challenges of malnutrition among Ugandans, the National Agricultural Research Organisation [ NARO ] has unveiled plans to scale up production of new…
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Finance Trust Bank empowers 2,000 women through GROW project
KAMPALA, August 19, 2024 — Finance Trust Bank has successfully trained 2,000 women entrepreneurs as part of the World Bank-funded Growth Opportunities and Productivity for Women Enterprises [GROW] project. The project, supported…
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