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Banks sign partnership agreement to strengthen trade finance in Africa
RABAT, December 7, 2024 — The African Development Bank [AfDB], and the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank [TDB] have signed an agreement for a US$ 150 million Trade Finance…
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NGOs condemn deforestation law delay as EU reaches agreement
BRUSSELS, December 6, 2024 – The European Parliament has reached a provisional agreement to postpone the European Deforestation Regulation [EUDR] by one year to ensure proper implementation amid strong opposition from countries…
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To comply with new EU rules, coffee framers should grow native tree species
KAMPALA, December 5, 2024 — Indigenous trees are native to a particular region or ecosystem and have over time adapted to the local climate and soil conditions. Uganda has more than 800…
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Uganda’s Freza Nanotech wins FAO Innovation Award 2024 for pioneering fruit preservation technology
ROME, December 5, 2024 – Freza Nanotech Limited, a startup from Uganda, has won the 2024 Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations [ FAO ] Innovation Award for developing a…
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Global tourism set for full recovery by end of the year with spending growing faster than arrivals
MADRID, December 4, 2024 — Around 1.1 billion tourists travelled internationally in the first nine months of 2024, as the global tourism sector recovered 98 percent of pre-pandemic levels. According to the…
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AfDB grants US$ 75mln loan to strengthen skills in prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases in Tanzania
DODOMA, December 3, 2024 — The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank approved a loan of US$ 75 million to Tanzania to fund the second stage of the Centre of…
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Livestock farmers frustrated over NARO’s delay to release local anti-tick vaccine
MBARARA CITY, December 3, 2024 – Livestock farmers in the Ankole Subregion are growing increasingly frustrated over the delay in the release of a locally developed anti-tick vaccine, which has been under…
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Standard Chartered donates Shs 50mln towards entrepreneurship and business development for youth with disabilities in Kalangala district
KAMPALA, December 1, 2024 – Standard Chartered Bank Uganda last week donated Shs 50 million to the National Union of Disabled Persons of Uganda [NUDIPU] during an event held at its Head…
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IFAD launches guidebook to help Uganda, others achieve agricultural methane reduction
KAMPALA, November 29, 2024 – As global efforts to achieve a 30 percent reduction in methane emissions by 2030 gain traction, the International Fund for Agricultural Development [IFAD] has launched a crucial…
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ICA and Fairtrade International partner to advance sustainable development and cooperative empowerment
NEW DELHI, November 29, 2024 – The International Cooperative Alliance [ ICA ] and Fairtrade International have announced a new Joint Partnership Declaration, marking a commitment to deepen their collaboration in support…
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