Development
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Rwenzori Apple Farmers: Microfinance Support Centre Frustrating Us
Kasese: Apple growers in the Rwenzori region have expressed disappointment with Micro-Finance Support Centre (MSC) for what they say is the funding agency’s failure to advance them funds on time for early…
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Cooperatives’ Registrar Warns Banks Against Irregular dealings with Under-fire UCA Staff
The Registrar of cooperatives in the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Cooperatives has warned commercial banks in which Uganda Cooperative Alliance(UCA) has accounts, to take extra effort to authenticate any documents pertaining…
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Government Launches New Fund to Support SACCOs Growth
A new fund to help support small businesses’ earning power and boost the financial standing of Saving and Credit Cooperatives Societies has been announced. In a speech to the populace in the…
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Bugisu Cooperative Union Opens Uganda’s first Cooperative Radio Station
In Eastern Uganda, Bugisu sub region, where literacy remains a substantial barrier to development, radio can reach a large number of poor people because it is affordable and consumes little electricity. On…
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Community Health Workers raise Rwf14 billion in assets
Community Health Workers (CHW), through their cooperatives, have accumulated Rwf11.2 billion in immovable assets, and Rwf3.5 billion in cash deposited in banks, figures from the Ministry of Health show. Their assets are…
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Financial Mismanagement Threatens to ruin Apac Teachers’ SACCO
APAC. Members of Apac Teachers’ Savings and Credit Cooperative Organization are bemoaning the looming collapse of their SACCO due to what they called the mismanagement of the SACCO’s funds by its leaders. The…
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What is the place of Uganda’s farmer in the value chain power relations?
The National Coordinator of Operation Wealth Creation (OWC), Gen. Caleb Akandwanaho aka Salim Saleh has on several occasions asked a poignant question – Where is the farmer in in the value chain power…
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Global cooperative movement meets in Kigali to discuss development
Participants from 95 countries from around the world have gathered in Kigali for the international cooperative conference that is discussing how to advance socio-economic development through the cooperative movement. Over 1,000 participants…
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The Coffee Bill: Farmers Call for Consultation
Coffee farmers have asked the government to carry out extensive consultation and educate them about the National Coffee Bill that is currently before parliament. Speaking at the celebration to mark the international…
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Nakuru farmers urged to join saccos to boost income
When Nakuru Governor Lee Kinyanjui took office in 2017, revamping of the agriculture sector was one of his flagship projects. In his manifesto, Governor Kinyanjui promised to revive the lucrative sector. Two…
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