Financial
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Canadian coops given $ 362.6mln for housing initiative
ONTARIO, January 11, 2025 –– Recently, the Canadian Federal Government released its 2024 Fall Economic Statement, setting its financial priorities for the coming year. Following a sustained push by the cooperative housing…
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Coffee growing initiative launched in Alebtong to improve locals’ livelihoods
ALEBTONG, January 11, 2025 – Geoffrey Okiswa, the Resident District Commissioner of Alebtong, has officially launched a coffee-growing initiative in Abia Subcounty, emphasising that it will improve the livelihoods of the local…
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Mbarara and Bushenyi residents affected by hailstorm receive relief items
MBARARA CITY, January 11, 2025 – The Office of the Prime Minister [OPM] has provided relief items including food to the residents of Rukindo village in Nyakayojo Ward, who were severely affected…
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Delayed Completion of regional blood bank frustrates Soroti hospital medics
SOROTI CITY, January 8, 2025 — Officials at Soroti Regional Referral Hospital are expressing frustration over the delayed completion of the Shs 3.3 billion Soroti Regional Blood Bank whose construction began in…
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Inadequate extension workers affecting PDM success in Lira
LIRA CITY, January 7, 2025 — The limited success of enterprises chosen by beneficiaries of the Parish Development Model [PDM] in Lira City and Lira district has been attributed to the shortage…
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Nigerian agricultural coop plans cattle ranches in 774 local governments
KADUNA, January 7, 2025 –– The National Agricultural Mechanisation Cooperative of Nigeria [NAMCON] said it plans to establish cattle ranches in the 774 local governments across Nigeria. According to the cooperative, the…
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MP Auma launches construction of Shs 800mln oil seed roads
LIRA, January 5, 2025 — Lira District Local Government has officially launched the construction of roads under the National Oil Seed Project [NOSP] aimed at improving access to markets, boosting oil seed…
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Kwania smallholder farmers form cooperative society to improve livelihoods
KWANIA, January 5, 2025 — More than 500 smallholder farmers from Inomo Town Council and Inomo Subcounty in Kwania district have united to form a cooperative society, believing it will significantly improve…
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Former combatants transform Colombia’s coffee industry
BOGOTA, January 3, 2025 — FEMNCAFÉ, a federation of Colombian coffee producers led by former combatants who adhered to the 2016 Peace Agreement, is at the heart of this transformation. The organization…
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Banks issued Shs 1.5trn in loans ahead of festive season
KAMPALA, 4 January 2025 – The Government has reported that commercial banks in Uganda extended loans amounting to at least Shs 1.5 trillion to various clients in the lead-up to the Christmas…
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