Financial
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Kwania: Excitement as farmers receive chicks for rearing
KWANIA, July 10, 2024 – A section of farmers in Kwania North County in Kwania district are excited after receiving kroiler chicks donated to them by the area Member of Parliament Bob…
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Masindi, Kiryandongo maize farmers trained on proper use of fertilisers
KIRYANDONGO, July 9, 2024 – Over 200 farmers in Masindi and Kiryandongo districts have been trained on the proper use of fertilisers to boost maize production. Asili Agriculture Company, based in Kiryandongo…
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Soroti Hospital officials call for infrastructure development
SOROTI CITY, July 7, 2024 – Soroti Regional Referral Hospital is in a state of disrepair significantly hampering its ability to provide adequate medical services. According to Prof. Mary Margaret Ajiko, a consultant…
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Mars Wrigley collaborates with COCOBOD on early detection of CSSVD
LONDON, July 6, 2024 – Mars Wrigley, the world’s largest chocolate manufacturer, has announced the development of a detection kit for Cocoa Swollen Shoot Virus Disease [CSSVD]. This kit aims to facilitate…
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Oikocredit announces EUR 2.4mln loan to support SMEs in Indonesia
AMSMERFOORT and JARKATA, July 6, 2024 – Netherlands’s Social investor Oikocredit and Validus Group, a Singapore-based digital financing platform, have partnered to provide small and medium-sized enterprises [SMEs] in Indonesia with accessible…
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Regional businesswomen gather in Madagascar for COMFWB Trade Fair
ANTANANARIVO, July 6, 2024 – A splendour of pink marked the COMESA Federation of Women in Business [COMFWB] Trade Fair and Conference as local and international female entrepreneurs from 20 COMESA Member…
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Uganda cited as Africa’s coffee exports rise 44 percent in May 2024
KAMPALA, June 5, 2024 – Exports of all forms of coffee from Africa increased by 44.8 percent to 1.74 million bags in May 2024 from 1.21mln bags in May 2023, according to…
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Global coalition launches new strategy to boost agroecology
ROME, July 5, 2024 – In the context of growing hunger and accelerating climate and biodiversity crises, the 300-member Agroecology Coalition recently launched an ambitious strategy to rapidly accelerate the transition to…
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Uganda: Coop Week 2024 postponed: New dates announced
KAMPALA, July 3, 2024 – Uganda, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives [MTIC], will neither join the rest of the world in holding the Cooperative Week nor mark International…
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House reconsiders Appropriation Bill, Shs 750bln reallocated
KAMPALA, July 3, 2024 – Parliament has reallocated Shs 750 billion after revisiting the Appropriation Bill, 2024 which President Yoweri Museveni objected to assent to. In the 2024/2025 budget passed earlier, legislators…
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