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Transforming Africa’s mineral wealth: From extraction to end use
CAPE TOWN, June 24, 2024 – Global demand for critical minerals essential for clean energy technologies is expected to grow more than three-fold by 2030. For Africa – a continent rich in…
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EUDR: US demands delay to protect food businesses
BRUSSELS, June 24, 2024 – The US government has reportedly urged the European Union [EU] to delay its Deforestation Regulation [EUDR], which is set to come into force in December, because the…
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BKCU demands govt Shs 22.7bln for losses incurred decades ago
MBARARA, June 24, 2024 – The Banyankole Kweterana Cooperative Union [ BKCU ] Limited is yet to be fully compensated for the losses arising from the liberation wars of 1978–79, and 1980–86,…
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IFFCO elections: a coop example of democracy at scale
NEW DELHI, June 24, 2024 – The 2024 ICA Global Conference in New Delhi is being hosted by the Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited [ IFFCO ], a multi-state cooperative society engaged…
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UMA donates items worth Shs 200mln to Mbale hospital
MBALE, June 24, 2024 – Uganda Manufacturers Association [UMA] has donated assorted items to Mbale Regional Referral Hospital worth Shs 200 million to boost health service delivery. The donation was handed over…
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Church of Uganda embarks on mass land registration
KAMPALA, June 24, 2024 – A team from the Ministry of Lands, Housing, and Urban Development [MLHUD], led by minister Judith Nabakooba, has met with the Ugandan Anglican Church leaders to lay…
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Lira Municipality Carpenters’ Emyooga SACCO launches timber business to boost capital base
Lira City, June 23, 2024 Members of Lira Municipality Carpenters’ Emyooga SACCO in Lira City have established a joint timber business, saying focusing on loan provision alone is not enough to boost…
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Emyooga programme has helped to reduce crime – Tororo leaders
TORORO, June 23, 2024 – The crime rate in Tororo district has decreased due to the Emyooga programme, the district leaders say. They said the programme which has provided seed capital to…
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Kwania women VSLA’s launch SACCO to boost their financial capacity
KWANIA, May 22, 2024 – At least eight women Village Savings and Loans Associations [VSLAs] in Nambieso Subcounty in Kwania district have launched a Saving and Credit Cooperative Organisation [SACCO] to improve…
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EAC tests activation of regional rapid response mechanism to infectious disease outbreaks
ARUSHA, June 22, 2024 – The EAC table-top simulation exercise [TTX] organised by the EAC Secretariat and Partner States and other technical partners successfully tested the activation of the recently established regional…
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