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Electricity: Energy Ministry seeks Shs 128bln to connect homes
KAMPALA, December 6, 2023 – The Ministry of Energy and Minerals Development is seeking a supplementary budget of Shs 128 billion in the current financial year to connect 200,000 households across the…
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Nigeria: AfDB approves US$ 80mln for investment in knowledge zone
ABUJA, November 29, 2023 – The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank [AfDB] has approved a US$ 80 million loan to finance the Ekiti Knowledge Zone project in Nigeria. The…
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Lira street children equipped with soap making skills
LIRA, November 28, 2023 – At least 83 former street children who now study at Lango Quran Primary School in Lira City have acquired skills in liquid soap making. The hands-on career…
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MPs want PDM beneficiaries to have more access to banks
KAMPALA, November 23, 2023 – Members of Parliament have called for improved access to banking institutions to enable beneficiaries of the Parish Development Model [PDM] programme to receive funds. The MPs, who…
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MPs urge govt to boost staffing at mechanisation centres
WAKISO, November 20, 2023 – Parliament’s Committee on Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries has asked the government to recruit more staff at regional agricultural mechanisation centres in the country. Led by Committee…
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AFFM commits more than US$ 2mln to improve farmers’ access to fertilisers
NAIROBI, November 20, 2023 – The Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism [AFFM] will provide a US$ 2 million partial trade credit guarantee and a US$ 219,000 grant funding to Nairobi-based Apollo Agriculture Limited…
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Bill granting UNOC monopoly over oil supply now awaits Museveni’s signature
KAMPALA, November 15, 2023 – Parliament has passed the Petroleum Supply (Amendment), Bill 2023, giving the Uganda National Oil Company [ UNOC ] the monopoly to import and supply all petroleum products…
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Mbarara City leaders irked as ministry fails to repair major bridge
MBARARA, November 15, 2023 – Mbarara City leaders headed by mayor Robert Mugabe Kakyebezi are not happy that the Ministry of Works and Transport has failed to work on the dilapidated Katete…
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Mulago needs Shs 25bln for operationalisation of organ transplant unit
KAMPALA, November 15, 2023 – The Organ Transplant Unit at Mulago National Referral Hospital is complete and has the required equipment but requires Shs 25 billion for it to operate fully, the…
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Agribusiness should benefit from the attention of banks and institutional donors, experts say
MARRAKESH, November 14, 2023 – Banks, institutional partners and the private sector should invest heavily in agribusiness in Africa, a sector that suffers from a financing gap just as it becomes the…
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