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COP30: AfDB strengthens investments in climate-peace-security nexus
MELES, November 30, 2025 — Climate change, of which Africa has been the principal victim, is aggravating severe and rising security threats across the continent — including terrorism, armed confrontations, and inter-community…
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Gov’t restores Kole Dam at Shs 720mln after weed infestation
KOLE, November 30, 2025 — The Government has rehabilitated Leye Dam in Ayer Subcounty, Kole district, following a deadly weed infestation that destroyed all the fish previously reared there. The dam, constructed…
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Colombo event highlights urgent need for cooperative capital reforms
COLOMBO, November 29, 2025 — The 17th ICA–AP Regional Assembly in Colombo, Sri Lanka, hosted a powerful and insightful discussion during a session titled “Tackling the Cooperative Capital Conundrum with Resilient Financing.”…
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A Blueprint for Energy Access: Empowering Africa through Innovation and Investment
JOHANNESBUR, November 29, 2025 — A few generations ago in America, grandparents often reminded children how fortunate they were by recalling stories of walking miles to school or doing homework by candlelight.…
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Stanbic Ongea Digital Creators Summit launched in Kampala
KAMPALA, November 28, 2025 — Stanbic Bank Uganda in partnership with Uganda Communications Commission [UCC], Ongea Africa and the Uganda Digital Society have launched a new national platform aimed at equipping young…
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Increasing annual investment in infrastructure by US$ 155bln could double Africa’s GDP by 2040
KAMPALA, November 28, 2025 — Africa could double its GDP by 2040 if annual infrastructure investment by African countries rises to US$ 155 billion, according to a new joint report from the…
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Uganda Parliamentary SACCO to hold 21st AGM this Friday
KAMPALA, November 27, 2025 — The Uganda Parliamentary Cooperative Savings and Credit Society Limited will hold its 21st Annual General Meeting [AGM] this Friday, according to Chief Executive Officer Methods Mureebe Muhanuka.…
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KENYA: 25,000 SACCOs face closure over failure to file audited financial statements
NAIROBEI, November 27, 2025 — A total of 25,000 Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisations [SACCOs] in Kenya are facing deregistration after failing to prepare and file audited financial accounts, placing over Ksh…
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Report warns of deepening strain in Kenya’s sugar sector
NAIROBI, November 27, 2025 — Kenya’s sugar industry is facing mounting pressure as premature cane harvesting, weakened yields, and disruptive policy shifts threaten to pull national production sharply lower, according to a…
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Climate finance: from transition to transformation
By Rumi Mahmood LONDON, November 27, 2025 — Physical climate risk has become one of the most consequential forces shaping global markets. What once appeared as an external environmental issue now registers…
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