Trade
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Kabarole youth groups receive Shs 113mln under YLP
KABAROLE, July 12, 2024 – Under Youth Livelihood Programme [YLP], at least 18 youth groups in Kabarole district have received a total of Shs 113 million. The money, which is in the…
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Museveni Commissions Spiro Electric Motorbikes In Uganda
KYANKWANZI, July 12, 2024 – President Yoweri Museveni has commissioned Spiro electric motorcycles during an event held at the National Leadership Institute [NALI], Kyankwanzi. The delegation from Spiro was led by Odrek…
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Ethiopia’s coffee exports fetch US$ 1.43bln in revenue
ADDIS ABABA, July 11, 2024– Ethiopia’s coffee market experienced significant growth in the 2023/24 fiscal year, generating US$ 1.43 billion in revenue. The Ethiopian government reported that coffee exports generated US$1.43bln in…
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Hoteliers, tourism students to get more skills
KAMPALA, July 10, 2024: The Hotel and Tourism Training Institute [HTTI] in Jinja district has developed a comprehensive plan to equip Ugandan hoteliers, tourism students, and specialists with more skills so that…
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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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Fishing on Lake Albert: Congolese fishermen get back confiscated fishing gear
BULIISA, July 5, 2024: Congolese fishermen whose fishing gears were impounded by the UPDF Fisheries Protection Unity [FPU] have a reason to smile after government returned their fishing gear. Major Frank Kanzira,…
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Cameroon: First US$ 20mln project approved to support transition to deforestation-free agroecological practices
YAONDE, July 4, 2024 – A first US$20 million project funded by the Central Africa Forest Initiative [CAFI] will support Cameroon’s small-scale cocoa and coffee producers adapt to the new European Union…
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