Trade
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Farmers advised to embrace four-acre farming model
KIKUUBE, April 6, 2024 – Farmers in Kikuube district have been urged to embrace President Yoweri Museveni’s four-acre farming model to grow more crops and keep animals instead of putting all their…
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JPMorgan Chase to deepen partnerships with AfDB
ABIDJAN, April 5, 2024 -African Development Bank Group [AfDB] Senior Vice-President Bajabulile Swazi Tshabalala, has held talks with top executives of JPMorgan Chase, the largest US bank, on potential partnership between the…
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Global coffee exports up 9.5 percent in February 2024
KAMPALA, April 5, 2024 – Global green bean exports in February 2024 amounted to 10.43 million bags, as compared with 9.52mln bags in the same month of the previous year, up 9.5…
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Nandala gets another term as BCU Chairman
MBALE, April 5, 2024 – The Forum for Democratic Change [FDC] Secretary General, Nathan Nandala Mafabi, has been re-elected unopposed as the Chairperson of Bugisu Cooperative Union [BCU] for another term. Nandala,…
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MPs demand mass education on mycotoxins contamination
KAMPALA, April 4, 2024 – Parliament’s committees of Agriculture, and Health want government to design a public information programme to sensitise Ugandans about the risks posed by mycotoxins contamination to human health.…
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Bunyoro queen urges women to form cooperatives to benefit from oil and gas sector
KIKUUBE, April 4, 2024 – The Queen of Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom Omugo Margaret Karunga Andyeeri has challenged women in her kingdom to form cooperatives if they are to get contracted by the…
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Masindi district to prioritise household income enhancement in FY 2024/25
MASINDI, April 3, 2024 – Masindi District Local Government intends to prioritise enhancing household income, increasing agricultural production, and community participation in government programmes in the financial year 2024/2025. This was said…
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Tayebwa hails BoU decision to keep Anne Juuko as Stanbic Bank CEO
KAMPALA, April 3, 2024 – The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa has backed the position of the Bank of Uganda [BoU] to reject a foreign national nominated by the Standard Bank…
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Kenya: Coffee cooperatives urged to list their debts
NAIROBI, April 2, 2024, Kenya’s Ministry of Cooperatives and Micro Small and Medium Enterprises Development has asked coffee cooperative societies in the country to list and verify their debts to help the…
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East Asia and Pacific to sustain growth amid global headwinds, says World Bank
WASHINGTON, April 2, 2024 — Developing East Asia and Pacific is growing faster than the rest of the world but slower than it was before the pandemic, the World Bank said on…
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