The Cooperator News

Diverse bank boardrooms contribute to fighting climate change

LONDON – Following the 2015 Paris agreement, achieving carbon neutrality is one of the world’s most urgent priorities. Since banks play an important role in modern financial systems by channelling funds to…

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Saudi Arabia to host TotalEnergies CAF Super Cup final

CAIRO – The Confederation of African Football [CAF] and the Saudi Arabian Football Federation [SAFF] have announced Saudi Arabia to be this year’s host of the TotalEnergies CAF Super Cup 2023 taking…

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KCCA distributes chicks to PWDs in Kampala

KAMPALA – In a bid to boost household incomes and promote peri-urban farming, Kampala Capital City Authority [KCCA] has distributed at least 3,750 one-day-old broiler chicks to persons with disabilities [PWDs] in…

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Pope Francis lauds Museveni, Among for preserving family values

VATICAN– Pope Francis has commended President Yoweri Museveni and Speaker of Parliament Anita Among for protecting family values in Uganda, urging them to continue on the same path to safeguard future generations.…

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Port of Bujumbura to be modernised

BUJUMBURA – Renovation work on the Port of Bujumbura – part of a vast project to develop the regional corridor to Lake Tanganyika got underway days ago at a launch ceremony attended…

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SACCOs in Kwania, Apac gain ground as they pull civil servants

APAC – Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies [SACCOs] in Kwania and Apac districts have gained momentum, and attracted a number of civil servants such as teachers, leaving the large microfinance institutions drained…

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Tenure system, domestic violence spur land disputes in Lango

LIRA – The traditional /customary land tenure system and domestic violence have been identified as key drivers of the increasing land disputes in Lango Sub-region. This was pronounced yesterday during the launch…

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Kwania SACCO struggling to recover over Shs 70mln from borrowers

KWANIA – Abany Community Development Savings and Credit Co-operative [ SACCO ] is struggling to recover about Shs 72.6 million loaned out to its members in the 2022/2023 financial year. The SACCO…

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Christian coops transform lives in Bangladesh

DHAKA – Aporna Das was a medical nurse for 19 years before she launched a hospital herself at Chankarpool, in the southern Dhaka, Bangladesh. The 55-year-old woman built her 30-bed Royal Care…

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Coffee and cocoa coops to benefit from Shs 32.8bln project

KAMPALA– Cooperatives, associations, communal groups, and community business organisations engaged in coffee or cocoa business stand to benefit from a project Shs 32.8 billion [EUR 8mln]. Dubbed Coffee and Cocoa Value Chain…

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