The Cooperator News

Museveni, WFP officials explore agricultural solutions for refugee self-reliance

ENTEBBE, April 12, 2025 –– President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has called for a shift from traditional humanitarian aid to sustainable, agriculture-based solutions to support refugees in Uganda. During a meeting held on…

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Shs 8bln R. Kagera Water Project stalls for eight months

MBARARA CITY, April 11, 2025 – The Shs 8 billion Kagera Water Project, intended to improve water access in Mbarara City, Isingiro, and neighbouring areas, has stalled for eight months due to…

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Regulator pledges stronger collaboration with cooperatives to boost Ghana’s cocoa sector

KUMASI, April 11, 2025 – The Ghana Cocoa Board [COCOBOD] has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening collaboration with organised cooperatives as a strategy to enhance growth and sustainability in the country’s cocoa…

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Ruwenzori Diocese SACCO posts strong growth in 2024

FORT PORTAL CITY, April 11, 2025 – Ruwenzori Diocese Savings and Credit Cooperative Society Limited [RUDI SACCO], a church-founded financial institution based at Kabarole Hill in Fort Portal City, recorded remarkable financial…

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IGAD, Kotido district launch innovative project to enhance climate resilience

KOTIDO, April 11, 2025 – The Intergovernmental Authority on Development [IGAD] has launched a transformative project aimed at addressing gender vulnerabilities in climate change adaptation and mitigation. The initiative, titled “Enabling Gender…

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Abim leaders call for support of local cooperatives

ABIM, April 11, 2025 – Leaders in Abim district are calling on development partners and other stakeholders in Uganda to support Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisations [SACCOs] in the district, noting that…

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MPs call for increased funding for agro-industrialisation

KAMPALA, April 11, 2025 — Parliament’s Committee on Agriculture, Animal Industry, and Fisheries has recommended a phased increase in funding for the Agro-Industrialisation Programme through budget allocation from the current 2.4 percent…

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Kwania district allocates over Shs 120mln for coops in the next budget

KWANIA, April 10, 2025 — Kwania District Council has allocated a sum of Shs 124 million to run different activities under Trade, Cooperatives, Industry and Economic Development in the financial year 2025/2026…

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ATIDI backs Benin’s fiscal resilience with second-loss guarantee for Deutsche Bank’s EUR 507.5mln loan

NAIROBI, April 10, 2025 — The African Trade & Investment Development Insurance [ ATIDI ] says it is supporting Benin’s latest financing transaction, by providing a second-loss guarantee for Deutsche Bank’s EUR…

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Non–adherence to building standards: Offenders to be jailed for 12 years

KAMPALA, April 10, 2025 –– Government has tabled the Building Control [Amendment] Bill, 2025 that will see enforcement of standards in Uganda’s construction industry with strict penalties for offenders. The Bill tabled…

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