The Cooperator News

Centenary Bank to acquire Malawian lender

KAMPALA-Centenary Rural Development Group, the mother company of Centenary Bank Uganda, has teamed up with the Catholic Archdiocese of Lilongwe so they can acquire a 100 percent shareholding in Malawi’s MyBucks Banking…

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NARO launches Shs 400mln cassava project in Lango districts

LIRA-The National Agricultural Research organisation [NARO] has launched a cassava production and productivity project worth Shs 400 million in some of the districts that form Lango Sub-region aimed at boosting farmers’ incomes.…

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Kakumiro residents get title for grabbed land

KAKUMIRO– The State Minister for Works and Transport, Fred Byamukama has restored hope among residents of Kikoola Sub-county in Kakumiro district after he handed them a land title surrendered by a land…

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Global coffee market demanding higher quality over higher volumes

LONDON– The global coffee market is undergoing a transformation that will result in higher quality and more expensive coffees, but not a rise in overall trade volume, as consumers increasingly use single…

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Bunyoro church moves to boost nutrition of inmates in Masindi prisons

MASINDI-In a bid to ensure a balanced diet for inmates at both Masindi prison and Kabalye Juvenile Remand Home, Bunyoro Lutheran Church in partnership with Seeds for Souls East Africa and Day…

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Masaka Emyooga beneficiaries laud govt for providing seed capital

MASAKA– Women, journalists and youth leaders of Emyooga SACCOs in Masaka City have praised the government-owned Microfinance Support Centre [MSC], saying the money received as seed capital from the agency to do…

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Declare interest to members, SACCOs and VSLAs told

GULU- Just like banks do, managers of SACCOs and Village Savings and Loan Associations [ VSLAs ] should make it a routine to declare the earned interest to members every year as…

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Kasese farmers count losses as strange disease ravages banana plantations

KASESE – Banana farmers in Kasese district are counting losses after a strange viral disease attacked their plantations, exposing the farmers’ households to hunger and poverty. Agricultural experts in the district say…

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ICA proposes cooperative model as viable option in platform economy at ILO meeting

GENEVA-The International Labour Organisation [ILO] organised a tripartite meeting of experts to explore the opportunities and challenges generated by the platform economy in respect of decent work. Held in Geneva recently, the…

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World Cooperative Monitor official launch slated for early December

LONDON-The International Cooperative Alliance [ICA] and Euricse on December 1, 2022, will hold a webinar to present the latest edition of the World Cooperative Monitor [WCM], which contains, in addition to the…

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