The Cooperator News

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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Ibanda Municipality seeks Shs 4.5bln to work on dangerous gullies

IBANDA-Ibanda Municipality badly needs Shs 4.5 billion to address the problem of soil erosion that has created dangerous gullies in the town, putting people’s lives at risk. According to Apollo Kibeherere, mayor…

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Uganda targets world silk market

BULAMBULI-Uganda has the opportunity to move from subsistence to commercial farming in some strategic sectors like silk production to become one of the leading suppliers in the world. Members of the Committee…

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Bill prohibiting GMOs in offing

KAMPALA-A section of Members of Parliament is planning to introduce a bill prohibiting Genetically Modified Organisms [ GMOs ] in Uganda. Led by Bufumbira County East MP, James Nsaba Buturo, the legislators…

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Lira City extends Shs 35bln road contract

LIRA-The authorities in Lira City have given the contractor more seven months to tarmac five major roads under Uganda Support to Municipal Infrastructures Development [USMID] Programme financed by the World Bank. The…

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Diminishing presence of granaries, a recipe for food insecurity in Teso

SOROTI-Declining presence of granaries [Edula in Ateso] has exposed Teso Sub-region to chronicle food insecurity, theCooperator can say. Previously known as Teso district, the sub-region in eastern Uganda comprises 10 districts of…

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Local female-owned companies excel at World Travel Awards

NAIROBI-Ugandan companies owned by female executives pushed women to the top of the travel and hospitality industry in Uganda, as Nkuringo Safari Lodges CEO Lydia, Eva Mpanga and Eugene Windt Nsubuga’s Swanair…

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Emyooga registering successes in Lango, Acholi -MSC official

LIRA – The Lira and Gulu Zonal manager of Microfinance Support Centre [MSC], Mable Nabadda has downplayed the negative claims that the Emyooga programme, a Presidential Initiative on Job and Wealth Creation…

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AfDB, COMESA hold workshop on harmonised consumer price indices in Africa

NAIVASHA– COMESA in collaboration with the African Development Bank [AfDB] last week conducted a five-day regional workshop in Naivasha, Kenya on harmonising consumer price indices in Africa. The aim is to improve…

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