The Cooperator News

Excitement as school dropout mothers gain vocational skills

KIKUUBE, December 1, 2025— More than 350 young people, mainly young mothers who dropped out of school due to their parents’ financial constraints in Kikuube district, now have reason to smile after…

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Uganda fetches Shs 530.2bln from extractive sector as EITI Report is submitted to Oslo

KAMPALA, November 30, 2025— The Uganda Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative [UGEITI] recently launched its Fourth EITI Report, which covers the period 1 July 2022 to 30 June, 2023. The report was officially launched by the…

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COP30: AfDB strengthens investments in climate-peace-security nexus

MELES, November 30, 2025 — Climate change, of which Africa has been the principal victim, is aggravating severe and rising security threats across the continent — including terrorism, armed confrontations, and inter-community…

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Gov’t restores Kole Dam at Shs 720mln after weed infestation

KOLE, November 30, 2025 — The Government has rehabilitated Leye Dam in Ayer Subcounty, Kole district, following a deadly weed infestation that destroyed all the fish previously reared there. The dam, constructed…

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Colombo event highlights urgent need for cooperative capital reforms

COLOMBO, November 29, 2025 — The 17th ICA–AP Regional Assembly in Colombo, Sri Lanka, hosted a powerful and insightful discussion during a session titled “Tackling the Cooperative Capital Conundrum with Resilient Financing.”…

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A Blueprint for Energy Access: Empowering Africa through Innovation and Investment

JOHANNESBUR, November 29, 2025 — A few generations ago in America, grandparents often reminded children how fortunate they were by recalling stories of walking miles to school or doing homework by candlelight.…

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SOROTI: Teenage mothers receive skilling centre to improve their livelihoods

SOROTI, November 29, 2025 — Teenage mothers in Soroti district have received a new learning and skilling facility, the Awaliwal Training Centre, located in Amoroto B Village, Awaliwal Sub-county. The Awaliwal Training…

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Stanbic Ongea Digital Creators Summit launched in Kampala

KAMPALA, November 28, 2025 — Stanbic Bank Uganda in partnership with Uganda Communications Commission [UCC], Ongea Africa and the Uganda Digital Society have launched a new national platform aimed at equipping young…

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Sheema teachers form SACCO to boost their financial independence

SHEEMA, Nov, 28, 2025 — Teachers in Sheema district have launched a Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisation [SACCO] in an effort to strengthen their financial independence and reduce reliance on high-interest local…

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Politics: Mabirizi pledges irrigation schemes to boost farming in Adjumani

ADJUMANI, November 28, 2025 — The Conservative Party [CP] presidential candidate, Joseph Elon Mabirizi, has pledged to establish modern irrigation schemes for communities in Adjumani and the wider West Nile Subregion if elected…

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