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Cooperatives & Communities
Microfinance minister to promote Emyooga products
The Minister of State for Micro-Finance & Small Enterprises, Hon. Haruna Kasolo Kyeyune has pledged to create a department within the Microfinance Support Centre to expand the market base for products produced…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Nine SACCOs cleared to receive Emyooga funds in Masindi
Nine out of 54 SACCOs in Masindi district have been cleared to receive the long-awaited Emyooga cash, Moses Kalyegira, Masindi district’s Commercial Officer has revealed. Kalyegira says the nine, which hail from…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Kakumiro bee farmers resolve to form SACCO
Bee farmers in Kakumiro district have resolved to form a SACCO in a bid to address some of the challenges they face in their enterprise. According to Joseph Serugo, a bee farmer…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Hoima milk traders urged to form SACCO for value addition
Milk traders and vendors in Hoima oil city have been challenged to form Savings and Credit Co-operative Societies (SACCOs) if they want to have one voice and develop their businesses. The call…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Oyam: Emyooga beneficiaries demand business skills training
Beneficiaries of the Presidential Initiative on Wealth and Job Creation in Oyam district are seeking business skills training to guarantee the success of the program. The demands from the groups came shortly…
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Cooperatives & Communities
One year later, Cooperatives struggling to emerge from COVID-induced slump
Almost a year after Uganda first imposed several restrictions aimed at combating the spread of COVID-19, many cooperatives are still struggling to get back to their feet despite being open for business…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Soroti city receives Emyooga funds
Savings and Credit Cooperatives-SACCOs in Soroti district have each received Shs 30m under the Presidential Initiative on Job and Wealth Creation, commonly known as Emyooga. The District Commercial Officer Soroti, George Tukei,…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Lango cooperatives hit hard by Kenya maize ban
Members of Abulomogo Maize Farmers’ SACCO are apprehensive about the falling gate price of maize grain at the private aggregating centers in Lango Sub-region as Kenya’s ban on Ugandan maize hits hard.…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Lira University staff SACCO receives 100m presidential injection
Members of Lira University staff’s Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisation (SACCO) have received Shs 100m in fulfillment of an outstanding presidential pledge, the university’s management has revealed. President Yoweri Museveni pledged to…
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Development
Cooperative Societies urged to tap into Oil sector opportunities
Hoima district LC V Chairperson, Kirungi Kadiri, has challenged farmers under cooperative societies to prepare themselves to take advantage of the myriad opportunities likely to be created by Uganda’s emerging oil and…
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