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WEF identifies top 10 emerging technologies to address global challenges
DALIAN, June 25, 2024 – The World Economic Forum [WEF] has published its annual Top 10 Emerging Technologies Report featuring technologies with the greatest potential to make a positive impact in the world…
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Lira Municipality Carpenters’ Emyooga SACCO launches timber business to boost capital base
Lira City, June 23, 2024 Members of Lira Municipality Carpenters’ Emyooga SACCO in Lira City have established a joint timber business, saying focusing on loan provision alone is not enough to boost…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Oikocredit announces US$ 10mln loan to APC to support SMEs in Africa
NAIROBI June 17, 2024 – Social impact investing cooperative Oikocredit has made a first-time loan of US$ 10 million [€9.3mln] to AfricInvest Private Credit [APC] to augment support for small and medium…
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UMA’s Eastern Region Trade Fair ongoing in Mbale City
MBALE, June 15, 2024 – The Uganda Manufacturers Association [ UMA ] 13th Eastern Region Trade Fair will run for 10 days starting June 14, 2024, at Mbale Secondary School in Mbale…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Hundreds attend theCooperator Breakfast Meeting in Kampala
KAMPALA, June 13, 2024 – Representatives from government, cooperatives, the private sector, clients, and the media were among several others who attended theCooperator Breakfast Meeting held recently at Piato Restaurant in Kampala.…
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Cane union drags Kinyara Sugar to court over disruption of operations
MASINDI, June 12, 2024 – Bunyoro Sugarcane Farmers Cooperative Union Limited [BUSFACOU] has run to court seeking a permanent injunction stopping Kinyara Sugar Works Limited from disrupting their operations at the weighbridges…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Preparations in high gear for Banyankole Kweterana’s 51st AGM
MBARARA CITY, June 10, 2024 – Preparations are underway as Banyankole Kweterana Cooperative Union [BKCU] Limited prepares to hold its 51st Annual General Meeting [ AGM ]. According to Margaret Birungi, General…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Makerere researcher to Kikuube farmers: Form cooperatives to benefit from farming
KIKUUBE, June 4, 2024 – Farmers in Kikuube district have been challenged to form cooperatives or join existing ones to be able to benefit from farming as a business. The call was…
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Putting clients first: Centurion Law Group rebrands as CLG
SANDTON, May 9, 2024 – Pan-African legal and business advisory group Centurion Law Group has officially rebranded to CLG, underscoring a firm-wide commitment to innovation and growth. According to the press release,…
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Opinions & Commentary
New CMN rules could boost consolidation for Brazilian cooperative credit system
By Claudio Gallina RIO DE JANEIRO/SAO PAULO, May 3, 2024 – Fitch Ratings views the enactment of the National Monetary Council [ CMN ] Resolution No. 5,131 [R5131] as a positive regulatory…
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