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East Africa
Commitments to Common Market Protocol bedrock of trade integration-EAC boss
ARUSHA – East African Community [EAC] Partner States’ commitments to the Common Market Protocol is the bedrock of trade integration in the bloc, EAC Secretary General, Dr. Peter Mathuki, has said. Mathuki…
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News
Help us get youth out of poverty, State House official urges journalists
KAMPALA– State House comptroller, Jane Barekye has asked journalists in Uganda to create awareness of the zonal presidential industrial hubs aimed at skilling the youth in the country to fight poverty through…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Gulu association raids members over failure to pay loans
GULU-Leaders of Gulu Disabled Persons Union [GDPU] have raided members who have failed to meet their loan obligations. The culprits have had their fabrication workshops, and sewing machines taken over by the…
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News
“Imported” tomatoes cost West Nile Shs 15bln annually -report
ADJUMANI: Many of the tomatoes consumed in the West Nile region are procured from other regions in the country as farmers there have shunned the growing of the juicy sweet vegetables. According to…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Mpanga Growers Tea Factory to hold AGM
FORT PORTAL-The Annual General Meeting [AGM] of the shareholders of Mpanga Growers Tea Factory Limited for the year ended December 31, 2021, is to be held on December 8, 2022, according to…
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East Africa
Radical changes in the draft Co-operatives Bill
NAIROBI-Co-operative Societies will soon be allowed to sell and purchase members’ shares and trade capital instruments through a Co-operatives platform if the Cooperatives Bill 2021 is passed. If the Bill is passed…
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International
US co-ops get US$ 170,000 for work in low-income communities
CALIFORNIA-Five US co-ops have been awarded a total of US$ 170,000 from a fund to increase co-op development in low-income communities and communities of colour. The 2022 winners of the annual Capital…
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Africa
How smoked fish vendors’ co-op is fighting climate change in Gabon
LIBREVILLE –A young woman unloads cases of freshly caught fish from her boat onto the dock of the banks of the Ogooué river near the fish market of Lambaréné in Gabon. Marilou…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Kyotera project gathers over 700 SACCOs to raise capital for members
KYOTERA-At least 730 community-based Savings and Credit Society Co-operatives [SACCOs] in Kyotera district have come together under a new arrangement to raise more funds for members as they engage in income-generating activities.…
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International
Stakeholders urged to support UK co-ops and mutuals bill ahead of its second reading
LONDON-Co-operators in the UK are being urged to voice their support for the Co-operatives, Mutuals and Friendly Societies Bill, which is due for its second reading in the House of Commons next…
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