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News
Cooperatives, coffee cited as Buganda Kingdom unveils Shs 409.3bln budget
KAMPALA, July 9, 2026 — Cooperatives and coffee have emerged as key pillars of Buganda Kingdom’s development agenda after the Kingdom unveiled a Shs 409.315 billion budget for the 2026/27 financial year,…
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Opinions & Commentary
Bad Pricing: The Silent Killer of Micro-Trading Businesses – and How the Cooperative Model Can Help Uganda’s Entrepreneurs
KAMPALA, July 8, 2026 — Across Africa, micro-enterprises are the lifeblood of economic activity. They account for more than 70 percent of many national economies and generate between 60 and 80 percent…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Cooperatives emerge as engine of rural industrialisation in Kenya
NAIROBI, July 6, 2026 — Kericho County in Kenya is redefining the role of cooperative societies, transforming them from traditional marketing organisations into drivers of rural industrialisation, value addition and enterprise development…
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Cooperatives & Communities
#CoopsDay 2026: World’s cooperatives highlighted peacebuilding role on International Day of Cooperatives
BRUSSELS, July 5, 2026 — More than one billion cooperative members around the world marked the United Nations International Day of Cooperatives [#CoopsDay] on Saturday under the theme “Cooperatives for a Peaceful…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Registrar Orders SGM for Moyo SACCO Amid Governance Dispute
MOYO, July 3, 2026 — The Registrar of Cooperative Societies in the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives [MTIC], Robert Bariyo Barigye, has directed that a Special General Meeting [SGM] of Moyo…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Trade ministry challenges Walimu Cooperative Union to revamp primary cooperatives
KAMPALA, July 3, 2026 — Uganda’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives [MTIC] has tasked the Walimu Cooperative Union with reviving all dormant teachers’ Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisations [SACCOs] across the…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Stanbic cuts lending rate for agricultural cooperatives to 10 percent
KAMPALA, July 2, 2026 — Stanbic Bank Uganda Ltd has reduced its lending rate for all agricultural cooperatives to 10 percent in a bid to expand financial inclusion, particularly among women, young…
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International
Indonesia scales back military training for coop programme after multiple deaths prompt rights concerns
JAKARTA, July 1, 2026 – Indonesia has scaled back basic military training for prospective managers of President Prabowo Subianto’s flagship village cooperative programme following the deaths of five participants in the opening…
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Cooperatives & Communities
MSMEs Day: in The Gambia, women farmers turn post-harvest losses into value added products and increase their incomes
BANJUL, June 30, 2026 — In rural Gambia, smallholder women farmers like Kumba Jallow face a tough reality: they work hard to grow food, yet a significant share of their harvest never…
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News
Stakeholders convene to chart growth strategy for Uganda’s avocado industry
KAMPALA, June 23, 2026 — Farmers, exporters, processors and government officials have convened in Kampala to develop strategies aimed at strengthening Uganda’s avocado industry and improving its competitiveness in regional and international…
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