EAC
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Cooperatives & Communities
EAC needs to create 120mln jobs, think tank says
KAMPALA – The East African Community [EAC] needs to create at least 120 million jobs to take care of its growing young population, Makerere University’s Economic Policy Research Centre [EPRC] researchers have…
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News
EAC ministers adopt 35 percent common external tariff
KAMPALA– East African Community (EAC) ministers of trade and finance have adopted 35 percent as the 4th band of the EAC Common External Tariff (CET), officials say. The Ministers, during a retreat on…
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How SACCOs came to dominate Uganda’s Cooperative Movement
As you travel across Uganda, you will not miss a signage with the word “Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies (SACCOs)”. Even businesses that lend money and have nothing to do with formal…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Lango Cooperative Union in battle to recover lost assets
The leadership of Lango Cooperative Union is struggling to repossess its prime assets that were lost to private individuals. Formed in 1952 to promote cotton growing in the greater Lango sub-region, it…
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Development
Bunyoro leaders urged on sugarcane cooperatives
Leaders from the Operation Wealth Creation (OWC) secretariat have called upon the leadership of Bunyoro sub-region to mobilize sugarcane farmers to form cooperatives. The call was made by former minister for Information…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Prioritize EAC integration, Museveni urges
President Yoweri Museveni has asked local leaders to focus on East Africa’s integration, saying Ugandans stand to gain more from being able to access the larger regional market than being limited to…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Masaka Cooperative Union sets up credit arm to support members
In December 2019, Masaka Co-operative Union formed a financial cooperative to boost coffee production capacity in the region. For the last 70 years, Masaka Co-op union has worked with primary societies involved…
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Karamoja farmers appeal to government for irrigation scheme
A section of farmers in Karamoja sub region in north eastern Uganda have appealed to the government to prioritize construction of irrigation schemes if it is to address food shortage in the…
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Cooperatives & Communities
54 SACCOs to benefit from Emyooga in Masindi
54 SACCOs have been formed out of over 1000 groups which were registered to benefit from the Presidential Wealth, Job Creation Initiative, commonly known as Emyooga, in Masindi district. Before they can…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Cooperatives can aid women economic recovery – Experts
Cooperatives can help deliver the country’s socio-economic goals in a post-COVID-19 world, enhance resilience and promote women’s inclusion in government’s economic recovery programs, experts believe. According to Monica Emiru Enyou, the Executive…
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