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Cooperatives & Communities
Training is the key to a better future for West African cocoa farmers, says new report
ACCRA, September 19, 2023 – Fairtrade cocoa farmers in West Africa are training themselves and their colleagues in record numbers as they seek to overcome significant post-pandemic challenges, according to new data…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Stanbic Bank loans to SACCOs hit Shs 55bln
KAMPALA – Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies [SACCOs] have so far received loans worth Shs 55 billion from Stanbic Bank Uganda, according to Patrick Twinamatsiko, the head of SACCOs business at Uganda’s…
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Western
Mbarara market vendors decry new markets law
MBARARA – The Markets Act, 2023 which came into effect in May has not gone down well with market leaders in Mbarara City who say they were not consulted during its formulation.…
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Africa
Partners express support for US$ 900mln Mauritania-Mali power line
NOUAKCHOTT – Development partners have committed to mobilize funding for a US$ 900 million multinational power transmission line between Mauritania and Mali, connecting 620,000 people to electricity. The partners made the commitment…
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Eastern
NGO donates 150 bicycles to local environmental activists
SOROTI – Environmental activists in Teso-Sub-region who have been sensitising communities on climate change will now move smoothly after receiving bicycles from Shine Africa Foundation -Teso [SAF-Teso], an indigenous Ugandan non-profit organization.…
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International
Modi urges coops to partner with government
NEW DELHI – Addressing the 17th Indian Cooperative Congress at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi on Saturday, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi urged cooperatives to partner with the government to realise a…
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Cooperatives & Communities
The role of cooperatives in achieving sustainable development
KAMPALA– This year’s International Day of Cooperatives theme is “Cooperatives: partners for accelerated sustainable development”. According to the World Co-operative Monitor, the largest 300 cooperatives and mutuals reported a total turnover of US$ 2,034.98…
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East Africa
China to strengthen cooperation with EAC in capacity building and trade
ARUSHA – The People’s Republic of China has pledged to strengthen cooperation with the East African Community [EAC] in capacity building, trade, infrastructure development, and other fields. The Chinese Ambassador to Tanzania…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Apac parish chiefs held over sabotaging PDM
APAC – Police at Apac Central Police Station are holding in custody two parish chiefs for allegedly sabotaging the Parish Development Programme [PDM], a government programme launched over a year ago to…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Government urged not to rush PDM
LIRA – The government has been advised not to hurry the implementation of the Parish Development Model [PDM] but prioritise working on the mindsets of the beneficiaries of the programme aimed at…
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