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Chief economists warn global growth under strain from trade policy shocks and AI disruption
KAMPALA , May 28, 2025 –– The global economic outlook has worsened since the start of the year, as rising economic nationalism and tariff volatility fuel uncertainty and risk stalling long-term decision-making, according to…
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77th Anniversary: WOCCU eager to make most of International Co-op Year
MADISON, WISCONSIN, April 18, 2025 — World Council of Credit Unions [ WOCCU ] and Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions [WFCU] have announced “Cooperation for a Prosperous World” as the theme for…
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Austria and Uganda launch Shs 14bln project to combat GBV in Greater Masaka
MASAKA, March 21, 2025 – The Governments of Austria and Uganda have launched a €3.5 million [approximately Shs 14 billion] three-year project aimed at combating gender-based violence [ GBV ] in the…
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Alarm as governments, companies borrow USD 25 trillion in 2024
KAMPALA, March 21, 2025 — Governments and companies borrowed USD 25 trillion from markets in 2024, which is USD 10trn more compared to the pre-COVID period, and nearly three times the amount…
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2025 Digital Growth Award Nominations Open
MADISON, Wis., January 10, 2025 — Nominations are open for World Council of Credit Unions’ [WOCCU] 2025 Digital Growth Award, which will recognise one or more member credit union associations or individual…
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Higher commodity prices drove up public revenues in Africa in 2022
KAMPALA, December 13, 2024: Tax revenues rose across African countries on average in 2022 due to higher commodity prices, according to new data published early this week. Revenue Statistics in Africa 2024…
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ASETT, a New Think Tank on social economy, launched in New Delhi
NEW DELHI, December 10, 2024 –– A new social economy think-tank aiming to create more cooperatives and social economy actors was launched at the just concluded ICA Global Conference in New Delhi.…
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Africa must strengthen accountability and governance to prosper – Botswana President Duma Boko
GABORONE, November 25, 2024 — Africa’s economic success and sustainability are intrinsically linked to accountable governance, Botswana’s President, Duma Boko, stressed at the opening of the 2024 African Economic Conference in Gaborone.…
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Ninth Africa Energy Market Place held in Dar es Salaam ahead of key Africa Heads of State Energy Summit
DAR ES SALAAM, October 25, 2024 — Further to an April 2024 pledge by the Presidents of the African Development Bank and the World Bank to bring electricity access to 300 million…
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Fishing on Lake Albert: Congolese fishermen get back confiscated fishing gear
BULIISA, July 5, 2024: Congolese fishermen whose fishing gears were impounded by the UPDF Fisheries Protection Unity [FPU] have a reason to smile after government returned their fishing gear. Major Frank Kanzira,…
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