Income
-
International
GWLN 2023 Empowerment Grant winners to increase financial access worldwide
MADISON, Wis —Global Women’s Leadership Network [GWLN] recently announced its 2023 Empowerment Grant winners — Enkhchimeg Nergui, Partnership Specialist, Mongolian National Confederation of Credit Unions, and Violet Ndungu, CEO, Muki SACCO [Kenya]. The two will…
Read More » -
International
US$ 9.9mln Bezos grant for virtual fencing to combat climate change
NEW YORK – The Bezos Earth Fund has awarded US$ 9.9 million to the Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences [CALS] to support a project developing low-cost virtual livestock fencing that would benefit farmers…
Read More » -
Northern
You are not beneficiaries of PDM, SACCO leaders, politicians told
APAC – The government has excluded members of the Parish Development Committees [PDCs] as well as politicians at the LCII level from benefiting from the Parish Development Model [ PDM ]. The…
Read More » -
Northern
NARO, Caritas team up to train farmers in Lango
LIRA – The National Agricultural Research Organisation [NARO] and Caritas Uganda, a faith-based non-governmental oragnisation have trained 150 farmers in the Lango Sub-region in basic agronomy, climate-smart agriculture, and livestock management. The…
Read More » -
Cooperatives & Communities
MP Atukwase launches VSLA project to get women out of poverty
MBARARA – Mbarara City Woman Member of Parliament, Rita Atukwase has rolled out a village saving and loans association [VSLA] project to help get women in her constituency get out of poverty.…
Read More » -
Western
Tea farmers decry high prices of fertilisers
KYENJOJO – Tea farmers in Kyenjojo and Kabarole districts in western Uganda are concerned about the high prices of fertilisers which have affected production and quality of the green leaf. According to…
Read More » -
Agriculture
MAK don urges Masindi farmers to work in groups
MASINDI – Prof. Samuel Majalija from Makerere University College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resource and Biosecurity, has implored farmers in Bujenje County, Masindi district to form and work in groups if they…
Read More » -
Education
Teachers advised to shun multiple loans
MBALE – Teachers in Mbale district and Uganda at large have been urged to invest part of their earnings in productive activities other than continuously acquiring multiple loans from various financial institutions.…
Read More » -
Finance & Banking
MPs pass bill to kick start Islamic Banking in Uganda
KAMPALA – The enactment of the Income Tax Amendment Bill No.2 of 2023 has cleared all legal roadblocks to the commencement of Islamic banking products in Uganda. Parliament on Tuesday, 27 June…
Read More » -
Cooperatives & Communities
PDM: Gulu and Amuru residents call for translation of informational materials into Acholi dialect
GULU – Several residents of Gulu and Amuru districts in Acholi Sub-region are calling for the translation of informational materials into the Acholi dialect so that they understand the Parish Development Model…
Read More »