Income
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Cooperatives & Communities
Bunyoro sugarcane farmers urged to subscribe to local coop union
MASINDI, April, 20, 2024 – Sugarcane farmers in Masindi district have been urged to join Bunyoro Sugarcane Cooperative Union Limited [BSCUL] if they are to reap big from their enterprise. The call…
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News
Butaleja flood victims appeal for food relief
BUTALEJA, April 8, 2024 – A section of residents in Butaleja district have appealed to government to come to provide them with food and other items, saying they are living a miserable…
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Eastern
Serere: Fishmongers applaud Minister Adoa for the road project
SERERE, February 1, 2024 – Local fishmongers have lauded Minister of State for Fisheries, Hellen Adoa for launching a new road construction project in Serere district, saying the bad roads are a…
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East Africa
EAC Partner States commended for supporting MSMEs
BUJUMBURA, December 18, 2023 – The EAC Partner States and the EAC Secretariat have been commended for continuously supporting the development and growth of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises [ MSMEs…
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Cooperatives & Communities
TCDC boss commissions construction of major coop building
DAR ES SALAAM, December 14, 2023 – The Commissioner and Chief Executive of Tanzania Cooperative Development Commission [ TCDC ], Dr. Benson Ndiege officially commissioned the construction of an office building for…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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