investments
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Africa
New partnership aims to connect 300mln to electricity by 2030
KAMPALA, April 18, 2024 – The World Bank Group and African Development Bank Group are partnering on an ambitious effort to provide at least 300 million people in Africa with electricity access by…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Oikocredit’s new partnership with Patagonian Fruits supports Argentina’s fruit sector
AMERSFOORT, April 11, 2024 – Social impact investor Oikocredit is providing € 6 million in long-term financing to Patagonian Fruits in Argentina to support fruit purchases from farmers, boost production, invest in protective netting…
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News
East Asia and Pacific to sustain growth amid global headwinds, says World Bank
WASHINGTON, April 2, 2024 — Developing East Asia and Pacific is growing faster than the rest of the world but slower than it was before the pandemic, the World Bank said on…
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News
Equity Bank trains women in financial management
FORT PORTAL CITY, March 16, 2024 – As part of celebrating women’s achievements in the country, Equity Bank Uganda is empowering women who run small-scale businesses in financial literacy in a bid…
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News
DRC: AfDB to lend over US$110mln to support agricultural transformation
ABIDJAN – Meeting in Abidjan on 14 February 2024, the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group [AfDB] approved a loan of US$ 117.9 million to the Democratic Republic of…
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News
UIA probed over mischarged expenditure
KAMPALA, February 21, 2024 – Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises [COSASE] has tasked the Uganda Investment Authority [ UIA ] to explain the unauthorised use of…
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International
IFAD Member States approve ambitious US$ 2bln plan to reduce hunger and poverty for 100mln rural people
ROME, 6February 16, 2024 – As climate change, biodiversity loss, economic uncertainties and growing instability take a strong toll on rural communities and small-scale farmers in many parts of the world, particularly…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Ghana cooperative credit unions call for tax exemptions
ACCRA, November 7, 2023 – The Ghana Co-operative Credit Unions Association Limited is appealing to government to seriously consider exempting its members from paying taxes, according to local news website, Graphic Online.…
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Western
UDB unveils plan to support Bunyoro women entrepreneurs
HOIMA, September 27, 2023 – Uganda Development Bank [ UDB ] has unveiled a plan to give financial support to organised women entrepreneurs in Bunyoro Sub-region so that they can grow their…
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Eastern
Project introduces plant clinics to help farmers in Karamoja fight crop pests and diseases
ENTEBBE – A joint effort, dubbed Plant Clinics, to fight crop pests and diseases in Karamoja Sub-region by extending quality extension services and information for early warning and anticipatory action to farmers…
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