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Museveni urges universities, others to prioritise skills development
FORT PORTAL CITY –– President Yoweri Museveni has urged universities and other higher education institutions in Uganda to focus on equipping students with practical skills, particularly in the fields of science and technology,…
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Trade: COMESA Court of Justice delivers a landmark decision on safeguard measures
HARARE, February 9, 2025 — The First Instance Division [FID] of the COMESA Court of Justice [CCJ] recently delivered a landmark decision in the case of Agiliss Ltd v The Republic of Mauritius and 4…
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UCSCU let down as EBO SACCO opts for BoU regulation
MBARARA, 3rd February 2025 – The Vice Chairman of the Uganda Cooperative Savings and Credit Union [ UCSCU ], Stephen Bongonzya, has expressed his disappointment regarding some of the larger Savings and…
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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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Indonesia seeks to boost number of cooperatives’ members to 60mln
JAKARTA, November 11, 2024 — Indonesia’s Cooperatives Minister Budi Arie Setiadi is looking to ramp up public participation in cooperatives and is eyeing to increase the number of cooperatives’ members to 60…
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Model Law on Cooperatives for Africa: Taxation, self-regulation among key issues cited
KAMPALA, September 30, 2024 — The Pan African Parliament [PAP] recently adopted the Model Law on Cooperative for Africa. The Law has over 40 articles that the cooperative movement or cooperatives in…
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House urges gov’t to provide more money for disasters
KAMPALA, September 26, 2024 – The Members of Parliament have called upon government to allocate more funds to help in the management of disasters in the country. The debate was triggered by…
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Money lenders in Lira City arrested over retaining clients’ national IDs as collateral
LIRA CITY, August 6, 2024 – Police in Lira City West Division have arrested three money lenders in Lira City for allegedly keeping the national identity cards [IDs] of their clients as…
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ICA makes submission to the International Court of Justice on the Right to Strike
BRUSSELS, July 19, 2024 – Are workers’ rights to strike protected under the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention [ILO No. 87]? For the first time in…
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