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Kabarole women’s groups receive Shs 129mln under UWEP
KABAROLE, September 11, 2024 – Twenty-five women’s groups in Kabarole District have received Shs 129.2 million through the Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Programme [ UWEP ]. Established by the government in the 2016/2017…
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Among urges local gov’ts to account for PDM funds
GULU City, August 28, 2024 – Speaker of Parliament, Anita Annet Among has called on local government officials in the country to provide a detailed account of the funds disbursed under the…
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Minister Okasai urges church leaders to promote wealth creation
KUMI, August 26, 2024 — Sidronius Opolot Okasai, State Minister for Energy, has urged leaders of the Reformed Anglican Church in Uganda to actively sensitise their congregations about government’s wealth creation initiatives.…
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Uganda to host Extraordinary Agricultural Summit
KAMPALA, August 22, 2024 – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni yesterday held discussions with the African Union Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy, and Sustainable Environment, Ambassador Josefa Sacko. Ambassador Josefa Sacko…
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Masindi village chairpersons want to benefit from PDM
MASINDI, August 6, 2024 – Local Council One chairpersons in Masindi district say they should also benefit from the Parish Development Model [ PDM ], a government initiative launched in February 2022,…
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Wealth creation: Leaders in Bunyoro urged on four acre-model
HOIMA, July 31, 2024 – Political, religious, and cultural leaders and civil servants in Bunyoro Subregion have been urged to embark on mobilising farmers with small land to embrace a four-acre model…
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Serere’s Mugarama B VSLA, building bridges to financial inclusion and prosperity
SERERE, July 25, 2024 – In the country where most people in rural areas are outside of the financial system, Mugarama B Village Savings and Loans Association [Mugarama B VSLA] nestled along…
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Global coalition launches new strategy to boost agroecology
ROME, July 5, 2024 – In the context of growing hunger and accelerating climate and biodiversity crises, the 300-member Agroecology Coalition recently launched an ambitious strategy to rapidly accelerate the transition to…
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Cameroon: First US$ 20mln project approved to support transition to deforestation-free agroecological practices
YAONDE, July 4, 2024 – A first US$20 million project funded by the Central Africa Forest Initiative [CAFI] will support Cameroon’s small-scale cocoa and coffee producers adapt to the new European Union…
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Cooperatives & Communities
BKCU demands govt Shs 22.7bln for losses incurred decades ago
MBARARA, June 24, 2024 – The Banyankole Kweterana Cooperative Union [ BKCU ] Limited is yet to be fully compensated for the losses arising from the liberation wars of 1978–79, and 1980–86,…
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