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TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations 2023: Lots to play for in final round of qualifiers
KAMPALA – At the end of this qualifying round to be played this week, all the 24 nations to qualify for the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations 2023 finals in Côte d’Ivoire…
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Africa
Renewable energy offers Africa’s best opportunity to achieve SDGs, experts say
ABIDJAN – Africa must increase investment in developing its renewable energy and attract greater support of the private sector and international financial institutions if it is to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals…
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Cooperatives & Communities
ICA-Africa to hold 16th Africa Regional Assembly and Conference
ABUJA -ICA-Africa, a regional member of the International Cooperative Alliance will host the 16th Africa Regional Assembly and Conference from November 14-15, 2023 at the Abuja Continental Hotel in Abuja, Nigeria. According…
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International
FIFA Women’s rankings: African teams move upwards
KAMPALA– A few days after the final of the FIFA Women’s World Cup™ Australia & New Zealand 2023, FIFA has published its latest rankings, which contain a number of positive changes for…
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International
Spain reign as Women’s World Cup goes beyond greatness
WELLIGTON – Slogans can often be empty but, in ‘Beyond Greatness’, the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™ found both a mission statement and a fitting epitaph. France 2019 had, after all, been…
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Africa
FSD Africa Investments avails £10mln to support Nigeria’s sustainable climate infrastructure
LAGOS – FSD Africa Investments [FSDAi], in collaboration with InfraCredit, have invested £10 million into a first-of-its-kind risk-sharing backstop facility, designed to unlock local currency funding for sustainable infrastructure development in Nigeria. The…
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Africa
Cooperative societies urge Tinubu to establish commission to boost economy
ABUJA – Cooperative societies in Nigeria have called on President Bola Tinubu’s administration to establish the Cooperative Commission of Nigeria [CCN]. According to them, if established, the commission will address the long-standing…
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News
Museveni warns officials against mismanaging PDM money
KAMPALA-President Yoweri Museveni has put corrupt officials on notice over the Parish Development Model [PDM], a programmme he launched early last year to fight poverty in Uganda’s poor households. In a special…
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Africa
Madagascar: ADF’s agriculture rehabilitation project boosts farmers’ income
ANTANANARIVO -In Madagascar, the South-West Region Agricultural Infrastructure Rehabilitation Project, funded by the African Development Bank [AfDB], has provided a new boost to agriculture, resulting in enhanced farmers’ incomes, according to the project completion report.…
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Africa
Meet Labaran, the new ICA-Africa Youth President
ABUJA-Abubakar Sadiq Labaran became the second Presidnet of International Cooperative Alliance-Africa [ICA-Africa] Youth Network. Labaran was elected president in a recent by-election that took place during the Members’ Forum in Cairo, Egypt.…
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