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Cooperatives & Communities
Masindi SME owners told to form cooperatives
MASINDI, July 1, 2024 – Johnson Abitekaniza, Commissioner Business and Quality Assurance in Ministry of Trade Industry Cooperatives [MTIC] has underscored the need for small and medium enterprises [SMEs] owners to organise…
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Finance & Banking
Equity Bank trains Gulu young entrepreneurs in investment and digital economy
GULU – Equity Bank has trained hundreds of young entrepreneurs in Gulu on how to invest and take advantage of the digital economy. The training was aimed at giving young entrepreneurs the…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Tea growers, BKCU to hold AGMs soon
KAMPALA – Shareholders of Kayonza Growers Tea Factory [KGTF] Limited will attend the company’s 27th Annual General Meeting on July 14, 2023, according to the company secretary, Kenneth Mutabaruka. Mutabaruka in the…
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Finance & Banking
NSSF launches campaign to recruit more members
MBARARA – The National Social Security Fund [ NSSF ] senior public relations officer, Victory Karamagi says they have launched a campaign aimed at encouraging more employers in the country to register…
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International
MEPs agree on new law to ensure products causing deforestation are not traded in EU
BRUSSELS– On Tuesday morning, Members of the European Parliament [ MEPs ] reached a preliminary deal with European Union [EU] governments on a new law on deforestation-free products that will make it…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Gulu artists get free space to showcase their works
GULU-Loremi Tours and Elephante Commons, a charity organisation, have partnered to provide space for local artists in Gulu City to display their artistic works Since 2020, nearly 300 local artists in Gulu…
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Cooperatives & Communities
South Africa to host major conference on cooperatives in Africa
JOHANNESBURG– African cooperators and other stakeholders will from November 3-4, 2022, attend the 2nd edition of the annual Conference on Cooperatives and the Solidarity Economy [CCSE] hosted by Africa Cooperatives Institute of…
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Northern
UNBS opens regional food safety laboratory in Gulu City to ease trade
GULU– Uganda National Bureau of Standards [UNBS] has opened a Food Safety Testing Laboratory for Northern Region based in Gulu City. The Equipment for the Laboratory was donated by Vegetable Oil Development…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Maize farmers get Shs 100mln machines for value addition
KIKUUBE– Farmers operating under Bunyoro Tulihamu Cooperative Society and Twimuke Saving Internal Lending Community Association will now process their maize after receiving two milling machines worth Sh100 million, from the government. The…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Govt slashes tax on opaque beer
KAMPALA – Brewers producing the low cost opaque beer in Uganda will in the new Financial Year 2022/2023 enjoy a tax cut as government entices more local manufacturers into alcohol brewing. Effective July…
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