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Cooperatives Urged to Take Leading Role in Latin America’s Productive Transformation
SANTIAGO, May 27, 2025 –– Cooperatives have been urged to take on a more prominent role in driving productive transformation and promoting inclusive, sustainable development across Latin America and the Caribbean. The…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Global business leaders commit to challenging crises through cooperation
MADRID, May 23, 2025 – – Leaders from the world’s largest cooperative and mutual businesses met in Madrid, Spain, on May 21-22, to discuss collaborative solutions to some of the world’s most…
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UCEM to champion clean energy solutions
KAMPALA, May 8, 2025 – The Uganda Chamber of Energy and Minerals [ UCEM ] has pledged to lead the charge in promoting clean energy solutions and sustainable mineral development across the…
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IYC2025: Building a better world through health
LONDON, April 29, 2025 –– World Health Day was celebrated on Monday, 7 April, a date that marks the anniversary of the founding of the World Health Organisation [WHO] in 1948. This…
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UDB launches programme to reshape industrialisation
KAMPALA, March 25, 2025 – Uganda Development Bank [UDB] recently launched the Reshaping Industries for a Sustainable Economy [RISE] Programme expected to transform the way the Bank deploys its resources within the…
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SIDA invests US$ 4.1bln to empower rural women in fight against climate change
ADJUMANI, February 17, 2025 — The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency [SIDA] has allocated US$ 1.12 million [about Shs 4.1 billion] to support a project aimed at addressing inequalities in food systems,…
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Uganda’s Freza Nanotech wins FAO Innovation Award 2024 for pioneering fruit preservation technology
ROME, December 5, 2024 – Freza Nanotech Limited, a startup from Uganda, has won the 2024 Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations [ FAO ] Innovation Award for developing a…
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International
ICA President’s message at the launch of the United Nations International Year of Cooperatives held during the ICA Global Cooperative Conference 2024 in New Delhi, India
NEW DELHI, November 26, 2024 — It is with immense pride and hope that I welcome you to the launch of the United Nations International Year of Cooperatives held during the ICA…
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UN Summit of the Future: Cooperatives leverage technology, innovation, and youth to advance SDGs
NEW YORK, October 14, 2024 — Cooperatives are leading the way in democratising science and technology, contributing significantly to the Sustainable Development Goals [SDGs], concluded a side event at the United Nations…
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IsDBI, INCEIF launch journal bridging Islamic finance and sustainable development
JEDDAH, September 3, 2024 – The Islamic Development Bank Institute [IsDBI] and the International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance [INCEIF University] have launched the “International Journal of Islamic Finance and Sustainable…
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