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Finance & Banking
UDB, Ojangole win second Global Sustainable Finance Award
KAMPALA-Uganda Development Bank [UDB] and its Managing Director, Patricia Ojangole were for the second time in a row named Sustainability Leader of the Year 2022 at the Karlsruhe Sustainability Awards Ceremony that…
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Education
Kabalega Secondary School to embark on agri-business
MASINDI– Administrators at Kabalega Secondary School in Masindi Municipality have decided to invest in agri-business as one way of helping the school boost its income streams. Speaking during the twin inauguration of…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Gulu cooperatives to be probed over mismanagement, unprofessionalism
GULU-Plans are underway to probe cooperative societies in Gulu district over allegations of mismanagement, unprofessionalism, and operating under closed doors. According to Gulu district commercial officer, Patrick Ojok Lakica, several members belonging…
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Health
TASO commissions revamped health facilities in Teso
SOROTI-The Aids Support Organisation [ TASO ] on Thursday commissioned and handed over six renovated health facilities in Teso Sub-region at a cost of Shs 932 million. The facilities that were handed…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Fruit and vegetable farmers in South Sudan reach for global standards
JUBA-In South Sudan, International Trade Centre [ITC] training guides fruit and vegetable farmers as they work to increase their harvests and attain global standards, according to a recent press release. Small farmers…
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International
RBI asks Indian co-op banks to appoint compliance officers
NEW DELHI– Urban Co-operative Banks [UCBs] in India are now required by the Reserve Bank of India [ RBI ]to appoint Chief Compliance Officers [CCOs] if they are to do business better,…
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International
UNDP and Carrefour Jordan collaborate to support cooperatives in Jordan
AMMAN-Carrefour Jordan, owned and operated by Majid Al-Futtaim Company in Jordan, recently signed an agreement with the United Nations Development Programme UNDP to support and promote the products of cooperatives in Shouneh,…
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Energy & Mining
Over 100 youth in Bunyoro qualify to train as truck drivers in oil and gas sector
HOIMA– 110 youth from Bunyoro Kitara kingdom have a reason to smile after they qualified to learn to drive heavy trucks that will be used in the oil and gas sector. The…
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News
UCDA and PSFU partner to boost coffee subsector
KAMPALA – Uganda Coffee Development Authority [UCDA] and the Private Sector Foundation Uganda [ PSFU ] have signed a memorandum of cooperation aimed at growing the country’s coffee sector. Dr. Emmanuel Iyamulemye,…
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News
UNBS elected to ARSO Council
KAMPALA– Uganda, through Uganda National Bureau of Standards [UNBS] has been elected to the African Regional Standards Organization [ ARSO ] as a member of the Board. UNBS will be part of…
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