USAID
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Cooperatives & Communities
Marking 2023 International Day of Cooperatives: LCU chairman congratulates cooperators
LIRA- Lango Cooperative Union [LCU] chairman, Maxwell Ebong Patrick Akora has congratulated cooperators in Uganda and the rest of the world as they mark the 2023 International Day of Cooperatives which happens…
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Health
THF raises US$50mln to scale proven innovative healthcare models in Africa
NAIROBI – FSD Africa Investments, AfricInvest, Malaria No More, and Health Finance Coalition [HFC] have announced the establishment of the Transform Health Fund [ THF ], a blended-finance fund for scaling proven and…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Farmers’ group boosted with equipment and seeds
GULU-Opar pi wan Farmers Group which engages in horticulture in Loyo-boo village, Unyama Sub-county, Gulu district has received farming equipment and seeds worth Shs 7.4 million. The group which also grows and…
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Health
Malaria kills over 130 in Acholi as drugs run out
GULU– Malaria has reportedly killed 136 people in Acholi Sub-region due to the lack of drugs in the government health centres. According to medical workers, there has also been an increasing number…
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News
African regulators and utilities meet over the 2022 Electricity Regulatory Index
NAIROBI– The African Development Bank [ AfDB ] recently held a two-day workshop for electricity sector regulators and utilities on its annual flagship report, the Electricity Regulatory Index for Africa [ERI]. The…
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News
Dr Atwine urges medics to take up operational research
MBARARA– The Permanent Secretary [PS] in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Diana Atwine has encouraged the medical personnel to employ operational research, which she said is important in ensuring that techniques and…
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Development
USAID to fund agriculture co-operatives in Uganda
KAMPALA– Some of the agriculture co-operatives in Uganda will be able to access cheap loans enabled by United States Agency for International Development [USAID] / Uganda Strategic Investment Activity (SIA), with co-operators…
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