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Cooperatives & Communities
Refugees demand for inclusion in govt programmes
LAMWO– Refugees settled in the three settlement centres in Lamwo district want to benefit from government programmes such as; Uganda Women Entrepreneurship program, (UWEP) and Youth Livelihood Fund, which are geared toward…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Kenya’s SACCOs richest in Africa with US$13.64bln in total assets
NAIROBI – Savings and Credit Co-operative Societies (Saccos) in Kenya are the wealthiest in Africa by total assets, according to the new World Council of Credit Unions’ (WOCCU) 2020 Statistical Report. According…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Value added pumpkins boost Gulu Farmers savings
GULU – A local farmer group in Unyama sub-county, Gulu district is adding value to pumpkins in a bid to cut out the middle man and earn more money from the fruit.…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Embrace agriculture, UNOC ED tells Kingdom subjects
HOIMA – The Executive Director (ED) for Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) Proscovia Nabbajja has warned the people of Bunyoro against abandoning other sectors in favor for oil and gas sector. On…
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100 women acquire hands-on skills in bakery
BUNYANGABU – Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Programme (UWEP) in partnership with Uganda Industrial Research Institute (UIRI) have trained 100 women on bakery and mindset change in Bunyangabu district. UWEP National Coordinator, Winfred Matsiko…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Amuru Women petition District Chairman over illegal sale of Amuru Hot Springs
AMURU – Women from Amoyokuma, sub-ward, Amuru Town Council have petitioned Michael Lakony, the LCV Chairperson, Amuru district to intervene as they struggle to recover land they claim to be communally owned.…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Cooperative slashes fees to attract new members
To shore up its numbers, Lira Diocese Multipurpose Cooperative Society Limited has slashed its membership fee from Shs 50,000 to Shs 30,000 to encourage registration of new members with minimal fees. In…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Masindi women tipped on growing their SACCOs, SMEs
Women belonging to different women’s SACCOs and savings groups, as well as owners of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Masindi district have been trained on how to manage and grow then…
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Cooperatives & Communities
FOWODE trains 800 women entrepreneurs in basic business skills
Over 800 small scale business women in Gulu district have benefited from basic business skills training from the Forum for Women in Democracy (FOWODE), a women’s national non-partisan organization. The women, who…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Cooperatives can aid women economic recovery – Experts
Cooperatives can help deliver the country’s socio-economic goals in a post-COVID-19 world, enhance resilience and promote women’s inclusion in government’s economic recovery programs, experts believe. According to Monica Emiru Enyou, the Executive…
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