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Cooperatives & Communities
MP Auma extends financial support to VSLAs in Kwania district
Kwania, June 19, 2024 – Kwania District Woman Member of Parliament, Kenny Auma Lapat has donated Shs 2.3 million to 10 Women Village Savings and Loan Associations [VSLA] groups in the district…
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Meet Alfred Bolo, a pawpaw farmer in Kenya who has deployed wasps to fight pests
NAIROBI, June 19, 2024 – Alfred Bolo is a father of two children, an agricultural officer by profession, and a practising farmer in Kwale County, Kenya. He grows over 400 pawpaw [papaya]…
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GROW project funds misallocated, says Auditor General
KAMPALA, June 18, 2024 – Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee [PAC] has raised concerns over the utilisation of a Shs 803 billion [US$ 217 million] World Bank grant intended for the Generating Growth…
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Greening: KCCA, Absa Bank partner to plant over 3,000 trees
KAMPALA, June 8, 2024 – Capital City Authority [KCCA] has partnered with Absa Bank Uganda to plant 3,300 trees at KCCA’s Agricultural Resource Centre in Kyanja situated on an expanse of 4.9…
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Masindi women leaders tipped on poverty eradication
MASINDI, June 7, 2024 – Over 80 women leaders from Masindi district have been challenged to mobilise fellow women to embrace different government programmes initiated to fight household poverty. Speaking on Wednesday…
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Agreement to drive sustainable development through Islamic Finance signed
JEDDAH, June 6, 2024 – The Islamic Development Bank Institute [IsDBI] and the General Council for Islamic Banks and Financial Institutions [CIBAFI] signed a Grant Agreement to collaborate towards advancing Islamic finance…
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United Bank for Africa: Shareholders approve payment of N78.7 billion dividend
LAGOS, June 3, 2024 The shareholders of the United Bank for Africa [UBA] Plc, have congratulated the Board of Directors, management and staff of the Bank for the impressive performance recorded over…
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India is hosting the ICA Global Conference for the first time! How did modern-day cooperation begin in the land of ancient civilisation, spirituality and diverse cultures?
NEW DELHI, June 2, 2024 – The 2024 Global Conference [November 2530] will be held in New Delhi, India, at the Bharat Mandapam, which hosted the G20 New Delhi summit in 2023.…
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Multilateral finance institutions win big at African Banker Awards 2024
KAMPALA, May 29, 2024 – The most prestigious event in the African banking calendar, the African Banker Awards Gala Ceremony 2024, took place last night at the JW Marriott Hotel in Nairobi,…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Agrofield Business: Promoting “Made in Congo” products
BRAZZAVILLE, May 29, 2024 – Agrofield Business is an agribusiness cooperative whose mission is to make chips from local fruit. As its president, Edith Nanette Diba, a 34-year-old Congolese entrepreneur with a…
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