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Mbale City women entrepreneurs sensitised on Grow project
MBALE, September 7, 2024 — Government days ago launched the Generating Growth Opportunities and Productivity for Women Enterprises [GROW] project in Mbale City, calling upon women entrepreneurs to participate in the project…
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Govt picks six banks for over Shs 803bln GROW project
KAMPALA, August 14, 2024 – Six commercial banks have been selected by government as it implements the World Bank funded Generating Growth Opportunities and Productivity for Women Enterprises [ GROW ] project.…
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Boosting agricultural value addition: MPs urge gov’t to improve access to electricity in rural areas
KAMPALA, August 9, 2024 – Members of Parliament [MPs] have urged government to improve access to electricity in rural areas to boost value-addition in the agriculture sector. The legislators made the call…
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Zambia agribusiness SME Accelerator launches second cohort to boost climate action
LUSAKA, August 5, 2024 – The second cohort of an Accelerator program for small and medium-sized enterprises [SMEs] in the agribusiness sector launched recently in Lusaka, Zambia. This Accelerator will deliver climate-smart…
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AfDB’s sovereign portfolio retains top spot in 2024 Aid Transparency Index
ABIDJAN, July 17, 2024 – Publish What You Fund, the global campaign for aid and development transparency, has once again named the African Development Bank’s [AfDB] sovereign portfolio as the most transparent. The…
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Hoteliers, tourism students to get more skills
KAMPALA, July 10, 2024: The Hotel and Tourism Training Institute [HTTI] in Jinja district has developed a comprehensive plan to equip Ugandan hoteliers, tourism students, and specialists with more skills so that…
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Inspectorate of Government raises concerns over Shs 11bln Lira City USMID project
LIRA CITY, June 19, 2024 – The Inspectorate of Government [IG] has raised concerns over Shs 11 billion unexhausted funds under the Support to Municipal Infrastructure Development Programme in Lira City yet…
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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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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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Land Squeeze: Soaring land prices, grabs and carbon schemes threaten food production, experts warn
KAMPALA, May 24, 2024 – Soaring land prices, land grabs, and carbon schemes create an unprecedented ‘land squeeze’, threatening farmers and food production. This reveals a comprehensive new report by the International…
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