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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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Global carbon pricing revenues top a record US$ 100bln
WASHINGTON, May 23, 2024 — In 2023, carbon pricing revenues reached a record US$ 104 billion, according to the World Bank’s annual “State and Trends of Carbon Pricing 2024” report released today.…
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Boosting irrigation: Govt earmarks Shs 560mln for Masindi farmers
MASINDI, May 22, 2024 – Government through the Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries [MAAIF] has set aside Shs 560 million for individual farmers in Masindi district to purchase and use…
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Govt launches GROW project in Agago district
AGAGO, May 21, 2024 – Government has launched the Generating Growth and Opportunities for Women Enterprises [GROW] project targeting to benefit about 200 women-led enterprises in Agago district. The State Minister for…
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Development
Bunyoro businesswomen urged to embrace GROW project
HOIMA, May 11, 2024 – Prudence Akatukwatsa, a gender specialist in the Ministry of Gender, Labour Social Development has [MGLSD] has advised women entrepreneurs in Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom to embrace Generating Growth…
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