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IFAD issues a EUR 100 million sustainable bond to Bank Al Maghrib, jointly amplifying action for rural development

Views: 9 Rabat/Rome, 30 July 2024 – The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Bank Al Maghrib have agreed to jointly take action in increasing funding to rural development. IFAD issued its eighth sustainable bond, as a private placement, under its Sustainable Development Finance Framework to the central bank of Morocco today. With […]

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Children’s Parliament calls for end to hunger, malnutrition

Views: 18 The 2nd National Children’s Parliament, is being held today, Friday, July 26, 2024, focusing on the theme “A Call to End Child Hunger and Malnutrition.” The Parliament, comprising children from various schools across the country elected Catherine Nanono as their Speaker.           The second National Children’s Parliament has proposed

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Hydrogen electric flight will expediate net zero reality says airline

Views: 4 Emerging Risks The ability to deliver regular and substantive net zero flight looks set to move a step closer as ZeroAvia and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines announced that they will work towards a demonstration flight using ZeroAvia’s ZA2000 zero-emission, hydrogen-electric engines for large regional turboprop. Hydrogen-electric engines use hydrogen in fuel cells to

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Parliament Pays Tribute to Fallen Former Moroto Municipality MP Aleper

Views: 13 Speaker Among described the deceased as a passionate leader who prioritized the well-being of the people of Karamoja and Uganda at large. The Speaker Of Parliament Rt.Hon. Anita Annet Among  introduces MPs to the NRM National Vice chairman Alhaji Moses Kigongo.Photo by Ronald Kabuubi/KMA Updates.  The body of  Hon. Aleper  is seen in

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Next Media suspends Samson Kasumba over tweets on march to Parliament

Views: 24 Kampala_Uganda. Next Media has suspended its senior news anchor Samson Kasumba, following his posts on X warning young people not to participate in yesterday’s demo, sources have told us. Reliable sources at Naguru told us Kasumba was suspended after a top management meeting yesterday decided that his posts on the demo had breached

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Mufti Closes One-Day Education Stakeholders Orientation Workshop in Ntugamu

Views: 7 Sheikh Abdul Karim Abdallah Katamba, the Regional Assistant to the Mufti for the Ankole-Kigezi Region, closed a one-day education workshop for Muslim education stakeholders held at the Ntugamu Muslim district headquarters. He represented His Eminence Dr. Sheikh Shaban Ramadhan Mubaje, the Mufti of Uganda. Present at the workshop were members of the National

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IFAD partners with Zenkyoren to issue its first nutrition bond

Views: 10 Tokyo/Rome, 23 July 2024 – The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) issued its first nutrition bond, under its Sustainable Development Finance Framework, for US$50 million to Zenkyoren,  National Mutual Insurance Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives (Japan). The bond will support IFAD’s investments in rural development programmes, and ensure better food security and nutrition

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The United States and Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) launch the 2024 Academy for Women Entrepreneurs Lesotho, Eswatini and South Africa (AWE LESA)

Views: 19 It supports the U.S. National Strategy on Gender, Equity and Equality and reflects the United States’ commitment to advancing gender equity and economic prosperity in Southern Africa PRETORIA, South Africa, July 22, 2024/ — The U.S. Mission to South Africa and the Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) (www.AWIEForum.org) proudly announce the

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EDWARD AKOL SWORN-IN AS NEW AUDITOR GENERAL

Views: 4   President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has sworn-in Mr. Edward Akol as the new Auditor General in a ceremony that took place at State House Entebbe this afternoon. The oath was administered by the Head of Public service & Secretary to Cabinet, Ms. Lucy Nakyobe Mbonye. Speaking shortly after the swearing-in ceremony, President Museveni

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MoICT PS, Amina Zawedde (2L) and the MTN Uganda Team share a pre-match handshake.

Views: 6 MoICT PS, Amina Zawedde (2L) and the MTN Uganda Team share a pre-match handshake. In a captivating and highly competitive final match held at the Kampala International School Uganda (KISU), MTN Uganda emerged victorious against Huawei, the Tournament organizer, with a nail-biting 2-1 win. This victory not only clinched the championship for MTN

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