BRASILIA, May 30, 2026 — Aurora Coop, considered the largest meat cooperative in Brazil, estimates it would need to hire an additional 11,000 workers on top of the current 51,000 just to produce slightly less than today, should Congress approve the end of the 6×1 schedule and the reduction of the workweek to 40 hours. This …
BRAZZAVILLE, May 30, 2026 — The fifth edition of the African Development Bank’s [AfDB] Trade Finance Report paints a picture of resilient African financial institutions in the post Covid-19 years, despite a challenging global environment. The 2025 Trade Finance Report, which provides an updated assessment of Africa’s trade finance landscape over the 2020–2024 period following …
KAMPALA, May 29, 2026 — Uganda has a total of 43,567 primary schools, according to the Baseline Education Census [BEC] 2025 Report released by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics [UBOS]. The report released yesterday states 31,010 of the schools are privately owned, meaning public primary schools account for only 28.8 percent of all primary schools …
GENEVA, May 29, 2026 – The global economic outlook has deteriorated sharply in recent weeks, according to the latest edition of the World Economic Forum’s Chief Economists’ Outlook, published on Thursday. Nearly nine in ten chief economists surveyed expect global growth to weaken over the next 12 months, reversing the cautious optimism seen at the start of …
BRAZZAVILLE, May 29, 2026 — Senior African finance leaders attending the African Development Bank Group’s [AfDB]Annual Meetings in Brazzaville have called for coordinated action to unlock an estimated US$ 250 billion in assets held by the continent’s development finance institutions to support Mission 300, a joint initiative by the African Development Bank and the World …
SERERE, May 29, 2026 — The National Semi Arid Resources Research Institute[ NaSARRI] has started empowering livestock farmers in Teso, Karamoja and Lango subregions with skills to enable them make climate smart interventions in the face of extreme climate change effects. The Climate-Smart Agriculture Project, co-funded by the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries …
