KAMPALA, July 7, 2026 — Access to finance remains one of the most important drivers of business growth. Whether you are launching a start-up, expanding a school, increasing stock, purchasing machinery, investing in agricultural production, opening a new branch, or growing an established enterprise, access to the right financing can provide the capital needed to …
MADISON, Wisconsin, July 7, 2026 — The World Council of Credit Unions [ WOCCU ], in collaboration with Visa, has completed one of the first known cross-border digital remittances between credit union cooperatives, connecting members in the United States directly with members in Guatemala through a new pilot initiative. The milestone represents a significant step …
KAMPALA, July 7 — Small and medium-sized enterprises [SMEs] operating in Uganda’s Karamoja Sub-region have been invited to apply for grants of up to US$15,000 under a new European Union-funded programme aimed at strengthening climate-resilient pastoral and agro-pastoral market systems. The PLACE SME Grant Facility, established under the European Union-funded Regional Programme in Livestock and …
GULU CITY, July 7, 2026 — Beer brewer Nile Breweries Limited [NBL] has trained more than 300 retailers, mainly bar owners and stockists, in Gulu City on financial literacy as part of its Growing Retailers Innovatively Together [GRIT] programme. The company, which previously reached 1,560 retailers in Kampala, Hoima, Mbarara and Jinja in 2024 and …
LUWERO, July 7, 2026 — Dairy farmers in Nakaseke district are increasingly embracing solar-powered irrigation systems to sustain fodder production, increase milk yields and cushion themselves against the effects of climate change. The growing adoption of renewable energy is transforming dairy farming in the district, with farmers using solar-powered technologies not only to pump water …
NAIROBI, July 6, 2026 — Kericho County in Kenya is redefining the role of cooperative societies, transforming them from traditional marketing organisations into drivers of rural industrialisation, value addition and enterprise development as part of efforts to accelerate the implementation of the Government’s Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda [BETA]. From coffee processing and dairy production to …
