Uganda
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Ethiopia inaugurates US$2.3m veterinary drug manufacturing plant to meet local demand
ETHIOPIA – Ethiopia has cut ribbon to the newly build 100-million Birr (US$2.3m) veterinary drug manufacturing plant, built by the National Veterinary Institute (NBI) in…
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Uganda to export the fully agreed sugar quota to Kenya after prove of origin
UGANDA – Ugandan sugar farmers can breathe a sigh of relief after Kenya and Uganda ironed out a trade dispute over the commodity that has…
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Insurtech start-up OKO raises US$1.2m to bring innovative products to smallholder farmers in Africa
MALI – Insurtech start-up OKO, a provider of inclusive agricultural insurance to secure farmers’ income across Africa, has closed a seed investment of US$1.2 million…
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Uganda Coffee Development Authority’s lab upgrades to new ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accreditation
UGANDA – The Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) has announced that it will be transitioning its Coffee Testing Laboratory in Lugogo to the new ISO/IEC…
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East Africa poultry company Uzima Chicken receives US$3m follow-on debt from AgDevCo
RWANDA – AgDevCo, UK based social impact investor with a focus on Africa’s agricultural sector has made a US$3.0 million follow-on mezzanine debt investment into…