Month: July 2026

Africa’s top financiers line up for African Mining Week 2026 in Cape Town

CAPE TOWN, July 19, 2026 — As Africa moves to unlock an estimated US$ 29.5 trillion in mine-site mineral value, development finance institutions, commercial banks and private investment firms are expanding financial…

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East Africa strengthens consumer trust in online trade through international knowledge exchange

ARUSHA, July 19, 2026 — Shopping and doing business online across East Africa could soon become safer, more reliable and more trusted as the East African Community [EAC] strengthens regional efforts to…

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FAO and ICO renew longstanding partnership to strengthen coffee sector resilience

ROME, July 19, 2026 – The Director-General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization [FAO], Qu Dongyu, has underscored the importance of strengthening international cooperation to support coffee-producing countries and communities,…

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UCSCU to host inaugural SACCO Leadership Summit to strengthen governance and sustainability of cooperatives in Uganda

KAMPALA, July 18, 2026 – The Uganda Cooperative Savings and Credit Union Limited [ UCSCU ] is set to host the first SACCO Leadership Summit aimed at strengthening governance, leadership capacity and…

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Cooperative members urged to become guardians of peace in Tanzania

DODOMA, July 18, 2026 – Government has called on cooperative members across Tanzania to serve as the foremost guardians of the country’s peace, elect leaders of integrity, and actively participate in the…

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WOCCU releases new white paper on stablecoins and the future of cooperative finance

WASHINGTON, D.C. July 18, 2026 — World Council of Credit Unions [WOCCU] has released a new white paper examining how stablecoins are reshaping the financial infrastructure that credit unions and other cooperative financial institutions rely…

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Kenya: KUSCCO to become federation in major SACCO sector reform

NAIROBI, July 17, 2026 — The Kenyan Government has announced plans to transform the Kenya Union of Savings and Credit Cooperatives [ KUSCCO ] into a federation, paving the way for far-reaching…

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Health Minister confirms no new Ebola cases in Uganda

KAMPALA, July 17, 2026 — Uganda has recorded no new confirmed Ebola cases in the past 21 days, but the country must complete a 42-day period without a new case before it…

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Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa expected to launch National Co-operatives Act today

HARARE, July 17, 2026 — President Emmerson Mnangagwa is today expected to launch the reviewed National Co-operatives Act, a milestone that will strengthen the cooperative movement, improve regulation and enhance access to…

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Africa Wants to Make Its Critical Minerals a Lever for Industrialisation and Economic Transformation

ABIDJAN, July 17, 2026 — African ministers, representatives from continental institutions, the private sector, and development partners have called for Africa’s critical minerals to drive a new era of economic transformation, industrialisation…

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