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Financing Africa’s Minerals: Momentum Builds Ahead of African Mining Week 2025
CAPE TOWN, July 17, 2025 — International finance institutions are playing an increasingly pivotal role in Africa’s mining sector, providing essential capital and technical support to unlock the continent’s vast mineral potential.…
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In Burkina Faso, cashew cultivation is a lever for sustainable and inclusive rural development
ABIDJAN, July 17, 2025 — Launched in 2017 and completed in 2024, the Cashew Development Support Project in the Comoé Basin for REDD+ [PADA/REDD+] exemplified sustainable development. The project combined poverty reduction,…
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China’s Zero tariffs on 53 African countries to boost coffee imports from continent
BEINJING, July 17, 2025 — China’s decision to eliminate import tariffs on goods from 53 African nations is set to give the continent’s coffee growers a stronger foothold in the Chinese market,…
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Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar Announces 20th Plenary Assembly in Rwanda
KAMPALA, July 16, 2025 –– The 20th Plenary Assembly of The Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar [SECAM] is scheduled to take place from July 30 to August 4, 2025 in…
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Traders rush to import Brazilian coffee ahead of Trump’s 50 percent tariff
NEW YORK — Commodities traders are scrambling to bring Brazilian coffee into the United States before a new 50 percent tariff on Brazilian goods, announced by the Trump administration, takes effect on…
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Rwandan coffee farmers to receive 50 percent fertiliser subsidy
KIGALI, July 16, 2025 –– Rwandan coffee farmers will benefit from a 50 percent subsidy on fertiliser starting in September, following an agreement signed on July 9 between the National Agricultural Export…
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Farmers urged to embrace dairy farming to enhance food security
KERICHO, July 15, 2025 –– Farmers in Kenya’s Kericho County have been encouraged to embrace dairy farming as a sustainable means of increasing milk production, boosting household incomes, and strengthening food security…
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Coops recognised in the financing for development political declaration
SEVILLE, July 15, 2025; The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development [FFD4], which was held recently in Seville, Spain, marked a critical milestone in global efforts to reform financing mechanisms and…
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Success as US credit unions hang on to tax exemption
NEW YORK – – Donald Trump signed his ‘One Big Beautiful Act’ into law recently, setting out his tax and spend plans – and while controversial, the package contains no change to…
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Brazilian cooperatives’ highlights ahead of COP30
BRASILIA, July 13, 2025 –– Brazil holds approximately 12 percent of the Earth’s freshwater reserves. It has a coastline of 7,491 kilometres [4,655 miles] and it is the fifth-largest country in the…
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