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International
ICA Board meets in Bulgaria
SOFIA-The President of the Republic of Bulgaria Rumen Radev inaugurated the opening session of the International Cooperative Alliance [ICA] board meeting that took place from March 7-9, 2023 in Sofia. The leaders…
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International
Regulators take over as big Silicon Valley Bank collapses
NEW YORK-US regulators have shut down Silicon Valley Bank [SVB] and taken control of its customer deposits in the largest failure of a US bank 2008 financial crisis. The moves came as…
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Africa
COMESA, partners hold high-level engagement on sidelines of CSW67
NEW YORK -COMESA, the East African Community [EAC] and the Economic Community of West African States [ECOWAS], the three regional economic communities which are jointly implementing the 50 Million African Women Speak…
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International
Brazil’s Unimed chooses HPE GreenLake to drive innovation
BRASIL-Unimed Grande Florianópolis, a branch of Brazil’s largest medical cooperative group recently announced it had chosen the HPE GreenLake edge-to-cloud platform to accelerate innovation and deliver new digital touchpoints and services to…
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Africa
World Bank president nominee, Ajay Banga, pledges to partner with AfDB for transformative results
ABIDJANI-US nominee for World Bank Group President, Ajay Banga began his global tour on Monday, with his first stop in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire where he met the African Development Bank [AfDB] President…
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International
ICA welcomes new member from Nepal
The International Cooperative Alliance [ICA] has welcomed a new member in the name of the Nepal Federation of Savings and Credit Co-operatives Union [NEFSCUN] from Nepal. NEFSCUN is the member-based national apex organization of Savings…
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East Africa
Farmers’ stores in Kenya receive subsidised fertiliser
NAKURU-The County Government of Nakuru has begun the operationalisation of stores for the distribution of subsidised fertiliser to the delight of farmers, according to Kenya News Agency. The operationalisation will see farmers…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Ariel Guarco appointed ICA Director General ad interim
KAMPALA-The International Cooperative Alliance [ICA ] President, Ariel Guarco has been appointed by the board to the post of Director General in the interim, with effect from March 1, 2023. The appointment…
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East Africa
Co-operative Bank raises Ksh 12.6bn for lending
NAIROBI-The Co-operative Bank of Kenya has raised a total Ksh 12.6 billion [US$ 100 million] in long-term debt from global institutional investors led by the German fund DEG, according to the local…
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International
Indian university commended for launching coop course
NEW DELHI– Prof Yeshwanth Dongre, the vice chancellor of Chanakya University Bengaluru recently inaugurated Diploma in Cooperation and Banking Management [DCBM] course organised by Karnataka State Rural Development and Panchayat Raj University…
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