Agencies
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East Africa
Kenya to have court for cooperatives
NAIROBI-Disputes in Kenya’s co-operative sector will now be handled by the Co-operative Court which will stand on its own aside from the existing Co-operative Tribunal, if the draft bill will be enacted…
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Africa
Scaling up agriculture: Continental lenders pledge to mobilise credit for women
ABIDJAN-Development lenders in Africa can seize the current global crises as an impetus to help the continent significantly increase food production, especially by supporting women. This was a common conclusion of panelists…
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Africa
Kenya co-ops top in Africa, says WOCCU report
NAIROBI-Co-operatives in Kenya top in African content with high membership and wealth, a new Statistical Report by the World Council of Credit Unions [ WOCCU ]shows. The report indicates that 9,041 Co-operative…
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International
US co-ops get US$ 170,000 for work in low-income communities
CALIFORNIA-Five US co-ops have been awarded a total of US$ 170,000 from a fund to increase co-op development in low-income communities and communities of colour. The 2022 winners of the annual Capital…
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International
Shock as Truss resigns as UK Prime Minister
LONDON-Prime Minister Liz Truss has resigned as UK prime minister in a statement outside Downing Street, says the BBC She said she could not deliver the mandate on which she was elected…
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International
Global coffee market demanding higher quality over higher volumes
LONDON– The global coffee market is undergoing a transformation that will result in higher quality and more expensive coffees, but not a rise in overall trade volume, as consumers increasingly use single…
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International
ICA proposes cooperative model as viable option in platform economy at ILO meeting
GENEVA-The International Labour Organisation [ILO] organised a tripartite meeting of experts to explore the opportunities and challenges generated by the platform economy in respect of decent work. Held in Geneva recently, the…
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International
World Cooperative Monitor official launch slated for early December
LONDON-The International Cooperative Alliance [ICA] and Euricse on December 1, 2022, will hold a webinar to present the latest edition of the World Cooperative Monitor [WCM], which contains, in addition to the…
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Magazine
Local female-owned companies excel at World Travel Awards
NAIROBI-Ugandan companies owned by female executives pushed women to the top of the travel and hospitality industry in Uganda, as Nkuringo Safari Lodges CEO Lydia, Eva Mpanga and Eugene Windt Nsubuga’s Swanair…
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Africa
AfDB, COMESA hold workshop on harmonised consumer price indices in Africa
NAIVASHA– COMESA in collaboration with the African Development Bank [AfDB] last week conducted a five-day regional workshop in Naivasha, Kenya on harmonising consumer price indices in Africa. The aim is to improve…
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