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Partners combat money laundering and terrorism financing in Africa through new project
DAKAR, April 19, 2024 – The African Development Bank [AfDB] and the Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa [GIABA] on Thursday officially launched a three-year support project to combat…
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Cooperatives & Communities
IFFCO to convene ICA Global Conference and General Assembly in New Delhi
NEW DELHI, April 19, 2024 – The International Cooperative Alliance [ICA] days ago revealed that the Indian Farmers’ Fertilizer Cooperative [IFFCO] would host the prestigious ICA Global Conference and General Assembly later…
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Cooperatives & Communities
New ICA-EU Partnership on cooperative development launched in Brussels
BRUSSELS, April 17, 2024 – The International Cooperative Alliance [ICA] recently signed a new partnership agreement with the European Commission in Brussels. Starting this month, this five-year international cooperative development programme aims…
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Cooperatives & Communities
ICA-AP set to host 11th Ministers’ Conference in Jordan
LONDON, April 16, 2024 – The International Cooperative Alliance Asia and Pacific [ICA-AP], in partnership with the Jordan Co-operative Corporation [JCC], and the Ministry of Agriculture of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,…
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Sluggish growth delaying economic recovery in emerging Europe and Central Asia
WASHINGTON, April 12, 2024 – Economic activity in the emerging and developing economies of the Europe and Central Asia region is likely to slow this year as a weaker global economy, tight monetary policy, slowdown…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Oikocredit’s new partnership with Patagonian Fruits supports Argentina’s fruit sector
AMERSFOORT, April 11, 2024 – Social impact investor Oikocredit is providing € 6 million in long-term financing to Patagonian Fruits in Argentina to support fruit purchases from farmers, boost production, invest in protective netting…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Ghana Cooperatives Council appeals for tax waivers, Uganda cited
ACCRA, April 8, 2024 – The Board Chairman of Ghana Cooperative Council, Dr Bernard B. B. Bingab has again appealed to the government to consider offering tax waivers to the country’s cooperative…
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JPMorgan Chase to deepen partnerships with AfDB
ABIDJAN, April 5, 2024 -African Development Bank Group [AfDB] Senior Vice-President Bajabulile Swazi Tshabalala, has held talks with top executives of JPMorgan Chase, the largest US bank, on potential partnership between the…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Kenya: Coffee cooperatives urged to list their debts
NAIROBI, April 2, 2024, Kenya’s Ministry of Cooperatives and Micro Small and Medium Enterprises Development has asked coffee cooperative societies in the country to list and verify their debts to help the…
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East Asia and Pacific to sustain growth amid global headwinds, says World Bank
WASHINGTON, April 2, 2024 — Developing East Asia and Pacific is growing faster than the rest of the world but slower than it was before the pandemic, the World Bank said on…
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