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Cooperatives & Communities
AFFM investing in women cocoa producers contributes to accelerating progress for Côte d’Ivoire coop
ABIDJAN, March 10, 2024 – San Pedro is located in southwestern Côte d’Ivoire, and producing cocoa alone here can be an uphill battle. For Sandrine Assi, one of San Pedro’s women cocoa…
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ICA Gender Equality Committee’s Statement on the International Women’s Day 2024
BRUSSELS, March 8, 2024 – Under the theme “Invest in women: Accelerate progress”, the 2024 International Women’s Day focuses on the need to provide the necessary and appropriate resources to ensure the…
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DRC: AfDB to lend over US$110mln to support agricultural transformation
ABIDJAN – Meeting in Abidjan on 14 February 2024, the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group [AfDB] approved a loan of US$ 117.9 million to the Democratic Republic of…
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Kenyan SACCOs struggling to recover loans, says regulator
NAIROBI, March 5, 2024 – Savings and Credit Co-operative Organisations [SACCOs] in Kenya are owed Ksh 2.7 billion by various government agencies and private companies that approached the financial cooperatives for the…
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New data show massive, wider-than-expected global gender gap
WASHINGTON, March 5, 2024 — The global gender gap for women in the workplace is far wider than previously thought, a groundbreaking new World Bank Group report shows. When legal differences involving…
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Cooperatives & Communities
European Parliament endorses nature restoration law as farmers fear financial fallout
BRUSSELS, March 2, 2024 – The European Parliament has voted in favor of a landmark nature restoration law amid right-wing pushback and farmer protests. While environmentalists see the new law as a…
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Cooperatives & Communities
WOCCU adds Moldova to list of Member Nations
MADISON, Wis. March 1, 2024 — World Council of Credit Unions [ WOCCU ] has expanded further in 2024, with the addition of two new member organisations, Moldova’s Central National Association of…
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COMESA, WBG to launch US$ 50mln project to promote energy access
LUSAKA, February 29, 2024 – The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa [COMESA] and the World Bank are set to implement a US$ 50 million regional platform to support COMESA Member…
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Rwanda’s coop sector regulator pushes for specialised lawyers
KIGALI, February 29, 2024 – According to local news agencies, Rwanda Cooperative Agency [RCA] is pushing for specialised lawyers to improve the dispensation of justice for cooperatives, and members but the move…
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AfDB approves US$ 150mln for Trade & Development Bank
ABIDJAN, February 29, 2024 – The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank [AfDB] has approved a US$ 150 million Trade Finance Unfunded Risk Participation Agreement [RPA] facility between the AfDB,…
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