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Kazini Caravan: Using art and culture to drive trade awareness across Africa
LUSAKA, November 2, 2025 — The COMESA Secretariat recently hosted the Kazini Caravan, a youth-led continental initiative, which promotes inclusive regional integration by using art, culture and innovation as tools for trade…
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World Savings Day: Here is what you need to know
KAMPALA, October 31, 2025 — Every October 31, World Savings Day reminds us that even small savings can lead to big changes. Whether it’s setting aside a few coins in a piggy bank or…
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Huawei and Cooperative Bank of Oromia launch green data centres to boost Ethiopia’s digital finance
ADDIS ABABA, October 29, 2025 — Huawei Digital Power and the Cooperative Bank of Oromia [COOP] have deployed next-generation, AI-enabled data centre solutions in Ethiopia to strengthen the reliability, security and sustainability…
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Coops mark UN Anniversary with International Law Symposium in The Hague
THE HAGUE, October 29, 2025 — The International Cooperative Alliance [ICA] marked United Nations Day — the anniversary of the UN Charter coming into effect in 1945 — with an International Symposium…
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Coffee-driven deforestation making it harder to grow coffee in Brazil, watchdog group warns
BRASÍLIA, October 28, 2025 — As the world’s appetite for coffee continues unabated, common farming practices designed to boost production are becoming self-defeating, according to a non-profit watchdog group. In Brazil —…
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One thousand and one ways to celebrate the United Nations International Year of Cooperatives
BRUSSELS, October 27, 2025 — Around the world, cooperative organisations have released commemorative items, art and awards to mark the 2025 United Nations International Year of Cooperatives [IYC2025]. At the ICA Global…
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International Day for the Eradication of Poverty: new video spotlights cooperative impact
BRUSSELS, October 26, 2025 — Have you ever wondered how cooperatives shape people’s daily lives? A new global video, “A Day in the Life with Coops”, takes you on a visual journey…
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New ICA members from Ethiopia, India and the Philippines named
BRUSSELS, October 24, 2025 — The International Cooperative Alliance [ICA] has received four new members this October, thus boosting its global membership. The new ICA members are; Fana Youth Savings and Credit…
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Colombian farmers find stability in shifting from coca to coffee
BOGOTÁ, October 22, 2025 — In Naranjal, a small farming community in Colombia’s Valle del Cauca region, over a hundred families are demonstrating that replacing the drug economy is not about sermons…
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AFC secures US$ 100mln facility to finance renewable energy and low-carbon transport projects in Sub-Saharan Africa
LAGOS, October 22, 2025 — Africa Finance Corporation [ AFC ], the leading infrastructure solutions provider in Africa, has secured a US$ 100 million, 10-year term loan facility from FinDev Canada, Canada’s…
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