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Africa
Ministers to promote initiatives on food security and environmental management
LUSAKA-Ministers responsible for agriculture, natural resources, and environment from COMESA Member States have undertaken to support the development and implementation of the COMESA digital Regional Food Balance Sheet [RFBS] initiative. This undertaking…
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International
Leuven is host of 2023 CCR Cooperative Research Conference
LONDON-Next year’s joint International Cooperative Alliance Committee on Cooperative Research [ICA CCR] Global and European Cooperative Research Conference will take place on July 10-13, 2023, in Leuven, Belgium. Hosted by the Centre…
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Africa
ADF invests over US$ 6mln to strengthen public finance governance in African countries
KAMPALA-The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund [ ADF ] have approved a grant of US$ 6.12 million to help strengthen public finance governance in low-income African countries. The funding…
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International
India: First phase of co-op database to be ready next month
NEW DELHI-The process of making a National Cooperative Database and the first phase will be completed by December 2022, according to the Indian Cooperative. The Ministry of Cooperation on its Twitter handle,…
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Africa
Over 30 African countries have industrialised in last decade-new AfDB report
NIAMEY-Thirty-seven of 52 African countries have become more industrialised over the past 11 years, according to a new report from the African Development Bank [AfDB], the African Union [AU], and the United…
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East Africa
Academy launched in Kenya to boost capacity of SACCO staff
NAIROBI-SACCOS in Kenya stand to be managed better with the recent establishment of the African Confederation of Cooperative and Credit Associations [ACCOSCA] Academy in the country. The academy, said to be the…
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International
Canada: Study shows affordability gap rising between housing co-ops and market rentals
ONTARIO-Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada [CHF Canada] days ago a new research report dubbed “The Co-op Difference: Comparing co-op and market rents in five Canadian cities”. Produced by housing researchers Greg Suttor,…
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Africa
Malawi: IMF approves US$ 88.3mln in emergency financing support
BLANTYRE-The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund [IMF] has approved a disbursement of US$88.327 million [SDR 69.40 million] under the Food Shock Window of the Rapid Credit Facility to help Malawi…
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International
IMF grants Senegal credit extension until January 2023
DAKAR-The International Monetary Fund [IMF] days ago approved the Senegalese authorities’ request for an extension until January 10, 2023, of the country’s Stand-By Arrangement [SBA] and Arrangement Under the Standby Credit Facility…
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International
Indian Priti Patel elected Vice Chairperson of ICA-AP Women Committee
NEW DELHI– Indian candidate Priti Patel was days ago elected as the new Vice Chairperson of International Cooperative Alliance, Asia Pacific [ICA-AP] Women Committee. Patel won the ICA-AP elections with a whopping…
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