Agencies
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East Africa
Stima DT Sacco transforming traditional Sacco banking
NAIROBI-According to a recent advertorial, a new path is lighting up for the Sacco sub-sector in Kenya. Product innovation and the deployment of technology have transformed traditional Sacco banking across the country.…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Mwalimu National DT Sacco to sell assets of acquired bank
NAIROBI-According to Kenyan media outlets, Spire Bank, previously Equatorial Commercial Bank [ECB] has faced financial troubles since it was acquired by the Mwalimu National DT Sacco. And now in a bid to…
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Cooperatives & Communities
ICA to hold side-event at UNESCO Mondiacult 2022
LONDON-The International Cooperative Alliance [ICA] is hosting a hybrid side event as part of the UNESCO World Conference on Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development – Mondiacult 2022. Due to take place on…
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International
Shock as cocaine is found in coffee exports from Panama
MELBOURNE-The Australian Federal Police [AFP] has launched a major investigation after cocaine and another illicit drug were discovered concealed within a shipment of coffee beans in Melbourne. The AFP launched its investigation…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Fruit and vegetable farmers in South Sudan reach for global standards
JUBA-In South Sudan, International Trade Centre [ITC] training guides fruit and vegetable farmers as they work to increase their harvests and attain global standards, according to a recent press release. Small farmers…
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International
RBI asks Indian co-op banks to appoint compliance officers
NEW DELHI– Urban Co-operative Banks [UCBs] in India are now required by the Reserve Bank of India [ RBI ]to appoint Chief Compliance Officers [CCOs] if they are to do business better,…
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News
Land issues: Talking Books provide innovative solution to reach rural communities
KAMPALA – Dramatic dialogue, music and poetry are not the usual ways that the UN Food and Agriculture Organization [FAO] raises awareness of and sensitizes rural communities on women’s land rights, but…
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International
New tool to boost cooperative innovation in Uruguay launched
MONTEVIDEO -Uruguayan cooperatives have launched a new tool to foster knowledge sharing among cooperatives and boost innovation. Named Canvas, the tool structures thinking and helps to include different elements in project design processes…
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Africa
Zambia exploring ways of making co-ops self-reliant
LUSAKA-The government of Zambia is exploring ways of ensuring that cooperatives in that country are self-reliant so that they stop depending on state coffers. According to Lusaka Times, the government of Zambia…
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International
US electric co-ops plan to establish rural broadband infrastructure
NEW YORK– The US electric coops are to take advantage of the government’s US$25 billion in American Rescue Plan funding to expand access to high speed, affordable internet across the country laying…
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