Agencies
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Cooperatives & Communities
UAE’s Sharjah Co-operative at the heart of its community for 40 years
SHARJAH – According to Coop news Sharjah Co-operative Society was set up in 1977 by a ministerial decree to provide services to the local community and boost the living standards of people…
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Sports
New taskforce announced to save Oldham Athletic Football Club
MANCHESTER– Greater Manchester Mayor, Andy Burnham, is spearheading a taskforce to give fans an active role in the future ownership of Oldham Athletic Football Club. Plans are hinged around a community share…
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Africa
African leaders welcome IDA US$93bln as they commit to tackle crises
DAKAR– African Heads of State and Government reaffirmed their commitment to seize key opportunities to respond to multiple crises and steer their economies to transformative paths, in partnership with the World Bank’s…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Why Alvaro Lario was chosen IFAD’s next president
ROME– The International Fund for Agricultural Development [ IFAD ] has appointed its top finance executive, Alvaro Lario, to be its next president, choosing a champion of private sector investments to lead…
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Development
Kenyan SACCOs urged to develop neobanks
NAIROBI– Savings and Credit Co-operatives [SACCOs] have been urged to turn their institutions into neobanks [online banks without traditional physical branch networks], reports SACCO Review. Cynthia Wandia, the Chief Executive Officer [CEO]…
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Cooperatives & Communities
VI Cooperative Summit of the Americas slated for late October
ASUNCION– From October 24 to 27, 2022, it will be the right opportunity at the cooperative summit to make visible the impact and commitment of American cooperativism and, from this, with the…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Making 100 years: Indian Co-op Bank offers 15 percent extra dividend
GUJARAT– Gujarat-based Surat People’s Co-operative Bank crossed the business mix of Rs 9,000 cr in 2021-22 and gave 15 percent extra dividend to its shareholders on the completion of 100 years of…
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News
Global hunger numbers rose to as many as 828mln in 2021-UN report
KAMPALA– The number of people affected by hunger globally rose to as many as 828 million in 2021, an increase of about 46 million since 2020 and 150 million since the outbreak…
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Cooperatives & Communities
COPAC to mark Coops Day at UN headquarters
NEW YORK– The Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives [COPAC] is organising an event to commemorate Coops Day as part of the Voluntary National Review Lab [VNR Lab] hosted annually…
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East Africa
Kenya gets €89mln loan to bolster economic recovery
NAIROBI– The African Development Bank [AfDB] Group has approved an €89 million loan to boost the Kenyan government’s economic recovery efforts. The loan will provide funding for the second phase of Kenya’s…
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