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Regions
Rwanda’s “Blue” Village is cooperating to address poverty, with inspiring results.
KAYONZA, Rwanda: Striking sky blue houses hit your eyes as you descend in Nkondo 11, Nkondo cell, Rwinkwavu sector, a few kilometers from the Akagera National Park main entrance gate. The striking…
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East Africa
Co-op Holdings Cooperative Society receives Ksh 3.78b dividend from Co-op Bank
Co-operative Bank’s shareholders will recoup their investment in full this year from dividend payouts with Co-op Holdings Co-operative Society getting the largest payout of Ksh 3.78 billion. This year’s dividend payment is…
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Africa
Government registers 600+ cooperatives
Gutu,Zimbabwe: The Ministry of Women Affairs, Gender and Community Development has to date registered 600 cooperatives in its database with a membership of over three million people under the sector countrywide. Women…
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East Africa
Saccos urged to buy government bonds, invest at the NSE
Co-operative organisation has called Saccos to trade at the Nairobi Stock Exchange and buy government securities to raise adequate funds and register a growth to their members. According to Co-operative Alliance of…
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East Africa
Forum urges SACCOS to adopt new technologies
Cooperative movements have been urged to adopt more technological solutions to match changing customer needs and confront emerging challenges such as cyber security. At an annual workshop convened by Cooperative Bank, through…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Why you should not bank on pension for good life in old age
Kenya: Kenyans are saving much less with pension schemes than experts recommend as daily basic needs and other saving and investment opportunities take priority, reveals a NationNewsplex review of pension data. Consequently, pensioners…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Are Worker- Cooperatives the way to go
Long presumed to be dead, the once foundational ethos known as the “American Dream” is exhibiting new signs of life — except this time around it looks a little bit different. Less…
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East Africa
Five top saccos boast Ksh149bn savings, assets
Nairobi, Kenya: Five savings and credit co-operative societies (saccos) are now among the country’s top lenders after accumulating savings and assets worth KES 149.9 billion as at the end of the last…
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Africa
Uganda and Kenyan authorities to cooperate in new defense, trade agreement
Ugandan and Kenyan traders will be the biggest beneficiaries after their two countries yesterday signed a raft of agreements meant to ease trade, cement political ties and improve their social/cultural connections. The…
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Africa
IFAD, EU announces innovation funds for Rural youth cooperatives worth 200m Euros
Rome, Italy: Youths in sub-Saharan Africa, like Uganda living in rural areas but organized under cooperatives, are set to benefit from the just announced Impact Fund for an innovative approach. IFAD, along…
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