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Over 500,000 Kenyan Tea farmer to get smart cards for easy cash transactions
Nairobi, Kenya: The most disgruntled Kenyan today must be the farmer who chose to stick with coffee, tea or sugarcane — never mind that coffee, tea and sugar still take their pride…
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Africa
Self-Driving Tractors Yet to Convince Farmers to Hand Over Keys
Perhaps sooner than later Cooperatives engaged in wide-scale farming may not need to sit behind their tractors when ploughing or harvesting, but not all farmers are ready to give up control of…
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Agriculture
Museveni: Embrace modern technology in farming
President Yoweri Museveni has encouraged farmers to embrace modern technology so as to get high yields. He also asked the farmers to change in their attitude and instead be calculative and use…
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Development
Italian couple is traveling around the world to tell co-operative stories
Filmmakers Sara Vicari and Andrea Mancori want to debunk the myth that co-ops are not successful business models-operative An Italian couple has set out on a year-long journey to discover inspiring co-op…
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News
Trade, Industry and Cooperatives PS, Amb. Julius Onen passes on
Kampala, Uganda: The Cooperative Industry on Monday woke up to the sad news of the passing on of Trade Industry and Cooperative Permanent Secretary, Ambassador Julius Onen. Onen who just returned recently…
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Development
Cooperative Bank Register profits after five years of turmoil
London: The Co-operative Bank reported its first annual operating profit for five years in 2018, marking what chief executive Andrew Bester described as a “key milestone” in its recovery efforts after it came…
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Regions
Co-op to introduce ‘scan and go’ app, customers can skip checkout
BRITAIN: Co-op is trialing a new “scan and go” app that allows shoppers to scan groceries on their phones and leave the store without visiting a checkout. The co-op has partnered with Mastercard which will…
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Opinions & Commentary
Cooperative Federalism is in Danger: Yashwant Sinha
BHUBANESWAR, India: India’s former Union Finance minister Yashwant Sinha has said Cooperative federalism was in danger in the country. The state should get a fair deal and the people sitting in Delhi…
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East Africa
Bishop who embezzled USD9m belonging to Kenyan SACCO to Lose Property
NAIROBI, Kenya: Authorities on Thursday ordered Kiambu politician and county official David Kariuki Ngare’s assets seized to recover Sh1 billion he allegedly illegally withdrew from Ekeza Sacco to fund his lifestyle. An…
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East Africa
Kenyan SACCO protest Increased Tax on Member Dividends
Embu, Kenya: Members of the cooperative movement in Embu County, in Kenya, have raised concern that increasing tax on member dividends could hurt Saccos and the saving culture in the country. The…
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