Cooperatives & Communities
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Oyam RDC gives ultimatum to PDM officials to disburse cash to beneficiaries
OYAM, November 20, 2023 – The Oyam Resident District Commissioner [RDC], William Komakech has given a one-month ultimatum to the sub-county Parish Development Model [PDM] focal persons to ensure that the beneficiaries…
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Almost half of largest 100 coops in U.S. are focused in agriculture
NEW YORK, 20, 2023 – For more than 30 years, the National Cooperative Bank [NCB] has published its list of top 100 cooperatives across the U.S. For the latest list—based on 2022…
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AfDB supports small livestock farmers in Zambia to adapt to climate change
LUSAKA, November 17, 2023– The Climate Resilient Livestock Management Project, implemented by the African Development Bank [AfDB] in Zambia between 2017 and 2022, has helped to equip small livestock farmers to adapt…
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Parliamentary report exposes the greed and connivance in the theft of cooperators’ money: Part A
KAMPALA, November 16, 2023 – A Report of Sectoral Committee on Tourism, Trade and Industry has unearthed the rot in the compensation of cooperatives for the war losses incurred during the political…
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Egypt’s CHC explores collaboration with Qatar’s GORD
DOHA, November 16, 2023 -A high-level delegation from Egypt’s General Authority for Construction and Housing Cooperatives [ CHC ], led by Major General Engineer Waleed Farouk Elbaroudi, the Chairman of the Board…
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UN resolution calls for a second International Year of Cooperatives in 2025
KAMPALA, November 14, 2023 – The United Nations [ UN ]General Assembly has adopted a new resolution on cooperatives in social development calling for the proclamation of 2025 as an International Year…
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Hundreds displaced, farmers count losses as R. Kafu bursts its banks
MASINDI, November 14, 2023 – Hundreds of people in the four villages of Kayeera, Kimengo, Kibangya Myeeba, and Nyakarongo in Kimengo Sub-county, Masindi district have been displaced by floods as River Kafu…
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Agribusiness should benefit from the attention of banks and institutional donors, experts say
MARRAKESH, November 14, 2023 – Banks, institutional partners and the private sector should invest heavily in agribusiness in Africa, a sector that suffers from a financing gap just as it becomes the…
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Indian coop bags ICA AP’s Excellence Award
NEW DELHI, November 13, 2023 – The Uralungal Labour Contract Co-operative Society Limited or ULCCS Limited, a 100-year-old workers’ cooperative has bagged the Asia Pacific Cooperative Excellence Award for the Enterprising Cooperative…
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Tayebwa urges Parliamentary SACCO to start own bank
The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa has advised the leaders of the Parliamentary SACCO to establish their own bank in order to serve the wider public. Tayebwa who was presiding over…
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