Africa
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Uganda’s First Fairtrade Africa Certified Mining Cooperative starts Gold export to UK
KAMPALA, Uganda: The certification of the Syanyonja Artisan Miners’ Alliance (SAMA) has helped improve the livelihoods of the community that mines gold around Lake Victoria, The Cooperator News can reveal. SAMA was…
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Sebei cooperative union partners with Kenyan investor
Leaders of Sebei Elgon Cooperative Union have now come into agreement with Anderson Farm Limited, a Kenyan company prominent in business at both local and international level, dealing in floriculture and horticulture…
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KENYA: 20 SACCOs risk closure for imposing leaders on members
– Some were also put on spot for giving fair elections a wide berth and imposing leaders on members – They were urged to align themselves with the laws governing cooperatives or…
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ZAMBIA: 30 dairy cooperatives receive seed, fertiliser
NALISHEBO NAMAIKO, Lusaka: Thirty dairy cooperatives from four provinces have received pasture seed and fertilizer under input distribution exercise for the 2018/2019 farming season. The Dairy Association of Zambia (DAZ) said the…
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Commit financial resources and technical know-how into cooperative ventures
NIGERIA: The Cooperative Rating and Award Society of Nigeria (CRASoN), has stressed on the need for the federal and state governments as well as private entities to commit financial resources and technical…
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Cooperatives are the Solution to Africa’s Biting Poverty – Says Okello
By Patrick Jaramogi The CEO of The Uhuru Institute for Social Development, Mr. Leonard Okello has emphasized that cooperatives are a pragmatic solution to Africa’s poverty challenges. The philosophies of inclusiveness and…
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Ugandan SACCO learns from the success of Mwalimu National Sacco -Africa’s leading cooperative
They are the top Cooperative SACCO in the continent, but this mark made by the Mwalimu Savings & Credit Cooperative Society Limited, also known as the Mwalimu National Sacco Limited, came with…
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Getting on the fast track: the digital transformation of Africa’s rail system
Few modes of transport evoke such a sense of history and romanticism as rail. The first recorded use of rail transport was around 500BC, when ancient Greeks used a rail-like system –…
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CRU and AFAP create the opportunity for African fertilizer and agribusiness projects seeking finance
CRU Events (www.CRUgroup.com) and The African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership (AFAP) are working with partners across Africa to offer brownfield projects seeking capital investment, the chance to make a showcase presentation to…
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Safe Spaces for Youth: Here are some of the youth co-operative initiatives in Africa
The world has never been this young and even getting younger each and every day. Therefore, for us to have a sustained and developed tomorrow, it will depend on how well we…
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