East Africa
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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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Kenyan Gov’t sets maize price at Ksh 2,300, targets 2.5 million bags
The Kenyan government has announced that it will buy maize being harvested now at Ksh 2,300 per 90kg bag, potentially setting the stage for conflict with farmers already suffering losses from the…
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The Kenyan SACCO whose factory supports 5,000 farmers
Tea farmers in Meru, Kenya are grateful to the YETU for providing an instant market for the tons of tea that they grow. Yetu Sacco was formed by tea farmers who came together…
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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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Kenyan Parliament to investigate maize woes, Delayed payments
Parliament yesterday started a push to have the Government pay maize farmers Sh3.5 billion. MPs and Senators said they wanted to get to the bottom of the challenges that have crippled farmers…
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Rwanda agriculture sector to receive multimillion dollar cash injections
By Jean de la Croix Tabaro The Kigali Special Economic Zone and the agriculture sector are to receive new multimillion dollar cash injections – courtesy of agreements signed Monday evening in Kigali.…
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Cooperatives in Tanzania insist on coffee auction to stop smuggling
Coffee farmers and co-operatives in Tanzania will, starting this month, sell their produce only through the annual coffee auctions to benefit from the growing global coffee market and to stop the rampant…
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KENYA: Cooperatives to deliver 500,000 social housing units
Kenya is ranked highly globally with regard to a thriving cooperative movement having an asset base of more than Sh900 billion and deposits worth over Sh600 billion. The movement has continued to…
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Building consensus is the magic bullet to success of cooperatives
Rwandans this weekend met in their respective sectors to celebrate the International Cooperatives Day. Internationally, the day is celebrated on July 7 but in Rwanda, it was observed a week later, to…
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