East Africa
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TCDC urges coops to embrace warehouse receipt system
DODOMA, September 15, 2023 – The Tanzania Cooperative Development Commission [ TCDC ] registrar and chief executive Dr. Benson Ndiege has urged secondary cooperatives to strengthen their commercial systems by using a…
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EAC lauds Kenya and Tanzania for waiving visa requirements for Congolese
ARUSHA, September 13, 2023 – The East African Community [EAC] has hailed the decision by the Republic of Kenya and Tanzania to waive the requirements of obtaining visas to their territories for…
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Wakenya Pamoja SACCO launches banking platform for members
NAIROBI, September 8, 2023 – Wakenya Pamoja Deposit Taking SACCO recently launched a mobile digital banking platform expected to improve service delivery, according to Coop News. The new platform dubbed Wakenya M-Cash is a robust…
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East African Higher Education Quality Assurance Network Forum underway in Bujumbura
Bujumbura, September 8, 2023 – The 12th Annual East African Higher Education Quality Assurance Forum [EAQAN] is currently underway in Bujumbura, Burundi under the theme: “Nurturing Emerging Trends in Higher Education through quality Assurance”.…
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Africa coffee exports drop 1.1 percent as Uganda and Tanzania register growth
KAMPALA, September 8, 2023 – Exports of all forms of coffee from Africa decreased by 1.1 percent to 1.37 million bags in July 2023 from 1.39mln bags in July 2022, the International…
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Port of Bujumbura to be modernised
BUJUMBURA – Renovation work on the Port of Bujumbura – part of a vast project to develop the regional corridor to Lake Tanganyika got underway days ago at a launch ceremony attended…
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49mln people threatened by hunger in Eastern Africa – Climate agency
KAMPALA The Climate Prediction and Application Centre [ICPAC], a weather agency in the Eastern Africa region has predicted rather extreme weather conditions in the region running June to September 2023. The body…
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NTBs and national protection impeding intra-EAC trade, says official
ARUSHA – Non-tariff Barriers [ NTBs ] and protectionism at the national level have been identified as the key factors impeding the growth of intra-EAC trade. The East African Community [EAC] Secretary…
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Kenya: Top SACCOs named
NAIROBI – Kenya National Police Deposit-Taking [DT] SACCO was picked as the best managed SACCO in the country during the 101st International Day of Cooperatives celebrations, marked as Ushirika Day in Kenya.…
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Mid-term growth for East Africa region projected highest on the continent for 2023-2024
KAMPALA – East Africa will register the highest regional economic performance on the continent in 2023 and 2024, with growth figures at over 5 percent, according to the newly published African Development…
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