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Returned South Sudanese refugees break ground at farm cooperative
JUBA-Working with a purpose, returned South Sudanese refugees hope to grow crops at sufficient scale to lift themselves and their community out of a hand-to-mouth existence of grinding poverty in one of…
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Radical changes in the draft Co-operatives Bill
NAIROBI-Co-operative Societies will soon be allowed to sell and purchase members’ shares and trade capital instruments through a Co-operatives platform if the Cooperatives Bill 2021 is passed. If the Bill is passed…
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‘Non-professional teachers’ can receive loans, says Umwalimu SACCO
KIGALI-According to Kigali Today Press, Rwanda’s Umwalimu SACCO management, has had to cancel its earlier decision to suspend issuing of loans to teachers who do not hold postgraduate certificates in education [PGCE].…
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AfDB extends €63.6mln loan for agro-processing project in Senegal
ABIDJAN– The African Development Bank [AfDB] has approved a loan of €63.6 million to Senegal to implement the Agropole-Centre agro-industrial processing zone project. The Ministry of Industrial Development and Small and Medium…
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Somali president says country ready to join EAC
MOGADISHU-Somali president, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has urged the East African Community [EAC] to fast-track the admission of his country into one of Africa’s dynamic blocs. President Mohamud said Somalia’s bid to join…
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Associates seek sustainable cooperative sector in Nigeria
ABUJA-The Cooperative Rating & Award Society of Nigeria [CRASoN] has called for the development and sustainability of the cooperative sector in the country, according to local news outlet Punch. Punch quoted the group…
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AfDB and partners launch US$ 520mln for special agro-industrial processing zones in Nigeria
ABUJA– Nigeria on Monday began its long journey to end hunger and achieve food security by launching the Special Agro-industrial Processing Zones [SAPZ], a programme initiated by the African Development Bank [AfDB].…
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Kenya to have court for cooperatives
NAIROBI-Disputes in Kenya’s co-operative sector will now be handled by the Co-operative Court which will stand on its own aside from the existing Co-operative Tribunal, if the draft bill will be enacted…
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Scaling up agriculture: Continental lenders pledge to mobilise credit for women
ABIDJAN-Development lenders in Africa can seize the current global crises as an impetus to help the continent significantly increase food production, especially by supporting women. This was a common conclusion of panelists…
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Kenya co-ops top in Africa, says WOCCU report
NAIROBI-Co-operatives in Kenya top in African content with high membership and wealth, a new Statistical Report by the World Council of Credit Unions [ WOCCU ]shows. The report indicates that 9,041 Co-operative…
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