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This is why SACCO loans are more preferable than bank loans
If you’re keen enough you must have noticed that today more and more banks are pledging to lend cheaply to borrowers. This has seen Kenyans turn to SACCOs, with the proportion of…
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Farm Animal Welfare Driving Global Food Business to Action
KAMPALA, Uganda: Animal Welfare is not a priority for some of the world’s largest food and restaurant brands, reveals a new report released at Hotel Africana, Kampala by World Animal Protection. The…
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Rwanda’s Cooperative Bank For 2020
The long awaited Cooperative Bank which is expected to alleviate the burden of interest rate among the small and medium enterprises and boost investment is officially scheduled for the next fiscal year;…
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Government releases UGX 1.3b for teachers SACCO
KAMPALA, Uganda: As the 2019/2020 budget gets read amidst the meagre income of the teachers, the government put a smile on the faces of the teachers with another release of Ugs1.3 billion…
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Africa can feed not only itself, but the world
Much of the continent’s food perishes before it gets to the market, because its farmers are starved of knowledge and of resources. That can change, says Usman Ali Lawan In the village…
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Kisumu boda-boda riders in standoff with county over Ksh20 daily levy
Kisumu boda-boda riders are at loggerhead with the county government over taxation. Governor Anyang’ Nyong’o’s administration wants them to pay Ksh20 daily. Finance executive Nerry Achar made the announcement last week. This…
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Rwanda’s “Blue” Village is cooperating to address poverty, with inspiring results.
KAYONZA, Rwanda: Striking sky blue houses hit your eyes as you descend in Nkondo 11, Nkondo cell, Rwinkwavu sector, a few kilometers from the Akagera National Park main entrance gate. The striking…
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Co-op Holdings Cooperative Society receives Ksh 3.78b dividend from Co-op Bank
Co-operative Bank’s shareholders will recoup their investment in full this year from dividend payouts with Co-op Holdings Co-operative Society getting the largest payout of Ksh 3.78 billion. This year’s dividend payment is…
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Government registers 600+ cooperatives
Gutu,Zimbabwe: The Ministry of Women Affairs, Gender and Community Development has to date registered 600 cooperatives in its database with a membership of over three million people under the sector countrywide. Women…
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Police SACCO fails to account for Shs.5billion, faces forensic audit.
Kampala, Uganda: Police’s main savings’ scheme – Exodus Savings and Credit Cooperative society is undergoing a forensic audit, after allegations of improper accountability from the SACCO’s members, theCooperator has learnt. The…
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