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Endiro Coffee joins ‘Illinois Made’ program
AURORA — Endiro Coffee in Aurora is one of five businesses in Illinois to join the Illinois Made program from the Illinois Office of Tourism. The businesses in the Illinois Made program…
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Co-op Bank Records Ksh15.45 Billion Profit
The Co-operative Bank Group on Friday, November 15, reported a pre-tax profit of Ksh15.45 billion for the third quarter of 2019. This was a significant improvement compared to Ksh14.64 billion recorded in the…
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Youth Urged To Embrace Cash Crop Growing
Youth in Masindi district have been advised to embrace cash crop growing as a faster and more efficient way of improving their household incomes. The youth were on Saturday touring Sunrise Inspirational…
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Bugisu Cooperative Union Opens Uganda’s first Cooperative Radio Station
In Eastern Uganda, Bugisu sub region, where literacy remains a substantial barrier to development, radio can reach a large number of poor people because it is affordable and consumes little electricity. On…
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Police investigate the embezzlement of UGX 69M at Nyalit Coop
A police investigation is underway after some members of the Bukwo-based Nyalit Cooperative Society raised a red flag over alleged embezzlement of the cooperative’s funds. The said money, UGX 69 million, is…
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Community Health Workers raise Rwf14 billion in assets
Community Health Workers (CHW), through their cooperatives, have accumulated Rwf11.2 billion in immovable assets, and Rwf3.5 billion in cash deposited in banks, figures from the Ministry of Health show. Their assets are…
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Global cooperative movement meets in Kigali to discuss development
Participants from 95 countries from around the world have gathered in Kigali for the international cooperative conference that is discussing how to advance socio-economic development through the cooperative movement. Over 1,000 participants…
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Nakuru farmers urged to join saccos to boost income
When Nakuru Governor Lee Kinyanjui took office in 2017, revamping of the agriculture sector was one of his flagship projects. In his manifesto, Governor Kinyanjui promised to revive the lucrative sector. Two…
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Government registers over 240 fishing cooperatives
From George Maponga in Masvingo: Government has registered over 240 fishing cooperatives here as it seeks to leverage on the province’s high dam density to improve household disposable incomes and grow the…
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Agriculture Input Handouts Encouraging Laziness among Farmers
Kampala, Uganda: A government program to give out free agricultural inputs including hand-held hoes will lead to laziness, says the Chairman West Nile Seed Multiplication Cooperative Society Uzelle Adam Mohammad. While the…
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