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International
WOCCU addresses UN Group to strengthen credit unions’ role in financial inclusion
NEW YORK—World Council of Credit Unions [WOCCU] Senior Vice President of International Advocacy Andrew Price recently outlined the various ways credit unions play a key role in growing financial inclusion for rural…
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Africa sees coffee exports drop 9.8 percent in May 2023
KAMPALA – Africa saw its coffee exports of all forms drop by 9.8 percent to 0.94 million bags in April 2023 down from 1.04mln bags in April 2022, the International Coffee Organisation…
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International
Cogecom’s power generation grows
BRAZILIA – Brazilian distributed generation cooperative Cogecom’s first quarter 2023 power generation grew by more than 150pc from full-year 2022 levels. Cogecom, which focuses on renewable power, generated what it said was…
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Global coffee exports drop 9.6 percent in March 2023
KAMPALA-Global green bean exports in March 2023 totalled 10.90 million bags, as compared with 12.06mln bags in the same month of the previous year, the International Coffee Organisation [ICO] says in its…
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Africa posts 2.2 percent growth in coffee exports
KAMPALA-Exports of all forms of coffee from Africa increased by 2.2 percent to 1.02 million bags in February 2023 from 1.0mln bags in February 2022, the International Coffee Organisation [ICO] says. ICO…
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U.S. agency to promote worker voice, labour rights in Brazil, Paraguay
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labour has announced the award of a US$ 5 million cooperative agreement to the International Laborr Organisation [ILO] to strengthen the capacity of worker and civil…
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Finance & Banking
Egypt acquires equity in BRICS New Development Bank
CAIRO-One of Africa’s economic powerhouses, Egypt recently took an equity in the BRICS New Development Bank [NDB], weeks after President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi visited India as a chief guest for the Republic Day…
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Uganda’s February 2023 coffee exports up 6.3 percent
KAMPALA – Uganda increased its coffee exports by about 6.3 percent to 478,646 60-kilo bags in February 2023, Uganda Coffee Development Authority [UCDA] says in its latest report. According to UCDA, coffee…
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International
Brazil’s Unimed chooses HPE GreenLake to drive innovation
BRASIL-Unimed Grande Florianópolis, a branch of Brazil’s largest medical cooperative group recently announced it had chosen the HPE GreenLake edge-to-cloud platform to accelerate innovation and deliver new digital touchpoints and services to…
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International
Global coffee exports down 15 percent in January 2023
KAMPALA-Global green bean exports in January 2023 declined by 15 percent to 8.69 million bags, as compared with 10.23mln bags in the same month of the previous year, International Coffee Organisation [ICIO]…
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