Cooperative
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Cooperatives & Communities
Makindye Boda Boda Cooperative Shakes off Leadership Woes to Uplift Members
Kampala, Uganda: A boda boda (commercial motorcycle) cooperative in Makindye, a city suburb, has shaken itself off leadership woes to put a smile on faces of members. Members of the Kampala Civil…
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Development
CID Questions Coop Boss Ivan Asiimwe, Two Others over Forgery, Fraud
Kampala, Uganda: Following the interrogation of Uganda Cooperative Alliance General Secretary, Ivan Asiimwe, last Friday on suspicion of forgery, police yesterday questioned two more senior officials of the Alliance on the same…
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Cooperatives & Communities
President urged to assent to Cooperative Amendment Bill 2016 as nation gears-up for International Coop Day
KAMPALA, Uganda: This year’s Cooperative Week Celebrations have been launched with a call for immediate assenting to the Cooperative Amendment Bill 2016 by the President. The week long event was launched by…
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Cooperatives & Communities
International Cooperative Alliance and International Labour Organization reaffirm commitment to inclusive, sustainable development through co-ops
The International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) reaffirmed their century-long friendship and commitment to elevating cooperative enterprise by signing a new Memorandum of Understanding on Monday. The document states…
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East Africa
New rules to protect Kenyan SACCO members
Kenya is working on new rules to tame deposit-taking SACCOs (DT-SACCOs) that fleece members through inflated charges, delays in reimbursement of deposits, and “reckless” lending and debt collection. This comes amid concerns…
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Topics
Cooperatives and social enterprises may hold the key to more and better jobs
Co-operatives and social enterprises achieve employment growth at least on a par with other types of organisation, and also create good quality jobs, according to a new report by the University of…
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Africa
Six cooperatives supported by Nema-Chosso generate D11M
In an exclusive interview on Tuesday, 18 June, 2019, with the National Agricultural Land and Water Management Development Project (Nema), Mr. Momodou L. Gassama, the project director, gave the latest updates on…
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Development
Youths take the next step to form a cooperative
Egessa Hajusu The unfavorable economic conditions in the country, have compelled a section of youths in the shoe making industry in Kampala to turn their businesses into a cooperative. “The current system…
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Regions
Building consensus is the magic bullet to success of cooperatives
Rwandans this weekend met in their respective sectors to celebrate the International Cooperatives Day. Internationally, the day is celebrated on July 7 but in Rwanda, it was observed a week later, to…
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Experts Renew Calls on Revival of Cooperatives
Cooperative will ease access to cheap credit and save farmers from commercial Banks that are fleecing them.
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