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Coop brand awareness campaign launched in Singapore
SINGAPORE, March 23, 2025 – – Singapore’s National Cooperative Federation recently launched a social media brand awareness campaign to showcase cooperatives’ social impact. The Coop of the Day campaign, a celebration the centenary of…
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Workers in Bunyoro urged to join trade unions to enhance bargaining power
MASINDI, March 3, 2025 – Workers from various sectors in the Bunyoro subregion have been urged to affiliate with different trade unions to strengthen their bargaining power when negotiating for better working…
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GROW project to benefit 1.6mln women indirectly, says minister Amongi
KAMPALA, November 10, 2024 – The Generating Growth Opportunities and Productivity for Women Enterprises [GROW] will benefit 1.6 million women indirectly, the Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development MGLSD], Betty Amongi…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Dairy Farmers of America donating US$ 50,000 to Texas area food banks
KANSAS, March 18, 2024 – With millions of people in the Southwest still struggling in the aftermath of recent winter storms, Dairy Farmers of America [DFA], a Kansas City-based dairy cooperative of…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Baristas of Canadian coffee chain end strike, reach contract agreement
ONTARIO – Sunergos Coffee baristas in Canada have won their first contract agreement after a seven-day strike, ending a seven-day strike. The agreement includes a raise in starting pay to US$ 10…
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National
Standard Chartered employees to access minimum 20-week parental leave benefit
KAMPALA, September 20, 2023 – Standard Chartered Bank recently announced the rollout of enhanced global parental leave benefits that will also benefit its employees in Uganda, effective September 1, 2023. According to…
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East Africa
Kenya’s Tai SACCO total assets grow to Ksh4.1bln
NAIROBI– Despite a difficult economic environment in the country, Kenya’s Tai SACCO posted an impressive financial performance in the year ended December 31, 2022, posting Ksh 4.1 billion in total assets, its…
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Finance & Banking
NSSF launches campaign to recruit more members
MBARARA – The National Social Security Fund [ NSSF ] senior public relations officer, Victory Karamagi says they have launched a campaign aimed at encouraging more employers in the country to register…
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PAC urges govt to follow loans of civil servants
MBARARA-Martin Ojara Mapenduzi, the Bardege-Layibi Division legislator who doubles as the chairperson of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee [ PAC ], wants government to take a keen interest in the Payroll Deduction Management…
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International
CHS to build new grain shuttle facility
SIOUX FALLS– CHS Inc., a farmer-owned cooperative in the United States, will begin construction this spring on a new grain shuttle facility in southeast South Dakota, a strategic location in its Pacific…
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