Trade
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Cooperatives & Communities
Mwalimu SACCO members query pay deductions
Mwalimu National Sacco members in Western Kenya have threatened to stop their monthly contributions to the Sacco. The members claim that the Sacco has been making unauthorised deductions from their salaries.On Monday,…
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Development
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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Cooperatives & Communities
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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Cooperatives & Communities
She Is A Millionaire From Selling Eggs, A Humbling Testimony
Jeanne Nyirankurunziza, a mother of four in her forties, runs a poultry farm with over 700 chickens, some village in Gasabo District, an outskirt in Kigali City. She also rears cows and…
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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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East Africa
Transport Paralyzed As Kangema Matatu SACCOs Strike
Commuters using Kangema-Murang’a town road were on Monday left stranded after local matatu SACCOs staged a demonstration. Four SACCOs which ply the road were protesting what they termed as intrusion of their…
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East Africa
Kenya roots for harmonized quality standards for enhanced intra-Africa trade
NAIROBI: Kenya on Wednesday called for harmonized quality product standards across African countries in order to enhance intra-Africa trade. Peter Munya, cabinet secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Cooperatives, called on…
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News
East African Community Launch Project to increase Production of Staple Food
KAMPALA – The East African Community has launched the Regional East African Trade in staples (REACTS-II) project that will increase production of staple food to reduce importations from non-member states. The three-year…
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