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International Year of Cooperatives celebrations kick off in Morocco

Morocco's 60,000 co-ops - which have 760,000 members - are contributing to the country’s economic resilience,…

African Union joins UN social and solidarity economy task force 

The move will 'enhance collaboration on policy development, knowledge sharing, and implementation of SSE solutions', says…

ILO conducts health insurance awareness campaign to reduce Nigerian child labour

An expected result of this activity includes improved capacity of the country’s co-operative societies

US apexes partner to promote worker co-ops abroad

The project, funded by USAID, will see NCBA Clusa and USFWC work with co-ops in Madagascar,…

Can co-ops speed the pace towards sustainable development?

The world is trailing far behind its target for the UN SDGs

2024 End of Year Q&A: Chiyoge Sifa

Regional director, ICA Africa

International project supports dairy co-ops in Ethiopia’s Somali region

Cattle farmers were supported through various initiatives to increase the quality of their produce

Can co-ops address AI labour inequities in East Africa?

Trebor Scholz, founding director of the Platform Cooperativism Consortium, writes from the organisation's conference in Mombasa,…

Credit union apex wins $1.8m grant to run climate project in West Africa

Woccu will work with credit union networks to help them manage climate risk and offer adaptation…

Model Law boosts co-operative movement in Africa

The legislation aims to harmonise co-operative legislation and practice across the continent

Interactive map links Fairtrade prices to living incomes by region

Users can look up different products such as coffee, cocoa and cashews

African Union adopts 10-year social and solidarity economy strategy 

This is the second regional social economy strategy in the world to be adopted, following the…