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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…

NCBA Clusa and Kenyan Co-ops sign MoU to boost coffee sector

The MoU aims to sustainably grow the Kenyan coffee sector

Moroccan government adopts plan to preserve argan trees through co-ops

As global demand for argan oil grows, there are concerns over the impact of climate change,…

Co-ops of the Americas championed at UN FAO conference

ACI Americas has signed an agreement with Consumer Co-operatives Worldwide (CCW) to leverage access to new…

Co-op Bank of Kenya tops customer satisfaction survey

The bank is one of the largest financial institutions in the region

UKSCS conference looks at principle 6 and ways to build a co-op ecosystem

The event included updates on worker co-ops, accounting, building societies and the UKSCS's own journal

Cocoa co-ops in Ghana join forces

83 cocoa co-op unions are coming together to form the new association