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23 May '13

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United States NCBA’s interim CEO, Liz Bailey, recognised as an 'outstanding leader' 
by NAHC
The interim President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Cooperative Business Association...
United States Land O'Lakes committed to reducing environmental impact
The second largest co-operative in the US, Land O Lakes, has cut their energy consumption by almost...
United States Mergers help farmers achieve $1bn income
The largest co-op in the US is unknown to most Americans — but it is a critical element of...
United States Consumer-run health insurers receive devastating cuts in fiscal cliff
Plans to create consumer-run health insurers in almost every state in the USA have been scrapped...
Global NewsICA launches website for Cape Town event

The official website for this year’s biggest global gathering for co-operators has been launched.

Global NewsUN buys from Ethiopia's farmer co-operatives to feed local, starving people

Farmer co-operatives around Ethiopia are set to deliver one of the largest amounts of maize to a food development programme that will redistribute the food to ...

Members of the Morwa Savings and Credit Co-operative with the North American visitors

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BotswanaFirst ever credit union African Women’s Forum a success

There was a lot to be learned at the first-ever credit union African Women’s Forum held in March. Twenty credit union leaders, from all across Africa, came together ...

(1)Development, Credit Unions, Economy, Society

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KenyaTakaful: TIA to expand operations in East Africa

Kenyan ICMIF member, Takaful Insurance of Africa Ltd (TIA), plans to expand its operations into five East African nations, Chief Executive Officer Hassan Bashir said recently. TIA is Kenya’s only Shariah-compliant insurer. Under TIA’s five-year plan it will expand into Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda, Somalia and the autonomously governed enclave of Somaliland, where it was granted a license this year, Bashir said. “The intention is to grow the takaful insurance model both in Kenya as ...

(0)Banking and Insurance, Business, Economy

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UgandaExtending horizons and opportunities through worker cooperatives in Uganda

As many youths in Uganda face the unemployment crisis, the youths in Bwongera, in the South West of the country, have a different story to tell. They have managed to create jobs for themselves. They have formed a worker cooperative to construct fish ponds for farmers. The group consists of 40 members that started in August 2009, when two of them were part of a cooperative group that was sponsored to attend a course in fish farming, in view of a growing importance for fish for domestic ...

(0)Co-operatives, Democracy, Mutuals, Producer or Worker, Housing

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Global NewsThe Global Farmer’s Market: From Chilean Small Farmers to Your Breakfast Table

How many of you shop at a farmer’s market when you have the chance?  Especially when you’re traveling, don’t you love stumbling upon a local farmer’s market wherever you ...

(0)Agriculture, Co-operatives, Global Affairs, Development, Environment, Fairtrade, Social Enterprise, Global News, Society

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South AfricaRegister now to be part of the first ICMIF Biennial Conference to be held in Africa!

It gives us great pleasure to announce that registration for the 2013 ICMIF Biennial Conference and General Assembly in Cape Town, South Africa, is now open. This will be the first ICMIF Conference to be held in Africa and we are very excited about bringing the cooperative and mutual insurance world to Cape Town; as are our wonderful hosts PPS. A dedicated ICMIF Biennial Conference website has been launched and the Conference brochure is also available for download from the website. Two of the ...

(0)Banking and Insurance, Global Affairs, ICA, Social Enterprise, Economy
Brad Hill in Kenya meeting members of the Fintea Co-operative and their children

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United KingdomCo-operative stores across the UK embrace Fairtrade products

As the UK celebrates Fairtrade Fortnight, Brad Hill, Fairtrade Strategy Manager for the Co-operative Group, discusses the society's pioneering approach to Fairtrade and how ...

(0)Global Affairs, Consumer, Development, Financial, Fairtrade, Regional Organisations, Social Enterprise, Society
Ashish Deo, Fairtrade Foundation Commercial Director; Brad Hill, Co-operative Group Fairtrade Strategic Development Manager; Michael Gidney, CEO of the Fairtrade Foundation; Martin Bacon, eco-engineer and Steve Murrells with the coffee-powered car

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United KingdomFairtrade sales hit high levels in UK stores

Co-operative Food stores have increased sales of Fairtrade products by 20 per cent.

(0)Co-operatives, Global Affairs, Consumer, Development, Financial, Fairtrade, Social Enterprise, Society

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GhanaA meeting of co-operatives – The Co-op and Suma visit Kuapa Kokoo

Here’s Divine’s Wendy Rowan reporting on her first trip to Ghana: Saturday 19th January We left a snow bound London to arrive in Accra at 10.30 at night with the ...

(0)Co-operatives, Consumer, Development, Environment, Fairtrade, Regional Organisations, Social Enterprise, Society