Category: Development

United Port Harcourt Peoples Cooperative Elects New Management Committee
AGMs, Cooperative

United Port Harcourt Peoples Cooperative Elects New Management Committee

March 30, 2024

The United Port Harcourt Peoples Cooperative Investment & Credit Society Limited, Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, has elected new leaders to pilot the affairs of ... Read More

ICA’s Director General Visits UN to Discuss 2025 International Year of Cooperatives Preparation
Cooperative, Development

ICA’s Director General Visits UN to Discuss 2025 International Year of Cooperatives Preparation

March 30, 2024

On 29 and 30 January, the Director General of ICA, Jeroen Douglas, accompanied by the Director of Policy, Joseph Njuguna, visited the United Nations Headquarters in New York to ... Read More

Project FIKT to Boost Financial Inclusion Launched
Africa, Banking & Finance

Project FIKT to Boost Financial Inclusion Launched

March 24, 2024

Kenya and Tanzania on Friday launched a project in partnership with the African Confederation of Cooperative Savings and Credit Associations (ACCOSCA) to boost financial inclusion ... Read More

SMEDAN FG’s Intervention Grants and Loans for Nano and Micro Businesses On going
Government, Banking & Finance

SMEDAN FG’s Intervention Grants and Loans for Nano and Micro Businesses On going

March 24, 2024

The Small and Medium Scale Enterprises Development of Nigeria (SMEDAN), Oyo State Manager, Mrs. Iyabo Ojogbede, disclosed in an interview with the News Agency of ... Read More

Co-ops, Generative AI and the Creative Industries
Cooperative, Development

Co-ops, Generative AI and the Creative Industries

March 22, 2024

...How co-ops are responding to the challenges and opportunities posed by AI in the creative sector Generative AI’s evolving role in content production has significant ... Read More

Platform Co-op Looks to Show a Better Way Forward on AI
Cooperative, Development

Platform Co-op Looks to Show a Better Way Forward on AI

March 22, 2024

...As experts warn of the dangers posed by artificial intelligence, Cosy AI looks to create a co-op model for its ownership, development and use Throughout ... Read More

Fintech Start-up Coop Exchange Hits £10m Valuation in Pre-seed Funding Round
Cooperative, Banking & Finance

Fintech Start-up Coop Exchange Hits £10m Valuation in Pre-seed Funding Round

March 22, 2024

Canadian Insurer Co-operators led the investment, putting in over CA$2m to acquire a 12.4% stake Fintech platform start-up Coop Exchange has hailed the completion of its pre-seed ... Read More