KOLE, December 19, 2025 — Alito Joint Multipurpose Cooperative Society Limited, located in Kole district, has grown from a small farmers’ group into one of Northern Uganda’s most trusted sources of quality soybean seed. Founded in 1998 by five members, the cooperative now boasts 16,815 members spread across Lango, Acholi and parts of Karamoja sub-regions. …
LONDON, December 21, 2025 — Campaigners fighting to save the home of a much-loved community music project have said they are getting “really close” to reopening, thanks to a special new compilation release. Lancaster Music Co-op [LMC] is a non-profit rehearsal facility and recording studio for the music community in north Lancashire. It was founded …
KAMPALA, December 21, 2025 — The NBA family and the global basketball community, including the International Basketball Federation [FIBA], USA Basketball, the National Collegiate Athletic Association [NCAA], the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, the National Basketball Coaches Association [NBCA] and the National Federation of State High School Associations [NFHS], are celebrating the third annual World …
LONDON, December 20, 2025 — The African Development Fund [ADF], the concessional financing arm of the African Development Bank Group [AfDB], has secured a record US$ 11 billion from 43 Partners for its 17th Replenishment [ADF-17], the largest in the Fund’s history, despite severe global fiscal constraints and declining aid budgets. The outcome represents a …
QUITO, December 20, 2025 — COONECTA, Ecuador’s leading transactional network serving financial institutions regulated by the Superintendencia de Economía Popular y Solidaria [SEPS], has partnered with BPC, a global leader in payment solutions, to accelerate nationwide digital transformation and advance financial inclusion. Powered by BPC’s next-generation SmartVista platform, the initiative consolidates transactional and digital infrastructure …
ABIDJAN December 20, 2025 — Ecobank Côte d’Ivoire and Corus International recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding [MoU] aimed at strengthening the development, structuring, and professionalisation of agricultural cooperatives in West Africa. This initiative comes at a time when cooperatives remain a key pillar of the region’s agricultural value chains. In Côte d’Ivoire alone, more than 1.2 million …
