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  • University Don Isaac Nyamongo Wins Prestigious Award 
    K'Onyango,   Onyango (Nation Media Group, 2022-10-14)
    The Deputy Vice Chancellor (Co-operative Development, Research and Innovation) of Cooperative University of Kenya Professor Isaac Nyamongo on Wednesday won the prestigious International Cooperative Champion award for 2022.
  • Education, Training are Important, Make Cooperatives More Vibrant 
    Nyamongo, Isaac K. (Nation Media Group, 2022-11-01)
    According to Cooperative Principle #5, “Cooperatives provide education and training for their members, elected representatives, managers and employees so they can contribute effectively to the development of their cooperatives. ...
  • Prof Esther Njoki Gicheru: Birth of Co-Op University was My Greatest Coup 
    Maichuhie, Kamau (Nation Media Group, 2022-12-12)
    When Prof Esther Njoki Gicheru completed her Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture at the University of Nairobi in 1976, she looked forward to pursuing a fulfilling career. The fresh graduate was over the moon when ...
  • Measuring Economic Contribution of Cooperatives to GDP Important 
    Nyamongo, Isaac K. (Nation Media Group, 2023-01-03)
    The 13th African Ministerial Cooperative Conference concluded in Egypt with a declaration committing the ministers to a 13-point agenda that will be the focus of cooperative development in Africa for the next three years.
  • Use School-Based Co-Ops to Recruit the Next Generation of Cooperators 
    Nyamongo, Isaac K. (Nation Media Group, 2023-02-07)
    The average age of the agricultural cooperative member, now 61, has gradually increased over the years. Coupled with rising rural-to-urban migration, the resultant imbalance is a harbinger of food scarcity in the not-so-distant ...
  • Cooperatives Can Provide Solution to Unwanted Ubiquitous Middleman 
    Nyamongo, Isaac K. (Nation Media Group, 2023-03-07)
    Recently, I stayed in a hotel in Kotrijk, Belgium, which served tea, coffee and chocolate sourced only from Fairtrade-certified farms. These products are so certified because, in their respective supply chains, Fairtrade ...
  • Best Sacco Should Be That Which Gives Loans at Lowest Interest Rate 
    Nyamongo, Isaac K. (Nation Media Group, 2023-04-04)
    Recently, the Cabinet Secretary for Cooperatives and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Development urged saccos to focus on lowering interest rates on loans to members instead of pushing for higher dividends.
  • Strong Leadership is Pivotal to the Growth, Success of a Cooperative 
    Nyamongo, Isaac K. (Nation Media Group, 2023-05-02)
    In the past week, the Kenya Society of Professional Cooperators held its annual general meeting. On the agenda was election of leaders. Like the professional body, election of leaders for the cooperatives is a regular agenda item.
  • Cooperative Farming Can Deal with Dwindling Cultivable Land 
    Nyamongo, Isaac K. (Nation Media Group, 2023-06-04)
    Kenya’s population has increased tremendously since Independence, from 8.93 million in 1963 to over 53 million. Yet the average agricultural production has fallen due to subdivision. In some places in Gusiiland, the average ...
  • Co-Ops, Social and Solidarity Economies a Boon to SDGs 
    Nyamongo, Isaac K. (Nation Media Group, 2023-07-04)
    A recent UN resolution, A/77/L.60, describes the social and solidarity economy (SSE) as “enterprises, organisations and other entities engaged in economic, social and environmental activities which serve the collective ...
  • Cooperatives Would Help to Reduce the Cost of Food 
    Nyamongo, Isaac K. (Nation Media Group, 2023-08-01)
    The current state of the economy creates the right condition for starting a food cooperative. The cost of food in recent months has been dictated by various factors which have converged to dictate higher prices, a cost ...

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