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Ministerial Address ICD 2025

🗓️ 7 August 2025 📍 North West Province,Sun-City The Minister of Small Business Development, Stella Ndabeni, delivered a powerful call to action at today’s International Day of Cooperatives event: ✅ Cooperatives are not side projects — they are key to transforming our economy! ✅ We must build from the ground up, uniting co-ops by sector and scaling up production, trade, and procurement. ✅ A new R100 BILLION TRANSFORMATION FUND is coming – co-ops must help shape it! ✅ Public...

Por 2025-08-07 11:10:46 0 3K

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Building Africa’s Most Inclusive Back-to-School Ecosystem Through Shared Value and Community Power

In today’s world, where rising costs often make preparing for school a burden for families, the eduBox Consumer Co-op is emerging as a transformational model, redefining how African communities approach education — not just as consumers, but as active participants in a system designed for collective value and empowerment. eduBox is more than a school supply company — it’s a multi-stakeholder cooperative platform that connects parents, suppliers, service providers,...

Por 2025-07-06 13:42:54 0 3K

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The power of membership: Unlocking all the Rewards of the eduBox Consumer Co-op

In today’s ever-changing education landscape, families need more than just school supplies they need a system that supports them all year round, provides financial relief, empowers learners, creates opportunity and builds strong educational communities. That’s exactly what the eduBox Consumer Co-op delivers. Designed as a smart, member-powered solution, eduBox goes beyond termly supplies to offer an entire ecosystem of value-packed benefits for students, parents, tutors, schools,...

Por 2025-07-05 08:39:26 0 3K

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ZWMB Capital Market Report (5-Jul-25)

For Entrepreneurs, SMEs & CooperativesFriday, 5 July 2025Vol. 1 | Issue 1 🧭 1. Capital & Market Conditions: Snapshot of the Week Indicator Level Weekly Movement Impact on SMEs RBZ Policy Rate 35% ➖ No change Cost of formal borrowing remains high. Explore structured alternatives. Average Commercial Lending Rate 46.51% ⬆️ +0.30pp Loans costlier. Shorter terms and cooperative guarantees now more attractive. Parallel Market (USD/ZWL) 1 USD = ZWL 18,750 ⬆️ 1.3% Costs rising...

Por 2025-07-04 15:13:58 0 3K

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