• A year of action to support agricultural cooperatives/ companies in Africa: COLEAD and the Shared Interest Foundation reflect on a promising partnership

    • 08/04/2025
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
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    Between February 2024 and February 2025, COLEAD, in partnership with the Shared Interest Foundation (SIF), designed and implemented a capacity building programme for eight selected agricultural cooperatives / companies (coffee, cocoa, vegetables)  in Rwanda, Uganda and Côte d’Ivoire. A four-part support approach The support pathway was structured around four key actions, tailored to the needs of each cooperative following an initial diagnostic assessment: Organisational and financial diagnostics : Each cooperative benefited from an analysis of its governance and financial management… +
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  • Raising climate change awareness among coffee and cocoa cooperatives: highlight of the COLEAD-SIF project, which ended in February 2025

    • 06/03/2025
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
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    Since its launch in February 2024, the partnership between COLEAD and the Shared Interest Foundation (SIF) has been dedicated to strengthening eight selected cooperatives/companies in Côte d’Ivoire (three), Rwanda (four) and Uganda (one). This initiative concluded in February 2025, marked by a significant initiative – an interactive e-session on climate change awareness, conducted in both English and French. Raising awareness on climate change The two-day virtual session provided an engaging platform for participating companies/cooperatives to explore the intersection of climate… +
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  • Shared Interest-COLEAD: an ongoing partnership supporting cocoa & coffee cooperatives in Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana and Rwanda

    • 28/06/2024
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
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    Shared Interest-COLEAD: an ongoing partnership supporting cocoa & coffee cooperatives in Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana and Rwanda.   First phase of the project completed: completion of a diagnostic of the “governance and financial framework of the participating cooperatives”. Next phase of the project: start of training on “Cooperative governance and management”.   The Shared Interest Foundation (SIF), a UK-based charity, is working with COLEAD to improve the operational effectiveness and sustainability of cooperatives in Côte d’Ivoire, Uganda and Rwanda. These cooperatives… +
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  • Shared interest foundation – COLEAD: a new partnership for the benefit of coffee-cocoa cooperatives in Côte d’Ivoire, Uganda, and Rwanda

    • 21/02/2024
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    The Shared Interest Foundation (SIF), a UK-based charity, is partnering with COLEAD in an initiative aimed at enhancing the operational effectiveness and sustainability of cooperatives in Côte d’Ivoire, Uganda, and Rwanda, which are currently receiving finance from their business arm, Shared Interest Society The project will revolve around (i) a baseline diagnostic phase to identify existing gaps and weaknesses in the current governance and financial frameworks of each cooperative, (ii) a training programme on cooperative governance and management, planning, and… +
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