Ghana Invented Africa’s Credit Union Movement — Kenya Now Owns It

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-invented-africas-credit-union-movement-kenya-now-owns-it/Ghana launched Africa’s first credit union at Jirapa in 1955, yet seven decades later the country that pioneered the cooperative savings movement on the continent serves fewer than 5 percent of its adults through credit unions, while Kenya has enrolled one in three. That gap, highlighted by Joseph Akossey, Executive Director of Proven Trusted Solutions, […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-invented-africas-credit-union-movement-kenya-now-owns-it/


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