DGRV Kenya, on 12th June 2024 opened its doors to a group of twelve like-minded females, who aspire to grow in leadership in the cooperative arena in Kenya. We rolled out the “Female leaders Mentorship programme for co-operatives – FLEP Coop initiative” In today’s dynamic and interconnected world, the role of cooperative organizations is more…
21st of March 2024, was a special day for us as GKCD/ DGRV Kenya; the ‘Opening Event” of our new project phase 2024-2026. It was a motivating exchange platform for our project partners and us, to channel development conversations with the Presidential Economic Transformation Secretariat, the State Department for Co-operatives, the County Governments of Nyeri,…
Through the partnership between Kipkelion Youth Service Co-operative Society Ltd (KYSC) and DGRV/GKCD, KYSC as a cooperative has witnessed noticeable growth in its management, leadership, operation as well as plans towards sustainability. In addition, the partnership fostered with GESTE Foundation saw KYSC start up and operate its popular brand KYSC CoffeeTuk business in Kericho. The…
GESTE Foundation and DGRV are both organizations promoting international development cooperation. GESTE financially supported our partner organization Kipkelion Youth Service Cooperative Society (KYSC) at the beginning of this year 2023, with the aim of supporting the economic activities of the co-operative. The funds financed the establishment of a CoffeeTuk Business and will go a long…
DGRV/GKCD conducted a successful workshop on defining of a specialized training for Co-operative Auditors on 15th September 2023 at the Heron Hotel, Nairobi. The workshop was attended by 17 representatives from 11 keys stakeholders: The Cooperative Alliance of Kenya, The Co-operative Bank, CIC Group, NCBA CLUSA, National Co-operative Housing Union (NACHU), The Co-operative University of…
The long-awaited day finally arrived and our partners, Kipkelion Youth Service Cooperative (KYSC) Limited launched the KYSC CoffeeTuk Business on Thursday, 28th September 2023 in Kericho. KYSC is the first and so far only service co-operative in Kenya that runs a coffee shop. The CoffeeTuk is a fun location offering coffee, snacks, and daily changing…
DGRV/GKCD had a successful workshop on NDT SACCO Supervision (not regulated by SASRA) and Audit Curricular at the Heron Hotel, Nairobi. The stakeholders present included State Department of Cooperatives, KUSCCO, SASRA, NACHU, CAK, CUK, Golden Chance SACCO, Narok Central SACCO, Health Partners SACCO, Cooperative Department from Nairobi County and Narok County, CIC SACCO among others.…
Our partner, Kipkelion Youth Service Cooperative (KYSC), is a youth cooperative society that is finding innovative ways of doing business in the local hospitality Industry. Its main objective is to promote its members through economic participation. The background of these youth is in the Coffee growing areas and they are planning to implement businesses which…
Our partners, Kipkelion Youth Service Co-operatives (KYSC) task force team alongside the DGRV/GKCD team undertook the Coffee Tuktuk Business Plan review in Nairobi at the DGRV/GRKCD offices to establish how far they have gone as well as plan for upcoming activities like branding, launch, videography among others. Thereafter, they paid a visit to Quantum Investments…
SACCOs in Kenya plays critical role in mobilizing savings from the members. At the same time, these SACCOs offer loans to members at competitive interest rates in the background of other more favorable terms and conditions. Hence, deposits and loans portfolios have been growing into millions of Kenya shillings on daily basis. With such huge…