Our Partners
Ministry of Industry Trade and Cooperatives Kenya:This is the ministry under which SACCOs fall.The mandate of the Ministry is to promote and facilitate Industrialization in the country. The Vision is to transform Kenya into a globally competitive, regional industrial hub in line with the Kenya Vision 2030. Currently, there are over 14,000 registered cooperative societies, of which 5,000 are SACCOs. Co-operatives have mobilized domestic savings to the tune of about Kshs. 400 billion, accounting for 33% of the national savings and are major drivers of the economy. They have an asset base of over Kshs. 300 billion. About 63% of the Kenya population directly and indirectly depends on cooperative society related activities for their livelihood.
Ministry of Industry, Trade and Cooperatives http://www.industrialization.go.ke/
World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU): The global trade association and development agency for credit unions. WOCCU international development programmes assist credit unions and their associations with rebuilding efforts, providing access to the underserved, developing integrated business networks, supporting communities at risk, and encouraging legislative reform and regulatory system development.
World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) http://www.woccu.org/
International Cooperative Alliance (ICA): An independent, non-governmental association which unites, represents and serves cooperatives worldwide. ICA has 248 member organisations from 92 countries active in all sectors of the economy. Together, these cooperatives represent nearly 1 billion individuals worldwide.
International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) http://ica.coop/
African Confederation of Cooperative Savings and Credit Associations (ACCOSCA): A non-government, non-political and Pan-African confederation of national associations for the savings and credit cooperative movement. It was formed to promote cooperative movements in Africa. It has currently developed programmes aimed at improving social-economic needs of Africa through savings and credit unions, partnering with various government bodies, development agencies and research institutions in an effort to contribute towards mitigating the challenges facing Africa.
African Confederation of Cooperative Savings and Credit Associations (ACCOSCA) www.accosca.org
The Co-operative Alliance of Kenya (CAK) is the National Apex Organization for Kenya's Co-operative Movement. Its membership consists of over 14,000 registered Co-operatives comprising the National Co-operative Organizations (NACOs), Co-operative Unions and Primary Co-operative Societies
Cooperative Alliance of Kenya (CAK) http://www.cak.coop
Financial Sector Deepening (FSD Kenya): Was established to support the development of financial markets in Kenya as a means to stimulate wealth creation and reduce poverty. It operates as an independent trust under the supervision of professional trustees, with policy guidance from a programme investment committee. Finance is provided by a number of development partners working with the Government of Kenya. Current donors include the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) the Ministry of Trade and Industry, World Bank and SIDA (Swedish International Development Agency).
Financial Sector Deepening (FSD Kenya) http://fsdkenya.org/
Internationale Raiffeisen-Union (IRU): A worldwide voluntary association of national cooperative organisations, based on the principles of Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen, the founder and pioneer of the worldwide cooperative movement. IRU principles include self-help, self-responsibility and self-administration. More than 900,000 cooperatives with an estimated 500 million members in over 100 countries are now working according to Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen's principles
Internationale Raiffeisen-Union (IRU) http://www.iru.de
Institute of Directors Kenya (IOD): is a non-political professional organisation of individual corporate directors and senior managers committed to the professional practice of corporate directorship in Kenya.
Institute of Directors Kenya (IOD) http://www.iodkenya.co.ke
The Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) is the private sector apex and umbrella body set up in 2003, to bring together business community in a single voice to engage and influence public policy for an enabling business environment. The Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) is a limited liability membership organization.
With current membership of over 100,000 direct and indirect members organised through Business Membership Organizations and Corporate members, KEPSA is a key player in championing the interests of the Kenyan business community in trade, investment and industrial relations.
The Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) http://kepsa.or.ke/
The Jiko Safi Fund was developed under the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Winrock International Developing a Sustainable Cookstove Sector (DSCS) Program. The goal of the DSCS program is to develop sustainable cookstove markets that will lead to widespread adoption of clean, efficient cooking solutions. The program is being implemented at and can be accessed by KUSCCO’s network of member SACCOs to on-lend to their individual members for the purchase of fuel-efficient cookstoves.
United States Agency for International Development/Winrock International https://blog.usaid.gov/tag/winrock-international/
Climatecare/Pamoja Life - Pamoja Life focusses on the sale of high-quality household energy devices targeted to the Base of the Pyramid (BoP). Pamoja Life has recently acquired the staff and networks of Sola Yetu, a Nairobi based company which has built a relationship with KUSCCO and Winrock International over 2years. Using KUSCCO’s network of SACCO, the company is working together with KUSCCO to offer household green energy devices.
Climatecare/Pamoja Life climatecare.org/
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