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A Kenyan startup is helping office workers reclaim up to 40 minutes per commute by partnering with local transport cooperatives to run scheduled electric buses on direct routes. Unlike failed competitors, BasiGo works with existing operators instead of replacing them.
Indonesia is connecting welfare families to village cooperatives that offer jobs and business training. The partnership gives 30,000 communities a path to turn temporary assistance into lasting income.
Ghana is transforming illegal mining into legal, eco-friendly cooperatives that will bring clean water and jobs to communities devastated by mercury pollution. Over 200 mining cooperatives launching by February will replace dangerous operations with safe, community-owned enterprises.
Two major utilities are taking the federal government to court over an order forcing them to keep an old coal plant running. The cooperatives say they've spent years planning cleaner, cheaper energy for over a million customers.
Nearly 8,000 women across Morocco's Marrakech-Safi region just received funding and training to grow their businesses. The program proves that targeted support can transform entire communities when women entrepreneurs succeed.
Morocco's network of 65,000 cooperatives generated more than 24,000 new jobs during the International Year of Cooperatives. The country is now launching digital tools and support programs to help even more people start cooperative businesses.
A Moroccan government agency invested $10.5 million to create nearly 10,000 jobs through cooperatives protecting argan trees and desert oases. The program supports hundreds of small businesses while fighting desertification across the country's arid regions.
Across the globe, neighborhoods are replacing traditional capitalism with cooperative farms, community land trusts, and mutual aid networks that put people and planet first. This "solidarity economy" is already feeding thousands while proving another way of organizing society is possible.