The Data is In! What do members say? A dialogue on COVID-19 and resilience with cooperative leaders in sub-Saharan Africa

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Event Details

The International Cooperative Research Group (ICRG), research arm of the U.S. Overseas Cooperative Development Council (OCDC), recently hosted The Data is in! What do members say? A dialogue on COVID-19 and resilience with cooperative leaders in sub-Saharan Africa on April 27, 2023 at 9:00 AM EDT. In this webinar, the ICRG shared evidence-based insights from the recently published COVID Resilience Study, heard from cooperative members directly impacted by COVID-19, and explored actions that can be taken to strengthen cooperative resilience at the cooperative, community, and national levels.

Project Overview

This primary research was undertaken to identify the major challenges faced by cooperatives in sub-Saharan Africa during COVID-19, as well as strategies employed by cooperatives to mitigate adversities and whether and how cooperatives exhibited resilience during this period.

Through survey interviews and focus groups with rural, agricultural cooperatives in five sub-Saharan African countries, the ICRG collected current data and made comparisons across multiple factors related to cooperative operations against an existing pre- COVID baseline.

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REPORT: COVID-19 and Cooperative Resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa

This research sought to identify the major challenges faced by cooperatives in sub-Saharan Africa during COVID-19, as well as strategies and strengths employed by cooperatives to mitigate adversities. The ICRG further endeavored to understand whether and how these challenges and strengths/ strategies related to cooperative business resilience during hardship. Through a combination of survey interviews, focus groups with cooperatives, and pre-COVID-19 data, the ICRG collected current data and made comparisons across multiple factors related to cooperative operations, policies and environments.

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PRESENTATION: COVID-19 and Cooperative Resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa

Download the slide deck from the event, which includes the COVID-19 and Cooperative Resilience Study Presentation and key takeaways and recommendations from the study.

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