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Okere City as a Rural Futuristic Experiment
In May 2022, we partnered with Konrad Adenauer Stiftung and the African Centre for Trade and Development (ACTADE) to organize the...

Okere City
Jun 6, 20225 min read


Okere City AS Rural Futuristic Project
In May 2022, we partnered with Konrad Adenauer Stiftung and the African Centre for Trade and Development (ACTADE) to organize the...

Okere City
May 31, 20224 min read


How Okere City is investing through skilling rural people
An adult education class in Okere. Photo Credit: Zahara Abdul Civilization and humanity advance only if people can access relevant skills...

Okere City
Feb 24, 20225 min read


UNBANKABLES - TRAILER
The Canadian Film Producer Luke Wilms paid us a courtesy visit to learn about our village bank model. You can watch the trailer of the...

Okere City
May 6, 20211 min read


RESEARCH REPORT: SHEA BUTTER IN OKERE - A GIFT FROM NATURE
SUMMARY OF THE REPORT: SHEA BUTTER IN OKERE The importance of Shea to the socio-economic realities of the people in Okere cannot be...

Okere City
Mar 15, 20212 min read


BUSINESS PLAN: OKERE SHEA COOPERATIVE SOCIETY
We have an ambitous plan to position Okere Shea Cooperative as one of the best Shea butter producers in the world. Download the Business...

Okere City
Feb 2, 20211 min read


"Thank You, Charles Opio" - Okere Shea Cooperators
In 2020, we registered Okere Shea Cooperative Society, a significant feat in our attempt to position Shea nuts as a key economic...

Okere City
Jan 21, 20212 min read


“We will never Cut Shea Trees Again” – Okere Community
Collin, one of the women in Okere who derives her livelihood from collecting Shea nuts, making and selling Shea oil. Shea trees, which...

Okere City
Jan 21, 20212 min read


Meet Ajok, the Lone Female Member of Okere Boxing Club
Agnes Ajok is the only female member of Okere Boxing Club. Her passion for kickboxing and taekwondo dates back to 2015 when she was...

Ojok Okello
Dec 27, 20203 min read


RESTORING THE LOST DREAMS OF OKERE's YOUTH THROUGH BOXING
We are excited about our newest project - Okere Boxing Club. Let me tell you a little story behind this boxing and kick boxing club. Over...

Ojok Okello
Dec 9, 20202 min read


We ARE CHAMPIONING THE FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS in Okere
When I started Okere City, it was very clear to me that dwelling on the plethora of challenges that riddle my community was out of the...

Ojok Okello
Dec 1, 20202 min read


Starting a Co-op Journey to Build a Shea Movement in Okere
Cooperative societies have traditionally been used as vehicle for facilitating rural reforms and agrarian transformations world over. In...

Ojok Okello
Sep 17, 20205 min read


Shea Butter for Your Hair
The natural hair movement is here. And more so among the African women. From the streets of Kampala, to Nairobi, Cape Town and Lagos, you...

Okere City
Aug 20, 20203 min read


Call me Ojok Okello from Okere City
Together with the community members, we make our work the bedrock upon which the dreams, hopes and prosperous future of our village are...

Okere City
Aug 14, 20201 min read


Olelo, the Lion Slayer of Okere
This is a true story about Olelo Coo-roc, one of the Okere elderly icons. Once upon time, three lions (a lion, lioness and their little...

Okere City
Jan 7, 20206 min read
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