DAR ES SALAAM, Oct. 15 -- PRIME Minister Dr Mwigulu Nchemba has outlined five key priorities for transforming Africas cooperative movement, urging governments and sector stakeholders to protect members savings, embrace digitalisation, empower young people, finance African enterprises and strengthen regulatory systems.

Speaking today, October 15, when officially opening the SACCA Congress 2026 in Dar es Salaam, Dr Nchemba said the priorities were critical to building public trust, expanding financial inclusion and positioning financial cooperatives as drivers of Africas economic transformation.

Representing President Samia Suluhu Hassan, the Prime Minister said the continent needed to turn its growing savings into productive investments ...