Daniel Chongolo directs cooperatives to include women and youth

Government pressure is pushing cooperatives to stop being sleepy clubs and start pulling women and youth into real money-making lanes.

Directive to expand cooperative inclusion

• Daniel Chongolo told the Tanzania Cooperative Development Commission Board to pull in special groups.
• Targeted women and youth already accessing empowerment loans.
• Pushed broader participation in cooperative activities.
• Framed inclusion as an economic unlock.

Money is already moving through groups

• Women and youth tap ten percent of local authority loan allocations.
• Annual loan access sits around 80bn.
• Bodaboda riders flagged as ready-made cooperatives.
• Urged formal absorption into the sector.

Professionalism and innovation push

• Abdulmajid Nsekela chairs the new board.
• Ordered tighter management standards.
• Abdulmajid Nsekela pressed innovation over routine administration.
• Emphasized accountability and audits.

Presidential directives in play

• Samia Suluhu Hassan’s guidance set clear expectations.
• Focused on industrial growth via cooperatives.
• Pushed for farm insurance and retirement benefits.
• Farmers are positioned as long-term stakeholders.

Board legacy and banking move

• Abdulmajid Nsekela credited the outgoing board’s groundwork.
• Asset identification across cooperative unions improved.
• Registration numbers climbed under prior oversight.
• Led to the creation of COOP Bank Tanzania.

Commission mandate and continuity

• Benson Ndiege outlined a commitment to government direction.
• Regulates and promotes cooperative development.
• Oversees registration, supervision, and dispute resolution.
• Anchored in the Cooperative Societies Act No. 6 of 2013.