ACCOSCA honours four African cooperative educators with inaugural awards
The awards were presented last week during the 26th SACCA Congress in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, marking the launch of the ACCOSCA Visionary Leaders Awards
DAR ES SALAAM, October 23, 2026 — The African Confederation of Savings and Credit Associations [ ACCOSCA ] has honoured four Africa Development Educators [ADEs] for their outstanding leadership and contributions to Africa’s cooperative movement.
The awards were presented last week during the 26th SACCA Congress in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, marking the launch of the ACCOSCA Visionary Leaders Awards.
The awards recognise ADE graduates whose leadership, service and commitment to institutional excellence have strengthened the cooperative sector and inspired the next generation of leaders across Africa.
Two recipients received the ACCOSCA Lifetime Visionary Leader Award. They are Ali Noor Ismail [ADE, CBS], a former Principal Secretary in Kenya’s State Department of Cooperatives and current non-executive chairperson of the Pest Control Products Board, and Cambridge Mdlalose [ADE], a former Board Chairperson of both the Eswatini Association of Savings and Credit Co-operatives and ACCOSCA.
The ACCOSCA Visionary Leaders Award went to Hassani Mnyone [ADE], Chief Executive Officer of the Savings and Credit Co-operatives Union League of Tanzania [SCCULT 1992], and Kefilwe Masalila [ADE, AADE, CUDE], Chief Executive Officer of the Botswana Savings and Credit Cooperative Association [BOSCCA].
According to ACCOSCA, the award recipients exemplify the Africa Development Educators philosophy, which emphasises leadership that strengthens institutions, transforms lives, nurtures future leaders and builds lasting legacies.
The organisation congratulated the four recipients, saying their leadership had helped shape the past and present of Africa’s cooperative movement while continuing to inspire its future.
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