ZANZIBAR, July 6 -- ZANZIBAR President, Dr Hussein Mwinyi has called for urgent reforms in the cooperative sector to empower citizens and promote sustainable economic growth.

President Mwinyi also applauded the role of cooperatives in transforming communities by promoting social unity, economic equality and grassroots development.

President Mwinyis speech was read on his behalf by the Zanzibar Second Vice-President, Hemed Suleiman Abdulla during the climax of the 2025 International Day of Cooperatives in the isles.

Under this years global theme, ‘Cooperatives Build a Better World, he said it reflected the true potential of the movement to address unemployment, poverty and inequality in the country.

“With strong, transparen...