{{While opening African Co-operative Ministerial Conference in Kigali, Prime Minister Dr. Pierre Damien Habumuremyi said strengthening cooperatives can play a crucial role in development of the continent.}}
He said that giving consideration to cooperatives is very important, noting that this year of cooperatives has created an opportunity for the global Cooperative Movement and allowed governments to discuss and take resolutions on the future of cooperatives.
The tenth International Co-operatives Alliance (ICA) conference whose theme, “Co-operative Enterprises Build a Better Africa” will discuss how the alliance can function as a relevant organisation.
Rwanda’s minister of Trade and Industry, Francois Kanimba, assumed the chair of African Co-operative Ministerial Conference replacing a Kenyan Joseph Nyangah.
The president of ICA, Dame Poline Green, urged participants to join and strengthen their cooperatives as they are important to national development.
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