Distinguished Service Awards
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The Distinguished Service Award (DSA) is ACDF’s highest honor, recognizing individuals whose exceptional service and leadership have brought about meaningful and lasting change across Africa’s cooperative and SACCO movement. Reserved for those whose contributions have been truly transformational, the award celebrates actions that strengthen institutions, advance financial inclusion, and create enduring benefits for SACCOs and their members.
The award is not presented on a fixed schedule, making this recognition particularly rare and significant. Each honoree is selected based on the extraordinary impact of their contributions and the lasting legacy they leave for the continent’s cooperative sector.
Award Winners
Their actions have brought about significant change to the continent – change that will impact our SACCOs and their members for many years to come.
Baboucarr Jeng
2023
Presented:
SACCA Congress 2023 — Gaborone, Botswana
Renée Sattiewhite
2023
Presented:
SACCA Congress 2023 — Gaborone, Botswana
Robert Trunzo
2023
Presented:
SACCA Congress 2023 — Gaborone, Botswana
Michael Ray
2019
Presented:
SACCA Congress 2019 — Mombasa, Kenya
Mebratu Sengai
2019
Presented:
SACCA Congress 2019 — Mombasa, Kenya
Lois Kitsch
2018
Presented:
SACCA Congress 2018 — Accra, Ghana
Doctor Hlowangwane
2018
Presented:
SACCA Congress 2018 — Accra, Ghana
David Mategwa
2017
Presented:
SACCA Congress 2017 — Lilongwe, Malawi
Co-operative Development Foundation of Canada
2017
Presented:
SACCA Congress 2017 — Lilongwe, Malawi