As a relatively new market economy, Tanzania is still testing how business is done in a free market. Many farmers and other small business owners remain highly risk averse, and even the most compelling opportunity can be rejected.
80% of Tanzania's residents live in rural areas and work primarily in the agricultural sector.
However, there is a growing portfolio of successful Tanzanian businesses, which is helping to attract investors and new enterprises. Nearly 90 percent of Tanzania's residents live in rural areas, work primarily in the agricultural sector and lack access to information, technology and markets.
For more than 25 years, TechnoServe has been working in Tanzania with farmers, cooperatives, suppliers and processors to strategically develop competitive industries around key crops, including cash crops such as cocoa and coffee and staples such as maize and rice. We are helping farmers make the transition from subsistence to commercial production, assisting processors to improve operations and identifying opportunities for investment in agriculture. We are also supporting the diversification of Tanzania's economy through entrepreneurship programs that empower men and women to create thriving small- and medium-sized businesses in a variety of sectors.
Tunsime KyandoActing Country Manager, Tanzania
TechnoServe Tanzania
Coco Plaza 3rd Floor
Plot 254 Toure Drive
PO Box 78375
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
This final report explores five years of impact through the Solutions for African Food Enterprises (SAFE), a public-private partnership between TechnoServe, Partners in Food Solutions and the United States Agency for International Development that aimed to increase the competitiveness of the African food processing sector and expand the availability of…
This CASA Technical Assistance Facility report examines the role carbon finance could play in the transition of smallholder agriculture to a more sustainable, productive, and resilient future. It draws on qualitative research of 17 smallholder agroforestry carbon projects and quantitative analysis of three smallholder agroforestry opportunities to provide recommendations to…
This series of business profiles and case studies explores how COVID-19 impacted food processors and how financial and technical assistance helped them recover.
Request for Qualifications: Route to Market diversification specialist Technical Assistance (TA)
Request for Partnership Proposals: E-Learning Platform & Courses TechnoServe is implementing the USAID-funded Alliance for Inclusive and Nutritious Food Processing (AINFP) regional program in collaboration with Partners in Food Solutions (PFS). TechnoServe is soliciting competitive proposals from qualified organizations with existing e- learning platform offering business…
Survey: Africa’s Food Processors in the Face of COVID-19
TechnoServe surveyed 106 food processors, representing seven countries in Africa, on the impact of COVID-19 on their operations. This survey presents our findings.
Challenges and Responses for Africa’s Food Processors Facing COVID-19
TechnoServe offers a guide on the challenges and responses facing food processors during the COVID-19 pandemic, based on a survey of 106 food processors from seven African countries.
Coffee Initiative II Impact Audit Report from ImpactMatters
In 2017, TechnoServe engaged ImpactMatters, an impact audit firm founded with support from Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA), to review several projects within our portfolio. This impact audit reviews the second phase of the Coffee Initiative, C.I. II, which was implemented by TechnoServe from 2012 to 2016 in Ethiopia, Kenya,…