Opportunities and who to contact

The opportunities

Tobacco buying and processing. Volume from an established cooperative system, with grading, baling and storage capacity in demand at buying time. See Tobacco.
Honey and beeswax. Processing, certification and branding of the country’s largest honey output. See Honey and forests.
Agro-processing. Oil from groundnuts and sunflower, maize and rice milling, warehousing and cattle fattening, all under-served. See Farming and livestock.
Logistics along the SGR. Warehousing, transhipment and trucking at the railway junction as the standard-gauge line opens. See Railway and logistics.
Hospitality and services. A regional capital of 300,000 people with a handful of hotels, growing business travel and a heritage tourism plan.
Education and health. A university college, teachers’ colleges and the regional hospital, in a region of 3.4 million people, most of them young.

Tanzania Investment Centre (TIC) for registration, incentives and land for investors.
Tabora Regional Secretariat (the Regional Commissioner’s office) for regional matters and introductions to the district councils.
Tabora Municipal Council for business licences and premises in the town.
The AMCOS unions and leaf companies for tobacco; the Tanzania Forest Service for honey and forest-based business.

For introductions to Tabora businesses, or to be listed here, see Your website and the directory.