Small Industries Development Organisation (SIDO) programme coordinator Happiness Mchomvu said the women come from six regions across Tanzania who deal with adding value to agricultural products, especially food processing.
Mchomvu said the education enabled women to improve their products and has since enabled them to compete in the global market.
“We have trained them and they are now able to make quality products… we’re now working on how those women can penetrate the international market where they can reap more cash compared to selling their products locally,” she said.
She said half of the beneficiaries have managed to establish their business undertakings “and their products are doing well in competitive markets.”
SIDO marketing officer Janet Minja said her organisation in collaboration with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) have introduced a loan scheme to entrepreneurs who are in need of funding to boost their businesses.
“As SIDO, we provide small loans ranging from 500,000/- to 6m/-, but we have come to learn that there are more entrepreneurs who are in need of more loans. We are now dealing with entrepreneurs who have small industries, who account for about 75 per cent,” she said.
The idea is to see more Tanzanian entrepreneurs producing more competitive products in market outlets.
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