Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS)

Tanzania Bureau of Standard (TBS) has called on entrepreneur and other goods producers in Tanga region to embrace government’s grant that offers free standards verification services, aims to empowering them to effectively compete and expanding their markets scope into east Africa territories and Africa large.

TBS northern zone manager, engineer Joseph Mwaipaja said made a call here while briefing to journalists who visited the bureau’s pavilion at ongoing 10^th TCCIA- Tanga trade and tourism exhibition which is taking place at Mwahako grounds in Tanga city.

He said that, product classification is vital into devising a marketing strategy that helps to create effective customer centric marketing strategies.

He explained that, product classification is vital into devising a marketing strategy that helps to create effective customer centric marketing strategies.

He explained that Tanga had recently became international trades gateway region after the government implement numerous strategic mega projects like improvement of Tanga port and east Africa crude oil pipeline (EACOP), by pointing out that the projects will be a game changer by bringing other entails opportunities by increasing high demand of goods henceforth those and producers and educating them all matters concerned standards of their produced goods.

Earlier, investment, industries and trade acting permanent secretary Conrad Millinga who official launched the exhibition on behalf of minister for investment, industries and trade asked the business stakeholders to effectively use African continental free trade area (AFCFTA) agreement that will progressively eliminate tariffs on intra- Africa trade, making it easier for African businesses to trade within the continent and benefit from growing Africa market by noting as for entrepreneurs to benefit with AFCFTA are supposed to use that grant to improve their products because quality is key to achieving a competitive edge as it promotes greater customer satisfaction.

On 13 December 2018 through AFCFTA east Africa partner states which are Burundi, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania agreed to make trade between them and with other countries cheaper, faster and more straightforward in a significant boost for economic integration in east Africa and continental trade facilitation.

The AFCFTA was founded in 2018, and on 9^th September 2021, the parliament of Tanzania ratified the agreement.