Africa-Press – Tanzania. THE State Minister – Office of the President (Labor, Economy and Investment) Mr Mudrik Ramadhani Soraga, has called on Zanzibar’s entrepreneurs and manufacturers to produce quality goods, so that they can be accepted locally and internationally and also withstand market competition.
Inaugurating Manufacturers’ Cooperative Society here, Mr Soraga said the production of good products would help promote entrepreneurs in the search for a market.
He said the government would also continue to create a conducive environment for entrepreneurs to invest capital and have access to loans from the financial institutions.
“If entrepreneurs produce quality products using natural ingredients that do not cause harm to humans as well as organic products, the government will not hesitate to restrict the importation of goods to promote local producers,” Mr Soraga said.
He said that many products imported into the country lack quality and bring various effects on human beings, urging the entrepreneurs to use the opportunity to manufacture products using natural resources, so that their businesses can be well known locally and abroad for quality.
Minister Saroga said through their cooperative society department, the ministry would look for markets as among government strategies to create employment.
He said the government will provide training and education to entrepreneurs, so that they can produce better products that will lead them change and benefits by promoting products made from home.
Mr Soraga said “The government’s aim is to create 300,000 jobs in the country. We appreciates the contribution of the manufacturing sector and will make efforts to protect the products and produced locally.”
Speaking at the event held at the Tourism College, Maruhubi, Ambassador Amina Salum Ali said the cooperative was established to help entrepreneurs and small and medium enterprises enter into quality production and sell quality products internationally.
She said the cooperative is now at the forefront in working with the government to ensure that the challenges facing entrepreneurs are addressed in order to produce products of the required standards.
The cooperative promotes use of natural agricultural and marine resources to produce goods, while relying on the domestic and foreign tourism market to sell their products with the aim of boosting Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and increasing employment for women and youth in the country.
Ms Dorothy Temu Usiri, UN area Co-coordinator said at the event her organisations will continue to support Zanzibar in key development sectors, especially in the productive sectors that provide income which help people fight poverty.
NMB Dar es salaam Regional Manager Mr Donatus Richard said the bank has been empowering entrepreneurs by providing loans that aims to boost them economically along with providing financial education to entrepreneurs and industrialists to ensure better production.
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