AS Tanzania aspires to become a semi-industrial economy, women entrepreneurs are meeting in Dar es Salaam on Saturday to strategize on how they will take a leading role in the industrialization drive.
The Voice of Women Entrepreneurs in Tanzania (VoWET) president Maida Waziri has advised they believe that women must play a leading roles in establishing industries across the country.
“We must take advantage of the situation to strategise on how to raise capital for establishing industries. We need to jump on the bandwagon now,” said Ms Waziri.
She noted, adding that women must take advantage of that spirit, to open up factories across the country, for their own good. Time has come, for women to stop thinking that they cannot be able to own their own factories and brands, to enhance value for Tanzania made produce, she noted.
She said that the 3rd Championing Women Leaders in Business Summit slated for would look at industrialising Tanzania, and how can women be at the heart of the whole drive. Women owned business should play key role in the whole drive, and should be empowered to participate.
“Time and again, we say we have no capital… but if we organise ourselves, if we come together in every village, every ward, every district, every region, it will be easy to raise capital and build the factories needed to lead to a Tanzania made industrial revolution,” Maida, who is also the Managing Director of leading women construction company in Tanzania, Ibra Contractors Limited, noted.
The explored for example the possibility of every Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisation (SACCO) in their localities coming up with factories to enhance productivity and add value.
“There are many ideas we need to explore and come up with concrete women in business agenda that will support the government drive to industrialise our motherland,” she noted. She said VoWET created Championing Women Leaders in Business Summit as an annual event to encourage and inspire women to succeed in business.
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