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AHK Eastern Africa Business Trip to Tanzania

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AHK Eastern Africa Delegate, Ms. Dagmar von Bohnstein, concluded a high-level business visit to Tanzania, highlighting strong growth opportunities alongside the need for strategic, long-term engagement. The trip reinforced Tanzaniaโ€™s position as a key destination for German and international industry, driven by partnerships, resilience, and market understanding.

AHK Eastern Africa Business Trip to Tanzania
AHK Eastern Africa Ltd.

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐†๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Œ๐ฌ Dagmar von Bohnstein wrapped up an intensive and inspiring business trip to Tanzania, accompanied by the ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ญ ๐„๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ, George Warutere, and one thing is clear:


๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ โ€” ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž.

Over the past days, we had the privilege to engage with an impressive group of leaders shaping Tanzania โ€“ German investment, industrial, and development landscape, including:

โœ…Maximilian Mรผller, Ambassador of Germany to Tanzania
โœ…Vanessa Eidt, Director, KfW Office for Tanzania & EAC
โœ…Anne Hahn, Country Director GIZ Tanzania and EAC, and Helene Mleinek, Portfolio Management Unit
โœ…George Mukono, Director of Investment Promotion, Tanzania Investment and Special Economic Zones Authority, Leodegar Tenga, Executive Director, Confederation of Tanzania Industries (CTI)
โœ…JAIDEEP GOEL, CEO, SanlamAllianz General Insurance Tanzania
โœ…Josรฉ Ferreira Garcia, Head of MAN Truck & Bus East Africa - Mobikey
(MAN & DEUTZ distributor in Tanzania)
โœ…Flora Erasto, Legal Counsel & External and Government Affairs Manager, Knauf
โœ…Chintu Patel, Founder, Crafty Dee's Brewing Company Ltd
โœ…Meinolf Kuper and Kelvin Nicholaus, Founder and CEO, Africraft

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What stood out across all conversations was a shared realism:
โœ”๏ธ Tanzania offers ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ก ๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ, ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐ซ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž, ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ, ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฎ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ
โœ”๏ธ Challenges exist โ€” regulatory complexity, financing gaps, infrastructure constraints
โœ”๏ธ But with ๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ, ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ โ€‘๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐๐š๐ฉ๐ญ๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, these challenges are ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž

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Tanzania rewards those who come prepared, patient, and committed. Success here is not about quick wins โ€” itโ€™s about ๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ, ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ญ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž.

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Many thanks to all our hosts and partners for the openness, insights, and constructive dialogue. This trip reinforced why Tanzania remains a ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐œ ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐†๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ.

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Looking forward to the next steps. ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿค๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟ

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