Posted on August, 1, 2019 at 10:32 am
THE Centre for Entrepreneurship and Executive Development (CEED), has conducted a networking event for agri-business and food processing entrepreneurs to sustainably grow and manage their business.
Speaking at the event yesterday in Dar es Salaam, the CEED country director Atiba Amalile said the event was aimed at training and providing growing entrepreneurs with management, business knowledge, investment readiness and networking opportunities.
The event was conducted by an international investor and successful entrepreneur in Macedonia, Robin Zimbakov, and Elizabeth Swai, a successful integrated poultry farming female entrepreneur in Tanzania.
He said forty business owners participated in the event that explored the growth and development of businesses and entrepreneur owners at different stages.
The director said for Tanzanian SMEs to become more competitive and achieve the desired growth, investments in developing the capacity of entrepreneurs is critical.
Amalile informed that investments in business management skills and investment readiness may help to unlock the true potential of Tanzania’s SMEs.
“Tanzania has hundreds of thousands of businesses in the country however most of them fail to grow because of limited management skills, information, and technical knowledge and networks to grow these businesses, ”he said.
He insisted that CEED will work with government, private sector partners, institutions and associations to achieve the goal of building the skills and capacity of entrepreneurs to grow their businesses to become competitive industries.
For her part, the female entrepreneur, Elizabeth Swai, said “ Being an entrepreneur is a challenge and as your business grows the challenges become more complex. As entrepreneurs it is very important to always challenge yourselves to provide the best quality, the best services or products if you are to be competitive in the market”.
CEED is a global organization with its head office based in USA. In Tanzania, CEED is supported by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
As part of its contribution to the growth of a vibrant SME sector in Tanzania, CEED utilize its experience in investments, technical assistance and training to help entrepreneurs address their challenges to growth; incorporate business management systems; understand and identify appropriate financing; manage and sustain new growth and investments to their businesses.
It was officially launched in 2017 and has up to date supported more 70 SMEs with business management training and advisory services, networking, finance and market linkages.
To improve the investment readiness and competitiveness of businesses, CEED offers trainings through peer-to-peer learning opportunities where entrepreneurs share their experiences, help each other overcome obstacles, and develop trust in one another through the CEED network while having access to tailored, practical, growth-oriented support at a local and global level.
Source: IPP Media