Summary
· Tanzania becomes the third to launch the network which brings together economic actors playing a leading role in their countries/communities, from civil society, business and government
Dar es Salaam. Pan-African economic think tank Accelerate Africa
(AA), has been launched in Tanzania marking a major step forward for the
country, as it anticipated to help create a more vibrant and innovative
business environment, allowing entrepreneurs to take their businesses to the
next level.
Tanzania becomes the third to launch
the network which brings together economic actors playing a leading role in
their countries/communities, from civil society, business and government, to
create a new generation of economic leaders focusing on infrastructure,
agribusiness, energy, and digital transformation towards industrialisation.
The launch was done held on
Thursday, February 23, during stakeholders’ engagement meeting for Small Medium
Enterprises (SMEs) and startups institutions done here in the city and
participated by over 100 participants from different sectors.
The network continental coordinator
Gilbert Ewehmeh said. The model of the think tank will be to create a
sustainable business focusing on industrialization for poverty alleviation and
sustainable economies.
He said the network is
focusing more on Africa as the challenges are the same and it is high time
members took advantage of the African Continental Free Trade Area, which most
countries are not aware of.
“We have to start with SMEs as
most of them are still in the comfort zone and are not aware of the many
business opportunities,” he said.
The Accelerate Africa Country
Coordinator Ms Pendo Lema, said the new move will assist SMEs and startups to
grab available opportunities and get a clear understanding of current
developments in the business world.
“We have the Accelerate Africa
Summit coming up in June and all countries will be required to select
representatives to the summit through a competitive process and only three will
be picked to represent Tanzania,” she said.
The network also plans to start a
program dubbed ‘Operation 100 entrepreneurs training’ which will among other
things help the beneficiaries to access to funding and the aim is for each
country to get financial supporters.
The countries that form Accelerate
Africa include Botswana, Cameroon, Malawi, Ghana, Rwanda, South Africa, Uganda,
Kenya, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.
The network has already been
officially launched in Cameroon and Rwanda and now Tanzania joins the list
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