USADF's Tanzania Program

While Tanzania has recorded a significant improvement in overall macro-economic performance over the last eight years, per capita income averages about US$320, making it one of the poorest countries in the world. Over 50 percent of the estimated 40.3 million Tanzanians live below the poverty line, and their numbers are growing due to a desperate shortage of sustainable jobs. Paradoxically, Tanzania is generously endowed with natural resources such as minerals, land, lakes, rivers, and the Indian Ocean.

USADF's Partner in Tanzania, the Center for Sustainable Development Initiatives (CSDI) exists to promote and support excellence in sustainable community-based enterprise development. Its mission is to provide superior community-based enterprise development services on a sustainable basis, and to achieve the greatest good for the largest number of people.

Through CSDI the United States African Development Foundation (USADF) provides technical and financial support to grassroots-based producers and entrepreneurs in growing industries and sectors of the economy. The goal of this support is to establish sustainable business and market links with local, regional, and international buyers and investors, and to take advantage of regional and international trade protocols. The majority of the USADF funding is in the agricultural sector which provides 80% of Tanzania’s total employment. Agriculture investments funded include a variety of crops including: specialty coffee, tea, sugarcane, vanilla, organic cotton, horticultural products, paprika, beef and animal feed products.

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