USAID EAST AFRICA TRADE AND INVESTMENT HUB Quarterly Progress Report for Tanzania, January 2019
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QUARTER 1 PROGRESS REPORT FOR TANZANIA FISCAL YEAR 2019
USAID EAST AFRICA TRADE AND PROGRAM TITLE: INVESTMENT HUB
CONTRACT NUMBER: AID-623-C-14-00006
CONTRACTOR DAI GLOBAL, LLC.
REPORTING PERIOD OCTOBER 1 – DECEMBER 30, 2018
DATE OF SUBMISSION JANUARY 30, 2019
CONTRACTING OFFICER’S RICHARD MUGO REPRESENTATIVE
CHIEF OF PARTY MARC SHIMAN
The authors’ views expressed in this report do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Agency for International Development or the United States Government.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS III EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 I. Q1 KEY ACTIVITIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS BY HUB COMPONENT 3 COMPONENT 1: INVESTMENT AND TECHNOLOGY 3 COMPONENT 2: AGRICULTURE AND AGRIBUSINESS 7 COMPONENT 3: TRADE PROMOTION AND AGOA 10 COMPONENT 4: TRADE POLICY AND REGULATORY REFORM 14 1I. UPCOMING TANZANIA EVENTS 16 III. TANZANIA BUY-IN TARGETS FOR FY2018-2019 17 IV. PROJECT ADMINISTRATION 23 V. SUCCESS STORIES 23
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ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS AGOA African Growth and Opportunity Act AGRIFOP Agribusiness Focused Partnership Organization AGMARK Agricultural Market Development Trust ALLPI Africa Leather and Leather Products Institute B2B Business-to-Business BDS Business Development Services C1 Component 1 C2 Component 2 C3 Component 3 C4 Component 4 COMESA Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa DUS Distinctness, Uniformity and Stability EAC East African Community EACBTA East African Cross-Border Traders Association ECFFPC East Africa Customs and Freight Forwarding Practicing Certificate EAGC Eastern Africa Grain Council EAMS East African Monitoring System EATIH East Africa Trade and Investment Hub ECX Ethiopia Commodity Exchange EIC Ethiopian Investment Commission ENGINE Enabling Growth through Investment and Enterprise Program FACTS Financial Access Commerce and Trade Services Africa FEAFFA Federation of East African Freight Forwarders Associations FTE Full-time Equivalent FY Fiscal Year GSP Generalized System of Preferences HACCP Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points ICT Information and communications technology IESC International Executive Service Corps IPA Investment Promotion Agency ISTA International Seed Testing Association MORAGG Morogoro Agricultural Group MoU Memorandum of understanding MT Metric Tons OCA Open Capital Advisors PMP Performance Monitoring Plan Q1 Quarter One ROO Rules of Origin SMEs Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises SOPs Standard Operating Procedures SPS Sanitary and Phytosanitary TBT Technical Barriers to Trade TCCIA Tanzania’s Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture TDU Textile Development Unit TEGAMAT Textile and Garment Manufacturers Association of Tanzania TFFA Tanzanian Freight Forwarders Association TIC Tanzania Investment Centre TOSCI Tanzania Official Seed Certification Institute iii | USAID EAST AFRICA TRADE AND INVESTMENT HUB FY2018 ANNUAL DRAFT REPORT
TMX Tanzania Mercantile Exchange UPOV International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants USAID U.S. Agency for International Development USD U.S. Dollar WTO World Trade Organization
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USAID EAST AFRICA TRADE AND INVESTMENT HUB
Funding Level:
$63.9 million
Presidential Initiative:
Feed the Future
Project Goals:
Improve the policy environment for East African Community (EAC) integration, trade, and investment Increase the competitiveness of select regional agricultural value chains and bolster regional trade in staple foods Promote intra-regional and export trade, particularly under the African Growth Opportunity Act (AGOA) Facilitate investment and promote the use of available global technology
Expected Accomplishments:
Double the value of intra-regional trade in the EAC Increase non-oil exports to the U.S. under AGOA by 40% Foster 18,500 new full-time equivalent jobs through firms assisted by the East Africa Trade and Investment Hub and its partners Facilitate $100 million of new investments in targeted sectors in the EAC Increase the EAC’s intra-regional trade in staple foods by 40%
Project Locations:
The East African Community countries – Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda – and, Ethiopia, Madagascar, and Mauritius.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY As of the end of quarter one (Q1) of fiscal year (FY) 2019, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) East Africa Trade and Investment Hub (EATIH or the Hub) is well on track to meet the proposed indicator targets for Tanzania by project’s end in August 2019.
PROGRESS TO DATE FY2018-2019 BUY-IN TARGETS
• $45.8 million in country-level • $43.5 million in country-level exports exports through AGOA through AGOA • $145,965 in AGOA exports from • $500,000 in AGOA exports from Hub- Hub-supported firms supported firms • $15.5 million of new private sector • $20 million of new private sector investment investment • 427 new jobs (full and part-time) • 500 new jobs (full and part-time) • 237 export buyer-seller linkages • 200 export buyer-seller linkages • 10 trade and investment missions • 6 trade and investment missions • 23 food security producers and • 30 food security producers and organizations supported organizations supported • 8 policy and regulatory reforms • 8 policy and regulatory reforms • 90 firms receiving capacity building • 75 firms receiving capacity building assistance to export assistance to export
Q1 STAND-OUT ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
INVESTMENT AND TECHNOLOGY To date, the Hub has closed three investments in Tanzania valued at $15.5 million. The Hub’s pipeline in Tanzania stands at $99.4 million, and an estimated $12 million is expected to close in the coming months. The Hub facilitated the signing of a letter of intent for the purchase of high-quality soya meal products between Morogoro Agricultural Group (MORAGG), a Tanzanian company that manufactures livestock feeds, and Sigma Feeds, a leading Kenyan poultry producer. The Hub worked with MORAGG to first search for and identify interested buyers and to then draft and finalize a signed letter of intent that outlines the initial terms for potential orders of 30 metric tons (MT) of soya meal per month.
AGRICULTURE AND AGRIBUSINESS Tanzania complied with two international seed schemes after it officially received International Seed Testing Authority (ISTA) accreditation and it submitted the final distinctness, uniformity and stability (DUS) test guidelines for priority crops (maize, sorghum, rice and common beans) in compliance with the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV). This puts Tanzania in compliance with East African Community (EAC) and Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) seed standards, positioning it for greater intra-regional seed trade in both regions. The Hub organized a study tour to the Ethiopia Commodity Exchange (ECX) in November for a delegation of seven Tanzania Mercantile Exchange (TMX) staff. The tour provided them with
1 | USAID EAST AFRICA TRADE AND INVESTMENT HUB FY2019 Q1 DRAFT REPORT FOR TANZANIA first-hand experience and training on best practices in managing an agricultural commodity exchange. The Hub and grantee Agribusiness Focused Partnership Organization (AGRIFOP) sparked business relationships between cross-border women traders through a business linkage workshop at the Rusumo border in October 2018. The new connections led to trade commitments for 1,598 MT of maize and 662 MT of beans valued at $411,484.
TRADE PROMOTION AND AGOA The Hub finalized the draft for an African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Action Plan for Tanzania following two validation workshops in Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar in November 2018. The Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment is currently reviewing the document. Once the document is completed, it will assist stakeholders with the implementation of Tanzania’s National AGOA Strategy. Twenty-eight Business Development Service (BDS) providers deepened their knowledge of AGOA through a two-day seminar led by the Hub in partnership with Enabling Growth through Investment and Enterprise Program (ENGINE), a USAID-funded project. The BDS providers are now better equipped to assist clients interested in exporting to the U.S. under AGOA.
TRADE POLICY AND REGULATORY REFORM The Hub collected information from Tanzanian stakeholders needed to develop an online information and communications technology (ICT) monitoring tool. The tool will determine EAC Partner States’ implementation of and compliance with legal commitments related to technical barriers to trade (TBT), allowing the government to pinpoint areas where improvement and/or reforms are needed. The Hub expects to complete the ICT monitoring tool’s development in March 2019 and eventually incorporate it into the East African Monitoring System (EAMS) Central as a module.
Q1 ADMINISTATIVE AND OPERATIONAL CHANGES: The Hub added a Program Officer to its team to support Tanzania buy-in activities. The Hub’s new investment advisor embedded at the Tanzania Investment Commission (TIC) began work in December 2018 and developed a work plan that was jointly approved by TIC and the Hub.
2 | USAID EAST AFRICA TRADE AND INVESTMENT HUB FY2019 Q1 DRAFT REPORT FOR TANZANIA I. Q1 KEY ACTIVITIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS BY HUB COMPONENT
COMPONENT 1: INVESTMENT AND TECHNOLOGY
The objective of Component 1 is to attract, mobilize and sustain new private-sector investment within Eastern Africa, directly facilitating the financial close of at least $20 million of new investment in Tanzania. Investment is a core ingredient for firms of all sizes to innovate, grow and ultimately sell their products locally, regionally and internationally. Component 1 is therefore a central pillar of the Hub, offering cross-cutting support to each of our three components.
FY2019 Q1 INVESTMENT AND TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW To date, the Hub has closed three investments in Tanzania valued at $15.5 million. The Hub’s pipeline in Tanzania stands at $99.4 million, and an estimated $12 million is expected to close in the coming months.
FIGURE 1. CLOSED AND PIPELINE INVESTMENTS BY SECTOR
70 64.4 60
50
40 36
30 USD USD Millions 20 15
10 0.485 0 Agribusiness Non-Agribusiness
Closed Pipeline
ACTIVITY 1: OPPORTUNITY ASSESSMENT AND CAPITAL MOBILIZATION Objective: Catalyze private investment and provide investment-readiness support to export-driven firms.
Activities and Progress in FY2019 Q1: The Hub provides investment facilitation in Tanzania through three mechanisms. Prior to the buy-in the Hub had not closed an investment deal in Tanzania.
CROSSBOUNDARY (TARGETING DEALS >$2 MILLION) To date, the Hub has facilitated $15 million through this mechanism. An additional $54.3 million remains in the pipeline. Within the pipeline, three transactions have received Hub support and are now awaiting close. Deals that are not closed during the project period will be handed over to other USAID projects, such as USAID ENGINE in Tanzania. A $9.1 million transaction for a food services company is likely to close over the next quarter. The company operates the largest poultry business in Tanzania and sources inputs from the U.S. (Cobb & McCormicks).
3 | USAID EAST AFRICA TRADE AND INVESTMENT HUB FY2019 Q1 DRAFT REPORT FOR TANZANIA TABLE 1. TRANSACTIONS ENGAGED UNDER CROSSBOUNDARY ACTIVITY
COMPANY VALUE DESCRIPTION SECTOR (USD MILLION) STATUS
Pharma Healthcare 15.0 Closed Eatery Agribusiness 4.3 Completed Juice Agribusiness 5.0 Completed Agro-processing Agribusiness 9.1 Completed Agri-packaging Agribusiness 7.9 Pipeline Asset Finance Financial Services 15.0 Pipeline Biogas Agribusiness 13.0 Pipeline TOTAL 69.3
OPEN CAPITAL ADVISORS (TARGETING DEALS $250,000 - $2 MILLION) The OCA grant mechanism, which ended in December 2018, provided support to two small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from Tanzania: Natural Extracts Industries and MORAGG. Natural Industries received $285,000 in debt as trade financing and MORAGG is expected to close in the coming months. The company is undergoing a due diligence exercise by an investor following introductions facilitated by OCA. In addition to providing capital raising support, OCA worked with the SMEs to identify, assess and access emergent export opportunities. For example, OCA facilitated discussions that led to the signing of an expression of interest for the purchase of 30 MT of full-fat soya meal from MORAGG by a Kenya-based animal food producer.
TABLE 2. TRANSACTIONS ENGAGED THROUGH OCA
SECTOR/ VALUE SME PRODUCTS (USD MILLION) STATUS
Natural Extracts Industries Agro-processing: Vanilla beans, pods and 0.285 Closed natural extracts MORAGG Agro-processing: Livestock feed and 1.9 Active oilseed products TOTAL 2.185
GROFIN (TARGETING DEALS $50,000 AND ABOVE) To date, GroFin has closed $200,000 for Dodoma Cement Co. Ltd. No Tanzanian companies were added to the pipeline, though GroFin has discussed its investment facilitation support with a few companies. The companies will need to agree to complete GroFin’s pre-business support program before they can become part of the pipeline. GroFin streamlined its pipeline over the last six months, removing companies for various reasons. Some firms received funding elsewhere, others did not agree to the terms of funding and others were determined to be unviable.
4 | USAID EAST AFRICA TRADE AND INVESTMENT HUB FY2019 Q1 DRAFT REPORT FOR TANZANIA TABLE 3. TRANSACTIONS ENGAGED THROUGH GROFIN
VALUE COMPANY COMPANY ACTIVITY (USD MILLION) STATUS
Dodoma Cement Co. Ltd Produces agricultural lime 0.2 Closed to arrest soil acidity TOTAL 0.2
TANZANIA TRANSACTION ADVISORY WORK An avocado farming company closed a $1 million transaction. The Hub is awaiting documentation to support attribution. Despite the increasingly difficult business and investment environment in Tanzania, the Hub made significant progress with some of the transactions. The pipeline of transactions receiving financial advisory support from the Hub stands at $43.2 million.
TABLE 4. TRANSACTIONS SUPPORTED BY ADVISOR
VALUE COMPANY DESCRIPTION SECTOR (USD MILLION) STATUS
Avocado farming Agribusiness 1.0 Closed Cashew nut processor Agribusiness 10.0 Pipeline Maize milling and packaging Agribusiness 4.8 Pipeline
Sugar milling Agribusiness 3.0 Pipeline Coffee Agribusiness 2.2 Pipeline Grape farming Agribusiness 1.3 Pipeline Sunflower oil producer Agribusiness 0.9 Pipeline Commodity storage Logistics 8.0 Pipeline Agricultural packaging manufacturer Manufacturing 5.0 Pipeline Pharmaceuticals manufacturing firm Pharmaceuticals 8.0 Pipeline TOTAL 44.2
UPCOMING ACTIVITIES Transaction advisory support from Hub partners and the Tanzania investment advisor will continue to provide direct support to firms and investors for deal facilitation. We expect to close $10 million in additional deals by the end of the project. The Hub will collect data from transactions to capture lessons learned about the viability of target sectors and produce impact studies on beneficiaries. The results will be shared so that they can inform future investment facilitation work in Tanzania.
ACTIVITY 2: INVESTMENT PROMOTION PARTNERSHIPS Objective: Improve and streamline the investment facilitation institutional capacity and processes of Tanzania’s investment promotion agency (IPA). Activities and Progress in FY2019 Q1: The Hub’s embedded advisor at the TIC began work in December 2018 and developed a work plan that was jointly approved by TIC and the Hub. He received technical and advisory support
5 | USAID EAST AFRICA TRADE AND INVESTMENT HUB FY2019 Q1 DRAFT REPORT FOR TANZANIA from the Hub’s embedded advisor at the Ethiopian Investment Commission (EIC), which facilitated learning between the two IPAs. The advisor researched and interviewed different government departments to develop sector investment profiles. UPCOMING ACTIVITIES The Hub began preparations for a U.S.-focused investment mission to two East African countries (Tanzania will likely be one) and will work with TIC to develop investor materials and the trip logistics. The Hub’s advisor will guide the TIC website committee to write, edit and proofread content for investment over four sessions with the first meeting scheduled for February 12, 2019. The advisor will also screen all available land parcels using the criteria approved by the Board of Directors and upload them to TIC’s website in February and March. The advisor will identify and profile investment opportunities in the agribusiness/agro-processing subsectors by conducting desk reviews and interviews with relevant sectoral departments.
ACTIVITY 3: MODELING INNOVATIVE FINANCIAL TOOLS AND BEST PRACTICES Objective: Support innovations in finance to improve firms’ access to debt and equity capital markets, with an emphasis on cross-border trade entities, and access to working capital and trade finance through non-bank financial institutions. Activities and Progress in FY2019 Q1: The Hub’s investment team is collaborating with the agriculture team on this activity with the latter taking the lead (see C2’s Activity 1). UPCOMING ACTIVITIES See C2 Activity 1.
6 | USAID EAST AFRICA TRADE AND INVESTMENT HUB FY2019 Q1 DRAFT REPORT FOR TANZANIA COMPONENT 2: AGRICULTURE AND AGRIBUSINESS
The objective of Component 2 (C2) is to improve access, availability and utilization of African-grown staple foods, facilitating a 40 percent increase in the volume and value of EAC intra- regional trade in staple foods by project end. Activities under C2 build robust business-enabling systems, strengthen regional agriculture trade policy and increase the commercial availability of technologies to support the competitiveness of East African value chains. In Tanzania, C2 aims to support 30 food security producers and organizations .
FY2019 Q1 AGRICULTURE AND AGRIBUSINESS OVERVIEW The Hub achieved significant progress in facilitating Tanzania’s domestication of regionally agreed upon agriculture policies. Tanzania gazetted eight revised EAC grain standards to improve the flow of staple food trade in the region. Tanzania also officially received ISTA accreditation, positioning the country for greater intra-regional seed trade. While Tanzania has yet to ratify the Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Protocol, the Hub finalized the draft EAC SPS Regulations and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), which, once approved by the EAC Ministerial Council, will facilitate the Protocol’s domestication.
ACTIVITY 1: BUSINESS SYSTEMS THAT ENABLE REGIONAL AGRICULTURE TRADE Objective: Promote regional trade in staple crops by removing barriers to trade and increasing the private sector’s capacity to affect trade through enbaling policy, trade finance and large, stratefic deal facilitation. Activities and Progress in FY2019 Q1:
STRUCTURED TRADE AND REGIONAL MARKET LINKAGES FOR STAPLE FOODS The Hub led a study tour to the Ethiopia Commodity Exchange (ECX) for a delegation of seven Tanzania Mercantile Exchange (TMX) staff, the board chairman and a representative from the Tanzania Ministry of Finance from November 11-19, 2018. The study tour provided TMX staff with first-hand experience and training on best practices in managing an agricultural commodity exchange to build their capacity on exchange operations. By enhancing staff capacity, the newly formed TMX will be better positioned to introduce a more efficient trading system for staple foods in Tanzania, which will contribute to the region’s food security outlook. Hub grantee Financial Access Commerce and Trade Services (FACTS) Africa completed a study that assesses the state of short-term working capital in East Africa. The study’s findings will inform FACTS’ strategy to build a pipeline of agribusinesses in Tanzania that qualify for the $2 million that will be issued under the grant.
CAPACITY BUILDING OF CROSS-BORDER TRADERS AND REGIONAL TRADE ORGANIZATIONS The Hub and grantee AGRIFOP sparked business relationships between cross-border women traders through a business linkage workshop at the Rusumo border on October 10, 2018. The new connections led to trade commitments for 1,598 MT of maize and 662 MT of beans valued at $411,484. The women also received refreshers on formal grain trade channels and interacted with financial institutions who provided more information on accessing financing for trade, which will assist them with executing the deals. The Hub identified a potential partner to advise the East Africa Cross Border Traders Association (EACBTA) on how it can become operational. The EACBTA was formed in 2017 under a Hub grant to the Agricultural Markets Development Trust (AGMARK) to provide cross-
7 | USAID EAST AFRICA TRADE AND INVESTMENT HUB FY2019 Q1 DRAFT REPORT FOR TANZANIA border traders with a stronger voice in the EAC and a stronger role in the formulation of trade policies.
HARMONIZATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF STAPLE FOOD AND SEED STANDARDS Members of the EAC Secretariat and national technical committees, made up of public and private stakeholders and chaired by the bureaus of standards, reviewed and revised standards for composite flour, soy flour maize flour and wheat flour. The stakeholders came together during the second regional meeting hosted by the Hub and Eastern Africa Grain Council (EAGC) from October 8-12, 2018, in Zanzibar to support the harmonization process for East African Standards (EASC/TC/014) for Cereals and Pulses. The revised standards will address gaps and inconsistencies in the original standards, which posed a major hurdle for EAC grain traders. Tanzania gazetted the eight revised EAC grain standards for wheat flour, milled maize products, dry beans, wheat grains, millet flour, sorghum flour, milled rice and dry soybeans. The standards were reviewed and developed with the Hub’s support between October 2016 and December 2017. Tanzania Official Seed Certification Institute (TOSCI) finalized and submitted the final DUS test guidelines for priority crops (maize, sorghum, rice and common beans). The approved test guidelines were then forwarded to the Tanzania Plant Breeders Rights Office for gazettement, which will contribute to the availability of quality seeds for food production. Tanzania officially received ISTA accreditation, putting the country in compliance with EAC and COMESA seed standards and positioning it for greater intra-regional seed trade in both regions. UPCOMING ACTIVITIES FACTS will train Tanzanian agribusiness entrepreneurs on how to set up their businesses to access financing. The event will also contribute to Tanzania’s pipeline development. Thirty executive committee members of women cross-border trade associations in Rusumo, Nemba and Kagitumba will participate in a three-day training under the Hub’s grant to AGRIFOP to learn how to strengthen their organizations so that they can continue to grow and support members. The associations provide leadership and represent the interests of female traders in various forums at the provincial and national level, making them an important component of increasing women traders’ participation in formal trade channels. Stakeholders will finalize the draft EAC standards for seven staple foods (sorghum grains, finger millet, green grams, soy flour, composite flour, maize flour and wheat flour) at a regional meeting in Nairobi, Kenya funded by the Hub under its grant to EAGC. They will then submit the standards and a report recommending their approval to the EAC Standards Management Committee.
ACTIVITY 2: REGIONAL AGRICULTURAL TRADE POLICY Objective: Support the domestication of the EAC SPS Protocol; strengthen the adoption, enforcement and coordination of the SPS measures; and build SPS capacity to promote intra-EAC trade and expand trade internationally. Activities and Progress in FY2019 Q1:
EAC SPS PROTOCOL, SPS BILL AND SUPPORT REGULATIONS Despite ratification of the SPS Protocol by four of the five EAC Partner States, Tanzania’s ratification remains pending. The Hub continues to engage with national stakeholders on how to fast-track the ratification process. The Ministry of Agriculture recently had a change at the ministerial level. This may delay ratification, as the new Minister (who is responsible for tabling the issue before Parliament) may take some time to settle in before taking action on this matter.
8 | USAID EAST AFRICA TRADE AND INVESTMENT HUB FY2019 Q1 DRAFT REPORT FOR TANZANIA The Hub finalized the draft EAC SPS Regulations and SOPs following national consultation and validation meetings held in collaboration with the EAC Secretariat. Twenty-five people, including representatives from the EAC Secretariat, government ministries, SPS regulatory agencies and the private sector, provided feedback during the meeting in Dodoma, Tanzania, on November 5- 7, 2018. Their participation also enhanced the country’s buy-in and ownership of the documents. As the next step, a regional EAC experts meeting (date TBD) will validate the final documents. The regulations and SOPs, once endorsed, will facilitate the domestication of EAC SPS Protocol.
COORDINATION OF SPS MEASURES IN EAC PARTNER STATES The Hub revised national and regional reports on SPS leadership and coordination in the EAC region following the national consultation meeting on November 5-7, 2018. Public and private sector stakeholders provided feedback that was incorporated into the drafts by the Hub in preparation for the documents’ endorsement at a regional experts’ meeting in Kampala, Uganda, (date TBD). The reports make recommendations that, if implemented, will help address administrative fragmentation and lack of leadership on SPS issues at the national and regional level. UPCOMING ACTIVITIES The Hub began preparations for training workshops on plant health risk analysis in response to a request from the Tanzanian government to assist with strengthening SPS capacity. The workshops will focus on risk assessment, risk management and risk communication; official controls; inspections; and pest diagnostics (diagnosis and identification) – areas that are strategically important from a trade and/or domestic health perspective – and are scheduled for FY2019 Q2. Regional validation meetings for the EAC SPS Regulations and SOPs and the report on SPS leadership will take place in the coming months. Once endorsed by experts at the regional meeting and approved by the EAC Ministerial Council, SPS regulations and SOPs will facilitate the domestication of the EAC SPS Protocol in all EAC Partner States, including Tanzania.
ACTIVITY 3: TECHNOLOGY IDENTIFICATION, PROMOTION AND INVESTMENT SUB-ACTIVITY 3.1: DEVELOPMENT OF EAC GRAIN LOGISTICS PLATFORM Objective: Pilot the commercialization of new electronic grain logistics services to help increase the affordability and availability of grain in the region and support the introduction of U.S. technolgoies to increase the efficiency of farming operations and agricultural markets. Activities and Progress in FY2019 Q1: Two Tanzanian agribusinesses that attended the Global Cold Chain Expo and Conference in Chicago, IL, USA, as part of the Hub delegation in June 2018 have since purchased equipment valued at $77,965. Tomoni Farms Limited purchased a solar solution to a cold storage facility ($55,965), while Taha Fresh purchased a temperature monitoring device ($22,000). The adoption of these technologies can boost food safety, food quality and tradeable quantities, which will ultimately lead to greater trade, regional food security and resiliency. UPCOMING ACTIVITIES The Hub will continue to provide follow-up support on any linkages made during the expos to help Tanzania firms access U.S. technologies.
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The objective of Component 3 (C3) is to promote intra-regional and export trade, facilitating $43.5 million in country-level exports under AGOA and creating 500 full-time equivalent (FTE) jobs in Tanzania. C3 cuts across all three of the Hub’s components by strengthening East Africa’s ability to attract and maintain investment (C1); supporting value addition, innovation and technology adoption in agriculture (C2); and incentivizing the need for broad-based policy reform (C4).
FY2019 Q1 TRADE PROMOTION AND AGOA OVERVIEW Tanzania experienced a decline in exports under AGOA and Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) in October 2018 compared to October 2017, dropping by 15 percent from $4,294,244 to $3,653,234. This, however, seems to be an anomaly. Approximately 84 percent of Tanzania’s exports under AGOA/GSP in October 2018 were apparel. USTIC data shows that Tanzania’s apparel exports under AGOA increased over the past year. Apparel exports during the twelve- month period ending in October 2018 reached $40.52 million. The total from the twelve-month period ending in October 2017 was $39.96. Apparel exports under AGOA grew by 1.4 percent between these two periods, so the large drop in AGOA exports is not in line with the general trend taking place. Complete data for the quarter is needed to complete the analysis.
TABLE 5. AGOA/GSP EXPORTS BY SECTOR
PERCENT OF PERCENT SECTOR 2018 TOTAL OCTOBER 2017 OCTOBER 2018 CHANGE
Cut flowers <1% 8,997 4,615 -48.7% Footwear 0% - - N/A Home décor <1% 19,283 23,682 22.8% Others 0% - - N/A Specialty foods 15% - 546,678 N/A Textiles and apparel 84% 4,265,964 3,078,259 -27.8% TOTAL 4,294,244 3,653,234 -15%
The Hub surpassed the goal to facilitate $43.5 million in country-level exports to the U.S. under AGOA. There has been less progress on the target of $500,000 in AGOA exports from Hub- supported firms in Tanzania. To date, Hub-supported firms have achieved $145,965 in AGOA exports. Few Tanzania companies attend trade expos despite the Hub advertising opportunities. The only sector that has shown interest in the home décor sector, but firms are limited to Ambiente, which takes place in Germany. As a result, firms’ exports to the U.S. under AGOA have not been as high as expected.
ACTIVITY 1: NATIONAL AGOA STRATEGIES AND ACTION PLANS Objective: Support greater utilization of the AGOA preference and enable Tanzania to maximize the benefits brought about by AGOA. Activities and Progress in FY2019 Q1: The Hub finalized the draft for Tanzania’s AGOA Action Plan in December 2018 following two validation workshops with public and private sector stakeholders in Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar, held on November 12 and November 14, 2018, respectively. The AGOA Action Plan will assist with the implementation of the country’s National AGOA Strategy by providing guidance on resource allocation and coordination. The document focuses on four priority sectors/sub- sectors: garments-textiles-cotton value chain, agro-processing (cashew nuts), handcrafts and
10 | USAID EAST AFRICA TRADE AND INVESTMENT HUB FY2019 Q1 DRAFT REPORT FOR TANZANIA home décor, and leather goods and accessories. It was developed in consultation with technical working groups made up of public and private sector actors. The Hub submitted the final draft to the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment for the permanent secretary’s approval. The government is currently reviewing the document. UPCOMING ACTIVITIES The Permanent Secretary has not yet agreed to meet with the Hub to discuss and accept the final draft. Once this meeting is held, the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment can share the final document and use it to inform AGOA coordination efforts. The Hub will not hold any events to raise awareness of the document as sectoral outreach was already completed during the document’s development.
ACTIVITY 2: TRADE SHOWS, BUYER MISSIONS AND B2B EVENTS Objective: Facilitate face-to-face meetings between selected exporters and buyers, competitors, suppliers and support agencies to facilitate business linkages, investments and exports. Activities and Progress in FY2019 Q1: The Hub prepped four Tanzanian firms for Ambiente, the leading international consumer good trade fair, held in Frankfurt, Germany, in February. The firms will showcase their products, which include recycled glass artifacts, baskets, wooden tabletop items and handwoven and ethnic print textile goods. The Hub worked with the firms to locate booth space for their exhibits and prepare for the show. UPCOMING ACTIVITIES The Hub is planning a buyer mission in April 2019 for a Fortune 500 company based in the U.S. The clothing company produces more than 20 leading brands, including Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Donna Karan, DKNY, Karl Lagerfeld, Levi’s, Dockers and Guess. The firm sources outerwear, dresses, sportswear, swimwear, ready-to-wear and women’s performance wear, and is considering sourcing from East Africa. The visit to Tanzania will target vertically integrated factories in Arusha. It has been difficult to convince U.S. buyers, particularly in the apparel sector, to visit Tanzania due to laws and regulations that discourage foreign business. For example, recent difficulties in obtaining work permits caused companies to lose interest in setting up operations in the country. CRACODE (handwoven products), Kwanza Collection (handcrafted baskets), Chako (recycled glass artifacts and hand dyed cushions) and WomenCraft (handwoven home décor products) will attend Ambiente from February 8-12, 2019, the Hub’s final trade show. The Hub will also pay for the participation of two Tanzania Chamber of Commerce Industry and Agriculture (TICCA) officials as visitors under the Hub’s grant.
ACTIVITY 3: TARGETED FIRM-LEVEL ASSISTANCE Objective: Enhance Tanzanian firms’ export competitiveness through firm-level assistance, thus providing sourcing opportunities for U.S. firms that improve long-term business relationships and increase trade under AGOA. Activities and Progress in FY2019 Q1: The Hub finalized a voluntary technical assistance assignment for CRACODE, a Tanzanian firm that designs and produces handwoven products. The volunteer expert, identified through the International Executive Service Corps (IESC), will help CRACODE prepare for Ambiente. By developing new samples, updating marketing tools and improving production layout, the firm will be better positioned to engage with buyers on its offerings. The Hub held a half-day workshop for home décor firms to learn about U.S. market opportunities and receive technical advice on their product development from the expert
11 | USAID EAST AFRICA TRADE AND INVESTMENT HUB FY2019 Q1 DRAFT REPORT FOR TANZANIA volunteer. The session will inform the companies' design, production and marketing processes, helping them to improve their competitiveness and access the U.S. market. The Hub identified two Tanzanian food processing firms that will receive technical assistance to obtain Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) food safety certification. The firms, YYTZ Agro and Zanj Spice Limited, are cashew nut and organic spice exporters. On November 8, 2018, the Hub discussed expanding Tanzania’s apparel exports to the U.S. with representatives of Textile and Garment Manufacturers Association of Tanzania (TEGAMAT), the Textile Development Unit (TDU) and the Tanzania Export Processing Zones Authority, and with officials from the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment. The Hub used the findings of its value chain mapping work that benchmarked Tanzania’s apparel sector against other Eastern African nations, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka to focus the discussion around challenges and ways to develop sustainable competitiveness in labor skills and logistics. TDU has since followed up with the Hub on ways to implement the Hub’s recommendations. UPCOMING ACTIVITIES CRACODE’s technical assistance assignment and the half-day workshop for approximately 20 enterprises will take place in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in the beginning of Q2. YYTZ Agro and Zanj Spice Limited will receive technical guidance from the Hub on conducting a food safety gap analysis, training staff and making factory upgrades to achieve HACCP certification by the end of May 2019.
ACTIVITY 4: AGOA PREPAREDNESS AND INFORMATION DISSEMINATION Objective: Educate and build the capacity of the public and private sectors on AGOA, leading to greater uptake of AGOA export opportunities. Activities and Progress in FY2019 Q1: Twenty-eight BDS providers deepened their knowledge of AGOA through a two-day seminar led by the Hub in partnership with ENGINE, a USAID-funded project. On November 5-6, 2018, participants learned about AGOA’s duty-free benefits, Tanzania's National AGOA Strategy and firm-level preparations for exporting to the U.S. They were briefed on U.S. market potential, strategies to enter the U.S. market and marketing plans, which built their capacity to assist firms looking to export under AGOA. They also received information from resource institutions such as CRBD, a Tanzanian commercial bank, who spoke on trade finance; the Tanzanian Freight Forwarders Association (TFFA), who spoke on logistics and warehousing; TCCIA, who spoke on export documentation; and a SPS inspector from the Ministry of Agriculture, who outlined SPS measures. UPCOMING ACTIVITIES The Hub is developing an AGOA 101 guide for Tanzania that mirrors the manuals the Hub has completed in Kenya and Uganda. The document will be available through the American Chamber of Commerce in Tanzania and other institutions – both private and public – that are contributing to the document’s development. The document is expected to be completed in March/April 2019. This document will be complemented by an Eastern Africa Exporters’ Guide and a U.S. Importers’ Guide, which will be published in February/March 2019.
12 | USAID EAST AFRICA TRADE AND INVESTMENT HUB FY2019 Q1 DRAFT REPORT FOR TANZANIA ACTIVITY 5: BUILD CAPACITY OF TRADE SUPPORT INSTITUTIONS Objective: Enhance capacity of trade support institutions and private sector partners to serve as sustainable sources of trade support for AGOA exports. Activities and Progress in FY2019 Q1: The Hub uses grants to support the long-term capacity of business support organizations in target sectors. In FY2018, the Hub extended a new grant to TCCIA to enhance TCCIA’s capacity to provide sustainable trade support services for exports to the U.S. under AGOA. TCCIA developed an implementation plan, designed a data collection tool and drafted a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Tanzania Revenue Authority on sharing AGOA trade data. UPCOMING ACTIVITIES The Hub will continue to work with TCCIA to develop an automated data system. TCCIA will also conduct workshops to increase Tanzanian exporters’ and potential exporters’ knowledge of how to export to the U.S. and other targeted markets. They will focus on businesses and SMEs in the leather, textile, horticulture and handicraft sectors.
13 | USAID EAST AFRICA TRADE AND INVESTMENT HUB FY2019 Q1 DRAFT REPORT FOR TANZANIA COMPONENT 4: TRADE POLICY AND REGULATORY REFORM
The objective of Component 4 (C4) is to promote a more predictable, transparent and enabling business environment in East Africa that is conducive to trade competitiveness and accelerated investment. Over the course of five years, activities under C4 will help double the value of intra- regional trade within the EAC through regional integration, implementation of intra-regional and international trade agreements and conformity to international standards. In Tanzania, C4 aims to achieve 8 policy and regulatory reforms .
FY2019 Q1 TRADE POLICY AND REGULATORY REFORM OVERVIEW Over the last quarter, the Hub gathered data and feedback from public and private sector stakeholders that will inform the development of an ICT monitoring tool to monitor Tanzania’s implementation of and compliance with TBT-related legal agreements, including the U.S.-EAC Cooperation Agreement. The tool will identify gaps, allowing the countries to pinpoint where improvement is needed. The Hub also worked on finalizing recommendations from its Investment Policy Assessment 2018, which will prioritize reforms needed to promote foreign direct investment into the country. In addition to raising awareness of implementation and regulation gaps, the Hub has offered to provide technical assistance on a review of Tanzania’s anti-dumping laws.
ACTIVITY 1: IMPROVE TRADE AND INVESTMENT ENABLING ENVIRONMENT Objective: Remove impediments to trade and investment through the implementation of best practices or improved policies, laws and/or regulations or application of the same; and strengthen the capacity of clearing and forwarding agents and shippers to facilitate market access within the EAC and to the U.S. Activities and Progress in FY2019 Q1: The Hub discussed its support for a review of Tanzania’s current anti-dumping law with the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment following a request from the ministry on October 11, 2018, to help them attend the WTO anti-dumping meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. The Hub asked that the ministry consolidate anti-dumping activities into a work plan as was previously agreed upon in July 2018. The ministry and USAID/Tanzania first requested Hub assistance in February 2018. The Hub has since followed up with the ministry on three separate occasions and is waiting on feedback before proceeding. Following the launch of the online learning platform for the EAC Rules of Origin (ROO), Federation of East African Freight Forwarders Associations (FEAFFA) encouraged its use by training customs agents and other private sector players on how to use the platform and publicizing it to the wider industry through a major logistics industry publication. FEAFFA also mounted five pilot online East Africa Customs and Freight Forwarding Practicing Certificate (EACFFPC) classes on the ROO. FEAFFA received financial support from the Hub grant to conduct these activities.
UPCOMING ACTIVITIES The Hub will design and implement training on WTO's Anti-Dumping Agreement and provide further technical support to the ministry to support implementation of the agreement, as needed. The Hub will finalize the Investment Policy Assessment 2018 reform recommendations and pass them on to the new investment advisor at TIC. The document will prioritize the reforms needed to improve the enabling environment for U.S. investment and to adopt best practice policies, laws and regulations.
14 | USAID EAST AFRICA TRADE AND INVESTMENT HUB FY2019 Q1 DRAFT REPORT FOR TANZANIA ACTIVITY 2: SUPPORT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE U.S.-EAC COOPERATION AGREEMENT Objective: Monitor and increase progress on the implementation of commitments under the U.S.- EAC Cooperation Agreement, the WTO TBT Agreement and applicable EAC legal instruments by EAC Partner States. Activities and Progress in FY2019 Q1: The Hub collected information needed to develop an online ICT monitoring tool from Tanzanian stakeholders in Arusha from November 27-29, 2018. The tool will determine EAC Partner States’ implementation of and compliance with legal commitments related to TBT, allowing the government to pinpoint areas where improvements and/or reforms are needed. The EAC TBT Forum met for the second time from October 24-26, 2018, in Nairobi, Kenya, to review its implementation of the regional work plan 2017/2018 and to develop a work plan for 2019/2020 by February 2019. Four representatives from Tanzania’s Bureau of Standards, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment and Ministry of Agriculture participated. The Hub provided financial and organizational support to the EAC Secretariat to convene the meeting.
UPCOMING ACTIVITIES The Hub expects to complete the ICT monitoring tool’s development in March 2019. The EAC TBT Forum will then meet to validate the tool and its accompanying report prior to the tool being incorporated into the East African Monitoring System (EAMS) Central as a module.
ACTIVITY 3: PROMOTE THE MOVEMENT OF GOODS, SERVICES AND CAPITAL WITHIN THE EAST AFRICAN MARKET Objective: Facilitate removal of measures inconsistent with the EAC Common Market Protocol (across the movements of goods, services and capital). Activities and Progress in FY2019 Q1: No progress this quarter. UPCOMING ACTIVITIES None planned at this time.
15 | USAID EAST AFRICA TRADE AND INVESTMENT HUB FY2019 Q1 DRAFT REPORT FOR TANZANIA 1I. UPCOMING TANZANIA EVENTS Below is a list of upcoming activities for Tanzania. Shaded events are supported by the buy-in, i.e. there would not have been sufficient funds to support these activities or Tanzania’s participation in these activities without USAID/Tanzania’s support.
TABLE 6. UPCOMING TANZANIA ACTIVITIES
ACTIVITY DATE LOCATION
Technical Assistance for CRACODE January 10-17, 2019 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Exporting Home Textile Products to the U.S. Under January 15, 2019 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania AGOA Workshop
Access to Finance Seminar February 6, 2019 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Ambiente February 8-12, 2019 Frankfurt, Germany
Capacity Building for Women Cross-Border Trader February 11-13, 2019 Ngara Town, Tanzania Associations’ Executive Committees
Buyer Mission for U.S. Apparel Company April 2019 Arusha, Tanzania
Investment Policy Assessment Follow-up Meeting TBD Dar es Salaam, Tanzania with TIC
U.S.-Focused Investment Mission TBD Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
SPS Training on Food Safety, Animal Health and Plant TBD Dodoma, Tanzania Health
Anti-Dumping Training with Ministry of Trade TBD Dodoma, Tanzania
HACCP/ISO Certification Support for Tanzanian TBD TBD Firms
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TABLE 7. SUMMARIZED PERFORMANCE MONITORING PLAN (PMP) INDICATOR TABLE
INDICATOR BASELINE FY2018- ACHIEVEMENT CUMULATIVE PERCENTAGE COMMENTS (FY2015-2017) 2019 FY2019 Q1 ACHIEVEMENT ACHIEVED TARGET
The data reported for this Value of AGOA exports from AGOA- quarter only covers one month 2 eligible countries to the United States as $39,500,000 $43,500,000 1 $3,653,234 $45,824,294 105% (October 2018). November and a result of project assistance December 2018 data have not yet been uploaded in USITC.
The numbers reported this quarter are based on specialty foods exports through African Fine Coffees Association. The strategy to engage Tanzanian apparel exporters did not yield 3 Value of AGOA exports from EATIH- $239,600 $500,000 $35,000 $145,965 29% expected results as target supported firms exporters were willing to participate in the Hub’s activities, but unwilling to share their results. The annual target was based on an assumption that the firms would cooperate in reporting.
The Hub has over $55 million worth of investments in the Value of new private sector investment pipeline that are being pursued and the Hub has engaged a locally 4 in the agricultural sector or food chain $8,000 $3,000,000 2 0 $485,000 16% leveraged by EATIH implementation based consultant to provide support to high potential deals that are expected to close next quarter.
1 Target represents a 10 percent growth in value of AGOA exports over the next two years. 2 Target assumed the Hub would close at least 5 percent of investments in the Tanzania pipeline. We have revised this target upward to $3 million.
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INDICATOR BASELINE FY2018- ACHIEVEMENT CUMULATIVE PERCENTAGE COMMENTS (FY2015-2017) 2019 FY2019 Q1 ACHIEVEMENT ACHIEVED TARGET
No new investment was reported in the non-ag sector Value of new private sector investment 3 this quarter, but the deal in 5 in the non-agriculture sector, leveraged 0 $17,000,000 0 $15,000,000 88% Tanzania’s pharmaceutical by USAID implementation industry boosted overall achievement under this indicator.
This indicator is reported annually based on data published Value of EAC (intra-regional) exports in 4 by COMESA or UN 6 targeted non-agricultural and agricultural $88,000,000 $96,800,000 0 $134,401,052 139% COMTRADE. Data for 2018 commodities calendar year will be available around July 2019.
This indicator is reported Value of exports (both international and annually based on data published by COMESA or UN 7 intra-regional) in targeted non- $830,000,000 $913,000,000 5 0 $4,143,580,472 454% agricultural and agricultural commodities COMTRADE. Data for 2018 calendar year will be available around July 2019.
Number of private enterprises, producers’ organizations, women’s 8 groups, trade and business associations 0 5 1 2 40% Tomoni Farm Limited purchased and CBOs that applied new technologies a solar solution for cold storage. or management practices as a result of USG assistance
Value of exports in targeted non- 9 agricultural and agricultural commodities $239,600 $500,000 $194,683 $694,107 139% Performance for this indicator is from Hub-supported firms/associations/ on track. entities
3 Target assumed the Hub would close at least 5 percent of investments in the Tanzania pipeline. We have revised this target upward to $17 million. 4 Target represents a 10 percent growth in intraregional trade over the next two years. 5 Target represents a 10 percent growth in intraregional trade over the next two years.
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INDICATOR BASELINE FY2018- ACHIEVEMENT CUMULATIVE PERCENTAGE COMMENTS (FY2015-2017) 2019 FY2019 Q1 ACHIEVEMENT ACHIEVED TARGET
Number of technologies or management practices in one of the following phases 11 of development in Phase III: made 17 10 0 3 30% There were no new results this available for transfer as a result of USG quarter. assistance
Number of food security private This indicator is on track, and the enterprises (for profit), producers’ Hub expects to meet the 12 organizations, water users’ associations 68 30 0 23 77% shortfall through planned and CBOs receiving USG assistance activities next quarter.
This indicator is reported annually based on data published Value of EAC intraregional trade in by COMESA or UN 13 $60,000,000 $66,000,000 6 0 $74,372,086 113% staple foods COMTRADE. Data for 2018 calendar year will be available around July 2019.
This indicator is reported annually based on data published 14 Volume of EAC intraregional trade in 307,000,000 kgs 338,000,000 0 300,531,346 kgs 89% by COMESA or UN staple foods kgs7 COMTRADE. Data for 2018 calendar year will be available around July 2019.
Although no result has been reported under this indicator, the Number of agricultural and non- Hub is actively supporting firms 17 agricultural sector assisted firms meeting 0 3 0 0 0% in the specialty food sector to international standards to export obtain international certification. We expect some results in the coming quarters.
6 Target represents a 10 percent growth in intraregional trade over the next two years. 7 Target represents a 10 percent growth in intraregional trade over the next two years.
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INDICATOR BASELINE FY2018- ACHIEVEMENT CUMULATIVE PERCENTAGE COMMENTS (FY2015-2017) 2019 FY2019 Q1 ACHIEVEMENT ACHIEVED TARGET
Level of compliance with regional trade No result was recorded this 18 agreements 0 4 0 3 75% quarter.
The Hub is currently supporting Number of agricultural and nutritional the review and amendment of enabling environment policies/ the second batch of EAC staple 20 regulations/administrative procedures in 0 2 0 4 200% food standards after a request each stage of development as a result of from the EAC Secretariat was USG assistance received through USAID.
Documentary Cost to trade goods across borders/or Compliance 2018 - This is a context indicator 21 along corridors as a result of Trade Hub N/A CI - 275 and Border N/A reported annually based on assistance (World Bank) Compliance 2018 - World Bank/TMEA data. 1,160
Documentary Time required to trade goods across Compliance and This is a context indicator 22 borders and along corridors as a result N/A CI - Border N/A reported annually based on of Trade Hub assistance (World Bank) World Bank/TMEA data. Compliance are 96
Although no result was reported Level of compliance with the WTO Bali 8 23 Trade Facilitation agreements 2 2 0 2 100% this quarter, the indicator is on track.
Person hours of training completed in trade and investment enabling 1,915 Although no result was reported 25 environment supported by USG 2,344 2,000 0 (1,281M, 634F) 96% this quarter, the indicator is on assistance track.
8 Adoption of ePing/TBT and SPS online notification submission systems.
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INDICATOR BASELINE FY2018- ACHIEVEMENT CUMULATIVE PERCENTAGE COMMENTS (FY2015-2017) 2019 FY2019 Q1 ACHIEVEMENT ACHIEVED TARGET
MORAGG Company Limited and Number of FTE jobs created with USG 11 427 Natural Extracts Industries Ltd 26 assistance 29 500 (5M, 6F) (137M, 290F) 85% created jobs though Hub support this quarter.
The proportion of female participants reported this quarter is based on the AGOA Proportion of female participants in training for Tanzania Business USG-assisted programs designed to Development Service Providers 27 increase access productive economic N/A 50% 42% 63% 63% (that was male dominated) and resources (assets, credit, income or female inclusion in the OCA employment) program reported by MORAGG Company Limited and Natural Extracts Industries Ltd.
Number of buyer/seller linkages MORAGG Company Limited 29 established in export capacity in 120 200 1 237 119% created 1 business linkage this targeted sectors as a result of Hub quarter. assistance
Although no result was reported 30 Number of trade and investment 3 6 0 10 167% this quarter, the indicator is on missions completed track.
The reported person hours in Person hours of training completed in 325 1,983.5 are based on the AGOA training 31 trade and investment capacity building 1,823 1,620 (221M, 104F) (1023M, 960.5F) 122% for Tanzania Business supported by USG assistance Development Service Providers.
Number of firms receiving USG capacity Performance for this indicator is 32 building assistance to export 93 75 22 90 120% on track.
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INDICATOR BASELINE FY2018- ACHIEVEMENT CUMULATIVE PERCENTAGE COMMENTS (FY2015-2017) 2019 FY2019 Q1 ACHIEVEMENT ACHIEVED TARGET
The 6 reported policies are the Number of national policies for which an gazettement of the revised EAC action has been taken toward the full grain standards (1), ISTA 33 implementation of a regionally agreed- 0 2 6 6 300% accreditation (1), and UPOV test upon policy as a result of USG guidelines for maize, common assistance beans, rice and sorghum (4).
CI = CONTEXT INDICATOR
22 | USAID EAST AFRICA TRADE AND INVESTMENT HUB FY2019 Q1 DRAFT REPORT FOR TANZANIA IV. PROJECT ADMINISTRATION
PERSONNEL The Hub hired a Program Officer to support Tanzania buy-in activities. An M&E Specialist and consultant Graphic Designer were also recruited.
V. SUCCESS STORIES
STORIES We share Hub success stories on our home page blog and in our monthly newsletter. We promote these stories daily through our social media channels and weekly through our Weekly Roundup. In addition to short stories and blogs, we create photo stories and infographics to further explain what the Hub does and what accomplishments we have made. Infographics distill complex initiatives into digestible, engaging pieces and can highlight quick wins, i.e. numbers and takeaways. They complement more development-heavy technical briefs well.
PHOTOGRAPHS We maintain a Flickr page: https://www.flickr.com/photos/76086802@N08/
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