Tanzania
In June 2011, the United Republic of Tanzania joined the SUN Movement with a letter of commitment from HE Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, the President. To support the government’s multistakholder efforts to end malnutrition, donor, civil society and business networks were established and fully functioning by 2015. Today, Tanzania has the largest national SUN Business Network globally with over 140 member companies, strong plans to mobilise the food industry for more safe and nutritious food as well as pitching competitions to ignite business-investor linkages.
Last updated: August 2019
141 members
Haika Malleko
SUN Business Network Coordinator
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)
Country Network Coordinators welcome enquiries about joining or engaging with the network
34.5%
Under Five Stunting
4.5%
Under Five Wasting
3.7%
Under Five Overweight
Network Strategy
The SBN Tanzania Strategy lays out the vision and key objectives of the SUN Business Network Tanzania for the next 3 years, 2016-2018. It then looks at how the network plans to achieve the vision and objectives. It details that the role of the SBN Tanzania team is to coordinate the activities of the network in order to improve nutrition among Tanzanian consumers as they support members to grow their business.
Current Network Priorities
- Mobilize private sector to invest more in safe and nutritious food
- Facilitate business acceleration and local pitches to identify investible opportunities and facilitate business-investor linkages
- Segment Private Sector (PS) and service providers to facilitate matching of PS needs with opportunities
Examples of multistakeholder/multisectoral partnerships
- Prime Minister’s Office (PMO)
- Tanzania Horticulture Association(TAHA)
- Association for spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Tanzania (ASBAHT)
Latest news
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Tanzania Selects Nutrition Sensitive SMEs Through the 2019 Lishe Accelerator
The Lishe Accelerator, launched in 2018, is a programme aimed at accelerating Tanzania’s nutrition sensitive SMEs through business development and investor readiness training. The second edition of the competition, organised by...
