Tanzania offers investors a uniquely attractive view.

For sure, Tanzania has unrivalled natural attractions. But if you are looking for a good investment look beyond the gloriously exotic blend of history and culture. You will find that from an economic standpoint, there is probably no place in the world like Tanzania.

Present-day Tanzania is an attractive market buoyed by stability, steady growth and solid macro economic conditions. As this nation of 36 million emerges steadily and surely numerous investment opportunities in almost all sectors are surfacing. Such vast improvements will not escape notice for long. Neither will the returns of firms such as Vodacom, Coca Cola, South African Breweries, Bass Hotels and many others, who made an early start and have now well developed businesses. The view however is still relatively unobstructed. There is in most cases a wide open field.

Export oriented enterprise development is poised to take off.

Over the past 15 years phenomenal changes in the Tanzanian business environment have occurred. However these changes are just a drop in the ocean compared to what is in the offing. The vision is for Tanzania to become sustainable middle market economy by 2025. In middle market economies 25% of the GDP is expected to be derived from exports. To achieve this the government has implemented a series of initiatives designed to mobilize the nation toward that goal. The Export Processing Zones are one of these initiatives.

In the coming months the Tanzania Airports Authority will transform 250 acres of unused land at the Dar es Salaam International Airport into the nations first Export Processing Zone. Within the confines of this fully equipped economic incubator will be areas for manufacturing, services and retail. The package of incentives available to companies operating in the EPZ is particularly helpful. The EPZ strategy seeks to leverage what is good and abundant in Tanzania, namely labor and natural resources against that which is in short supply, such as technology and capital in order to create an attractive environment that is stable, low cost and efficient.