Business forum for Zanzibar, is a commendable job

Today in Zanzibar, the ears and eyes of the business community stakeholders were happy to have attended a business forum whose impulse is to develop the entrepreneurs, traders and services providers on business opportunities available in the Isles. Under the gathering known as TSN Business Forum, the businesspersons have used the opportunity to explore avenues of trade and investment in the Isles, including exchanging ideas and views on areas that are yet to be fully exploited. The forum, which has been organized in the Isles by the State owned media company (TSN) in collaboration with the office of the Second Vice President, Zanzibar Business Council, the Office of Urban West regional commissioner and the Zanzibar Ministry of Trade and Industries, has attracted attention of the general public in Zanzibar. 

An old building in Zanzibar

The major objective of the forum is to explore business and service opportunities available in Zanzibar, considering the fact that there are abundant opportunities that are yet to be exploited. The forum has attracted about 300 and 400 participants. The second Vice President, Ambassador Seif Ali Iddi graced the occasion . Other government officials who attended the occasion are Zanzibar leaders, including Urban West Regional Commissioner, Ayoub Mohammed Mahmoud, Zanzibar Minister of Information, Tourism and Anthropology, Mr Mahamoud Thabit Kombo, Minister of State in the Zanzibar President’s Office and Chairman of the Revolutionary Council, Mr Issa Haji Ussi and Minister of Trade and Industries, ambassador Amina Salum Ali have hailed the TSN initiative, saying the forum will help bring together the business community to deliberate on investment opportunities available in the Isles. This is the fifth gathering following similar ones organized in Simiyu, Mwanza, Tanga and Shinyanga regions.