INVESTMENT GUIDE

PART THREE
PRIORITY INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES
IN SIMIYU
Below is an outline of two main types of investment opportunities,
namely, major strategic 1 investment opportunities and specific investment
opportunities.
3.1 The major strategic investment opportunities in Simiyu
region
Simiyu is one of the regions in Tanzania with attractive investment
opportunities and a dedicated vibrant agricultural and livestock
production, as well as tourist attraction sites in Maswa Game Reserve,
which form part of both Ngorongoro Conservation Area and Serengeti
National Park. The region’s location on Lake Victoria, gives it access to
the East African Community export markets via four major lake ports; it
is bordering with Kenya which is the largest market for various goods in
East Africa.
The region produces half of Tanzania’s output of seed cotton and has
more than 1.5 million cows, 700,000 goats, and 300,000 sheep. In
addition, Simiyu with 24 million hectares of arable land is among the
top five leading producers of rice, cowpeas (choroko), maize, sunflower,
meat, milk, and hides and skins.
The Region plans to stimulate its industrial and economic development
1 Investment by a company that is intended to make it more successful over time, for
example investment in a new business that offers new markets or that is developing new
products:Investment that is intended to be successful/profitable over time; an investment that a
corporation or affiliated firm makes in a young/new company that offers to bring something of
value to the corporation itself; also strategic investment is a transaction that is closely related to
joint ventures or public private partnerrships. In strategic investments, one company makes an
investment in another. These two companies enter into agreements that are designed to serve
shared business goals.
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