PRESS RELEASE 14.06.2025

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

28.04.2025

VANGUARD GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT TO DEVELOP COLD CHAIN INFRASTRUCTURE & LOGISTICS IN TANZANIA

“In an effort to improve the agricultural sector and increase the competitiveness of Tanzanian products in international markets, Vanguard Global Development has organized a key stakeholder meeting that will focus on the presentation of the National Cold Chain Infrastructure Plan.” - IPP Media

The conference, held on Monday, June 3, 2025, in Dar es Salaam brought together senior government officials including ministers from the ministries of Agriculture , Trade, Livestock and Fisheries , as well as Transport, alongside stakeholders from the private sector, development agencies, exporters, transport service providers, and social institutions.

The national cold chain initiative aims to revolutionize the storage and transportation of perishable goods — such as fruits, vegetables, fish, and meat — from farms to domestic and export markets. According to Vanguard Global Development , the initiative will enable:

• Significantly reduce post-harvest crop losses

• Providing direct support to more than 100,000 smallholder farmers, fishermen and pastoralists in the country

• Strengthening the issuance of quality and product safety certificates , an important step for export products

• Building a modern transportation network using cold storage technology , through public-private partnerships (PPP)

Speaking about the event, Mujwahuzi Alexander, from Vanguard Global Development said:“We desire to see Tanzania strengthen the agricultural value chain by building reliable and technology-driven cold storage and transportation infrastructure.”

Coverage on national TV of Vanguard Global Development's conference in Dar es Salam, Tanzania earlier this month on the impact of the Cold Chain Integration Project on the agricultural sector, economy and balance of trade.

The program is expected to be a catalyst for major reforms in the agricultural sector , trade in perishable goods, increase employment , and boost the rural economy , while aiming to increase export earnings from quality products from Tanzania .

Egyptian owned, UK based, Vanguard Global Development is sector agnostic, with diverse interests, spanning manufacturing, technology, agriculture, infrastructure, energy, transportation and more. VGD works with stakeholders as a strategic and reliable partner, be they public, private or institutional.

VGD adopts a multi-sectoral & multi-stakeholder approach with strategies designed to;

• Identify & create opportunity  

• Leverage innovation to turn problems into opportunities 

• Maximise stakeholder benefit & reward

• Localise value chains & maximise local benefit

• Appropriate and localise strategic and innovative technologies

• Vertically integrate local industries

• Develop circular economies

VGD works closely with governments as a strategic partner, leveraging critical expertise, financial resources and advanced technologies, with a focus on Public-Private-Partnerships. VGD is adept at leveraging its network and creating consortiums with a capacity to finance, design and execute large scale projects.

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