Dar es Salaam, March 26 -- TANZANIA: THE Export and Processing Authority (EPZA) has encouraged district councils to set aside land for attracting local and foreign investors to invest in processing industries for value addition.

The call was made by EPZA Director General Charles Itembe during the tour to make follow-up and evaluation of investors licensed by EPZA to pursue investments in Export Processing Zones (EPZ) and Special Economic Zones (SEZ) in Mwanza, Geita, Shinyanga, Tabora and Singida regions.

“The EPZ and SEZ areas developed with basic infrastructures can play a fundamental role in attracting local and global investors to invest in the industrial sector,” he said while speaking at different times with assistant ...