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Ministry Of Trade and Industrial Development Zanzibar

The short history of the Ministry:                                                                                            

The Ministry of Trade and Industrial Development had passed through various stages in different years. In 1976, there were separate Ministries as follows:

  • Ministry of Foreign Trade
  • Ministry of Internal trade
  • Ministry of Industry
  • Ministry of Information Broadcasting and Tourism
  • Ministry of Trade, Investment and Tourism
  • Ministry of Trade, Industry and Marketing
  • Ministry of Trade and Industry

Currently the Institution is known as Ministry of Tourism Trade and Industrial Development.

CURRENT STRUCTURE OF THE MINISTRY

 

The Ministry comprises of the following departments:

  1. Department of the Planning, Policy and Research.
  2. Department of Trade and Marketing.
  3. Department of Industrial Development.
  4. Department   of Administration and Human Resource.
  5.  Ministry of Trade, Industrial Development – Pemba.

Apart from these five departments, there are ten Institutions which also fall under this Ministry, namely:

  1. The Zanzibar State Trading Corporation (ZSTC)
  2.  The Zanzibar Bureau of Standards (ZBS)
  3. Zanzibar National Business Council (ZNBC)
  4. Zanzibar Fair Competition Commission (ZFCC)
  5. Zanzibar Fair Competition Tribunal (ZFCT)
  6. Zanzibar Weights and Measures (ZAWEMA)
  7. Zanzibar Seaweed Company (ZASPO)
  8. Business Licensing Registration Council (BLRC)
  9.  Business Properties Regulatory Agency (BPRA)
  10. Small and Medium Industrial Development Agency (SMIDA)

ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE OF MINISTRY OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY



TOP LEADERS OF THE MINISTRY



MHE. OMAR SAID SHAABANI

Minister for Trade and Industrial Development



ALI KHAMIS JUMA

Principal Secretary



RASHID ALI SALIM

Deputy Principal Secretary

The Directors of the Ministry



NANA R. MWANJISI
Director

Department of Planning, Policy and Research



KASSIM S. ALLY
Director

Department of Administration and Personnel



Abdulla R. Abdulla
Director

Department of Industrial Development



Khamis A. Shauri
Director

Department of Trade and Marketing



Ali Suleiman Abeid
Officer in Charge

Office Pemba

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