After Tanganyika and Zanzibar gained independence from Britain, they merged in 1964 to become the state of Tanzania. In 1995 Tanzania saw democratic elections and the end of a one party system. Agriculture remains Tanzania’s largest source of employment for its citizens. Tanzania remains a poor country when considering per capita income, but has seen fairly strong growth in recent years.

• Country Profile
  • Land Mass/Major Cities – Tanzania’s capital city is Dar Es Salaam, and it borders the Indian Ocean, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, and Uganda.
  • Languages – Kiswahili or Swahili (official), English (official), Arabic
• Business Activity
  • Agriculture – Bananas, cashews, cassava, cattle, coffee, corn, cotton, cloves, fruits, goats, pyrethrum, sheep, sisal, tea, tobacco, vegetables, and wheat
  • Industries – Agricultural processing of sugar, beer, cigarettes, sisal twine, apparel, cement, fertilizer, mining of diamonds, gold, and iron, salt, soda ash, oil refining, shoes, and wood products
  • Natural Resources – Coal, diamonds, gemstones, gold, hydropower, iron ore, natural gas, nickel, phosphates, and tin
  • Exports – Cashews, coffee, cotton, gold, and manufactures
  • Imports – Consumer goods, crude oil, machinery and transportation equipment, and raw materials for industrial use
  • Major Trading Partners – Belgium, China, India, Japan, Kenya, South Africa, and the UAE

Source: CIA. (2017). The World Factbook: Tanzania. CIA. Retrieved from: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/tz.html