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NatureRipe Kilimanjaro Ltd with the registration number of 40198  deals with producing different products such as mangoes, fruit seed-  ling, cashew nuts, cashew nut snuck bars, pickles, hot and sweet  sauces, honey, peanut butter, fresh fruits and vegetables, as well as  fruit jams. Fatma managed to employ 17 male and 19 female employ-  ees with seven casual workers.  

The aim of her company is to become recognized leaders in Africa  for fresh Tanzanian Fruits and savory snacks and to produce process  and export unique Tanzanian products. NatureRipe Kilimanjaro sells  around 50tons of cashew nuts and 120,000 bottles of sauces jam  20,000 and fruits 75 tons per year.

Her customer base includes business class, supermarkets and mini supermarkets. Corporate  clients. She does not export but rather she has individual customers who buy bulk for UAE, East  Africa and Australia markets.

  Business annual turnover for the last financial year was 2 billion Tanzania Shillings. In the next five  to ten years, she plans to grow the company into all agro-processing activities. TWCC has contrib-  uted a lot in the business through networking and trainings, exposure to getting more information on  several working ideas as well as mentorship (getting Mentees and Mentors).  

The Game Changer in Food Processing Food Processing Industry in Tanzania is dominated by SME’s especially women. Joyce is one of them. She is founder and Managing Director of MED- FOODS ARUSHA CO.LTD, a company deals with processing nutrition’s flour, grounded black pepper, tea masala, pilau ma- sala, garlic powder turmeric powder, Spanish paprika, beef masala, grounded coriander and cloves powder. The company is registered with no. 127998 and operates from Arumeru, Arusha but has cus- tomer countrywide and abroad. Joyce has followed her all time dream to start agricultural enterprises with a vision to grow and create impact along the spices and cere- als value chain innovatively and in an entrepre- neurial manner. Her humble beginning started since in 2009, the business grew and become full registered in 2016. Over the past years through her dedication the company has experienced positive growth trend in terms of production and sales enough to at- tract mentors. She plans to build processing plans with modern machinery in the next five years and increase production and create over 100 employments against 25 she currently employed. TWCC has been good networking, platform whereby she was able to met potential customers, government official and business partners. JOYCE MMARI. The Game Changer in Food Processing Food Processing Industry in Tanzania is dominated by SME’s especially women. Joyce is one of them. She is founder and Managing Director of MED- FOODS ARUSHA CO.LTD, a company deals with processing nutrition’s flour, grounded black pepper, tea masala, pilau ma- sala, garlic powder turmeric powder, Spanish paprika, beef masala, grounded coriander and cloves powder. The company is registered with no. 127998 and operates from Arumeru, Arusha but has cus- tomer countrywide and abroad. Joyce has followed her all time dream to start agricultural enterprises with a vision to grow and create impact along the spices and cere- als value chain innovatively and in an entrepre- neurial manner. Her humble beginning started since in 2009, the business grew and become full registered in 2016. Over the past years through her dedication the company has experienced positive growth trend in terms of production and sales enough to at- tract mentors. She plans to build processing plans with modern machinery in the next five years and increase production and create over 100 employments against 25 she currently employed. TWCC has been good networking, platform whereby she was able to met potential customers, government official and business partners. She encourages women to work hard enough to support their families and communities

Lilian is a business women and Entrepreneur  based in Musoma,Mara. She is a leader of  ELIESH GROUP, a company registered with  1604722 and that process and sale mixed fruit,  wine, rosela alcoholic drink, chechend,(shut-  eye), mango and mbilimbipickes. She has employee’s Seven employees and her  products are in many East Africa countries such  as Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda.She always focuses on increasing productions  to expand and create more impacts in agricul-  tural value chain.Her customers are men and women, boys and  girls. Her focus remains to be in quality product  to meet her customer desire and wants. Through her involvement with TWCC she man-  aged to participate in international exhibition in  Kenya and Uganda, increase her market base  and learn about entrepreneurship education. Lillian’s future plans are to increase production  and export base to AGOA, East Africa Community and SADC member countries.She works with two missions, to do business  and give back to the communities through or-  change centers. Her advice is that, women should believe in  their rules and stand their business and support  their families.