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Quick information guide

Why women empowerment?

Compared to men, Tanzanian women are subjected to various setbacks that affect their ability to conduct development activities perfectly.

  • Limited access to social justice
  • Limited access to social services such as education, health and water
  • Low participation in economic development
  • Gender based violence incidences such as sexual harassment and domestic violence
  • Limited access to financial services

Women empowerment actors have put in place women empowerment programmes that include soft and hard skills:

  • Digital literacy
  • Financial inclusion
  • Livelihood skills
  • Human rights and civil society
  • Environmental stewardship
  • Micro enterprise
  • Women’s health

Women empowerment programmes in Tanzania

Women economic empowerment in Tanzania is vital as more than 50.56% of the population is made of women who are responsible for daily food security and other social economic activities.

It is critical to empower women economically for national economy to grow at a desired pace. Women are often deprived of means of production and this leads to a generalised development issue for the whole country.

Different development actors have taken cognizance of this issue and have set up empowerment programmes.

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Private Agricultural Sector Support (PASS) Trust

About the organisation

The Private Agricultural Sector Support (PASS) Trust is a facility established in the year 2000 in order to stimulate investment and growth in commercial agriculture and related sectors.

It was registered in 2007 as non-profit making and non-governmental organization under the Trustees Incorporation Act, 2002 and is taxed as charitable organization.

PASS headquarters are located in Dar es Salaam with branches in Morogoro, Mbeya, Kigoma, Mtwara, Mwanza and Arusha.

Sweden and Norway fund the activities of PASS and the programmes are offered throughout the year.

Services Provided

Business Development Empowerment Service
PASS conducts feasibility studies for its clients; helps the client to prepare a viable business plan and also provides training on business development as well as market linkages.


Financial Management Empowerment Service
PASS provides financial guarantee to its clients between 40-60% of the client’s loan and up to 80% for its female clients. In addition PASS provides monitoring services to the clients for increased efficiency and effectiveness in loan utilization.


Agri-business Incubation Center (AIC)
PASS incubates youth by providing full funding of up to 100 youths per year for 12 months where 50% of the incubatees are females. The young people are empowered and mentored to master different value chains management such as production, processing and general marketing of such values chains such as horticulture, dairy farming and goat keeping.
For instance the youth are attached to project areas with key activities such as food processing, green house production and dairy cow keeping.

Selection Criteria

  • Any Tanzanian involved in agribusiness as an individual, group or company
  • Must fill and submit an application form
  • Must meet the respective bank's minimum criteria to qualify for loans

Public events by the organisation

  • They attend Nane Nane and other agricultural shows
  • Media talk shows
  • Various meetings with agricultural stakeholders at national and international levels

Contact details

Private Agricultural Sector Support (PASS)
PASS TRUST HQ Dar es Salaam
Patel Building, 3rd Floor
Kisutu Street
P.O Box 9490
Dar Es Salaam
Tel: +255 22 2110 394; 2110395
Fax : +255 222 110 392
Email: pass@pass.or.tz
 www.pass.or.tz

 

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