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The Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar and the Government of the Kingdom of Norway signed an agreement in August 2008 where Norway agreed to provide funds for the Tanga – Pemba Sub Sea Cable Project. Norway have agreed to contribute 300 million NOK and Zanzibar and Tanzania will allocate the outstanding funds to cover the total project costs, estimated to amount to NOK 400 million – approxima...

Norfund has recently invested USD 4 million in Africado Limited, Tanzania's first avocado plantation. The plantation is situated on the slopes of Kilimanjaro and has already created jobs for about 100 people, and this number is expected to increase. The plantation creates an alternative source of income for the small scale farmers in the area, where coffee is the dominating product today.

In order to follow up the Parliamentary Appropriation Doc. 10 (2008 – 2009) – on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in a global economy, the Embassy has developed this country paper to try to give potential Norwegian actors and investors’ useful information and guidance in a Tanzanian setting.