Tanzanian automotive industry gets major boost

Minister of State in the President’s Office (Planning and Investment) Kitila Mkumbo and GF Trucks & Equipment Ltd chairman Mehboob Karmali launch a new line of Mahindra vehicles in Tanzania in Dar es Salaam on December 5, 2023. PHOTO | SAID KHAMIS

What you need to know:

  • The partnership between GF Automobile and Mahindra & Mahindra comes just one month after President Samia Suluhu Hassan visited India, where among other issues, the Mumbai-based Indian firm (Mahindra & Mahindra) agreed to set up a tractor assembly facility in Tanzania.