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Tanzania Startup Association
The Tanzania Startup Association (TSA) is a membership-based organization that connects stakeholders in Tanzania's startup ecosystem, advocating for policies that foster startup growth and innovation.
Overview
What Tanzania Startup Association does
What Tanzania Startup Association is
The Tanzania Startup Association (TSA) is a membership-based organization that connects stakeholders in Tanzania's startup ecosystem, advocating for policies that foster startup growth and innovation.
How it participates in the startup ecosystem
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Operational profile
Organization status and context
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- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Community
- Structured capabilities
- Community
- Last reviewed
- March 31, 2026
Official channels
Find Tanzania Startup Association elsewhere
Open the official website or a supported primary organization account.
Capability profile
Tanzania Startup Association as a community
Community overview
The Tanzania Startup Association (TSA) is a membership-based organization established to support and advocate for the startup ecosystem in Tanzania. Founded in 2021, TSA aims to create a conducive business environment for startups to grow and scale. The organization is based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Community focus
TSA focuses on several key areas to enhance the startup ecosystem, including advocacy for supportive policies, facilitating investment opportunities, producing insights to track ecosystem progress, and forming partnerships with stakeholders such as government ministries and private sector associations.
Member value
Members of TSA benefit from networking opportunities, access to investment facilitation, insights into the startup ecosystem, and participation in various events and initiatives aimed at supporting startup growth.
Membership
- Pricing models
- free
Format and cadence
- Modality
- in-person
- Schedule
- rolling-admissions
- Commitment
- light
Availability
- Membership state
- Accepting
Audience and fit
- Audience
- Founders · Investors · Corporate Innovators
- Benefits
- network-access and mentorship
- Program types
- community
- Selection criteria
- open
- Regions
- Africa
Community activity
- Annual events
- 1
Events and activity
TSA organizes various events including the annual Tanzania Startup Week, and has hosted events such as a visit from Hon. Nape Nnauye, the TSA-Girls in Tech Cocktail Event, and a Ministerial Public-Private Dialogue on the National Venture Capital Trust Fund.
Notable members
Key members of the TSA team include Paul Makanza (Chairman), Lulu Ngwanakilala (Vice Chairperson), and Zahoro Muhaji (CEO).
Common questions
What to know about Tanzania Startup Association
Upseed classifies Tanzania Startup Association under the Community organization type. Its current public profile includes community capabilities.
Source and update disclosure
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Source basis
Public organization and program material, official websites, and structured Upseed records.
Last reviewed
March 31, 2026
Known limits
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