Small producers and entrepreneurs have been advised to produce quality goods to compete in the local, regional and international markets, particularly now that demand for sanitary supplies is high.
“People need quality and standard goods. You cannot sell when your products are not yet eye-catching and of poor quality,” Mr. Juma Reli, the permanent secretary (PS) Ministry of Trade and Industries, said here when promoting skills empowerment to people engaged in entrepreneurship and manufacturing.
He said his office, through SMIDA, decided to help local producers improve homemade goods to meet the international standard.
“People need standard sanitizers. Toilet rolls, cleaning detergent, among others, “Mr. Reli said.
The Zanzibar Micro, Small and Medium Industry Development Agency (SMIDA) Director-General Haji Abdulhamid said that they were encouraging all ‘producers, starting from small to middle enterprises to improve skills so that goods meet the required standards for sale at home and International markets.
Officers from ‘Zanzibar Food and Drug Agency (ZFDA)’ also reminded entrepreneurs in the country that the World Health Organization (WHO) had set guidelines to producers and manufactures globally that they need to meet international standards.
At the meeting where participants observed social distancing, they promised to apply acquired skills to improve their products.
However, they urged members of the public to expose to government authorities, people who make fake products.
They also reminded members of the public to embrace locally made products in order to support local entrepreneurs who eager to secure reliable markets.