Small Industries Development Organisation - SIDO

Small Industries Development Organisation – SIDO

SIDO was established in October 1973 as a parastatal organisation under now Ministry of Trade, Industry and Marketing.

Its objective was to develop the small industry sector in Tanzania. It was expected to fulfill a very wide range of functions, from policy formulation to direct support to industries, to hands-on involvement in the establishment of SMEs in both rural and urban areas. See SIDO Vision, Mission and Objectives

Some of the best-known activities are the Industrial Estates, Technology Development Centres, Training cum Production Centres, hire purchase schemes for equipment, technology development, technology transfer through twinning arrangements and exchanges with industries in Europe and Asia, and direct marketing.

These programmes were strongly supported by the Government and by donors such as SIDA, the World Bank, and the Governments of the Netherlands, India and Hungary. In the context of a centrally planned economy, the virtual absence of a private sector, and an initially very low level of industrial activity, SIDO’s efforts made a key and well recognized contribution to the development of the country.

SIDO’s role as the Government’s instrument for small-scale industrialization had been redefined to respond to the political and economic changes. In 1988, SIDO started a process of restructuring aiming at improved effectiveness and efficiency as well as long -term sustainability.

SIDO Vision, Mission Statement and Objectives

Based on the situation analysis that gave a synopsis of Development Challenges, assessment of SME constraints, reviewed SIDO’s performance (including SWOT analysis) and the future role of SIDO, the organisation developed a three years Corporate Strategic Plan (July 2002to June 2005). The CSP contains statements on our vision, mission, values and objectives of the organisation and details the strategies to be used, outputs to be realised to achieve SIDO’s mission, activities to be carried out to achieved the outputs and indicators to monitor performance at output and at organisational level.

SIDO’S DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE

The Overall Development Objective for SIDO is to contribute to poverty eradication and enterprise development thereby contributing to economic development through provision of demand driven services that will create employment and generate income to the service user.

SIDO VISION

A leading business support organization unlocking potentials for growth and competitiveness of SMEs.

MISSION STATEMENT

Create, promote and sustain innovative entrepreneurial base by providing SMEs with tailor made services in a businesslike manner.

SIDO has Regional Offices in every region of the mainland with professional staff. Most of these Regional offices have industrial estates with workshops available to local SMEs at economic rates.

Contact Us

SMALL INDUSTRIES DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION

Eng. Omari J. Bakari,
The Director General
SIDO Headquarter
Mfaume/Fire Road,
Upanga
P. O. Box. 2476
Dar es Salaam
Tel: 022-2151948
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: http://www.sidotz.org or Contact our regional offices