In 2018, Tahira and Hendrik founded Kazi Yetu in Tanzania. Both have many years of experience in working with farmers, small businesses, and the economic inclusion of marginalized groups.

“Right now, tea is just exported in bulk completely and then all the jobs thereafter in that value chain are done abroad. So what we said was ‘let’s redistribute that job creation, let’s bring it back to Tanzania and let’s create a facility in which we can hire workers all locally and have a product that is 100% made in Tanzania.”
– Tahira Nizari, Interview with Forbes Africa