Our majority-women team is based in Tanzania, the European Union, and North America.

OUR FOUNDERS

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

Tahira Nizari

Co-Founder, CEO

Hendrik Buermann

Co-Founder

TANZANIA

Emmy Manyelezi

Head of Projects

Kalili Kafuku

Sales Manager

Linus Ndongwe

Chief Operating Officer

Lugano Jengela

Grants Finance Manager

Mustapha Canout

Finance Officer

Stadia Kipangula

Production Supervisor

EUROPEAN UNION

Martin Kluck

Sales Manager

Katharina Eichinger

On Maternity Leave

Sarah Riedinger

On Maternity Leave

NORTH AMERICA

Ashley Speyer

Director US

Rachael Curtin

Sales Manager

OUR PRODUCTION TEAM

Standing row from the left: Asha Nahodha, Zaharia Makau, Deborah Timotheo, Grace Andrea, Petrolina Joseph, Aziza Bakari, Hawa Mikidadi, Mwasiti Zayumba, Christina Ibrahim
Sitting row from the left: Gaudensia Saidi, Nassoro Omary, Johari Shabani, Rehema Mnzava, Munira Salehe, Mwamvua Said, Asha Amour