Shamba Box is an Agritech and Food startup ecosystem builder

Shamba Box
3 min readOct 19, 2022

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Our team has over eight years of startup ecosystem experience at the national and international levels, focusing on Tanzania and East Africa on the Global Startup map.

We have organized acceleration, and incubation programs to support early and growth-stage Agri and food startup companies and SMEs capable of delivering impact at scale alongside healthy financial returns.

We are passionate about agriculture, food systems, innovation, creativity, entrepreneurship, startups, and community development. We are well-organized and ambitious individuals.

We currently looking for partnerships and collaboration with individuals, Investors, venture capitalists, companies, and organizations to join us as project associates to grow and support Agri and food startup companies and SMEs with much focus on youth and gender lens investment in the next three years.

Who Do We Want To Associate With?

  • Collaborative and dynamic individuals and organizations looking to achieve impact.
  • Well-capitalized individuals and organizations looking to unlock opportunities and meet the needs of the market.
  • Individuals and organizations with a high degree of autonomy in regard to Tanzania’s entrepreneurship, innovation, and taking action.

How Our Team Works:

  • We are independent thinkers with critical problem-solving skills.
  • We have never wanted to stop learning; We love tackling new challenges but have the humility to request feedback and advice, enabling us to deliver consistently strong results and take on more responsibility.
  • We thrive in an independent working environment, using our best judgment, high ethical standards, strong communication skills, passion, and adeptness with start-ups/SMEs to execute on project mission;
  • We do have deep empathy for founders and we always bring genuine curiosity about their business objectives and goals, and we use this deeper understanding to better support our investee business needs.
  • We understand the power of connections. we can identify organic growth opportunities with existing relationships and understand how to strategically expand networks to make sure that our business partners are top of mind for the right people at the right time.
  • We have strong financial acumen. We can quickly scan the financials of a company to identify the key drivers of performance or challenges, sense-check appropriate metrics, and develop a narrative around the company’s trajectory.
  • We aligned with the values of entrepreneurship, collaboration, integrity, and high performance and support our impact mission to build an inclusive and thriving economy in Africa.

Thank you for taking the time to learn more about our work. Let’s work together to unlock a unique opportunity for our mission and vision!

Contact us today to discuss objectives, qualifications, and experiences and we will build a benefits package that will help both achieve our goals.

Email: shambabox@consultant.com

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Shamba Box
Shamba Box

Written by Shamba Box

Operates in Tanzania and is passionate about helping farmers, agripreneurs, and other stakeholders succeed in thriving food systems and agriculture sector.

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