Tanzania SACCOS for Women Entrepreneurs
Tanzania SACCOS for Women Entrepreneurs (TASWE SACCOS Ltd) is an Association and an independent financial institution providing savings, deposits and credit facilities. It enables members to buy shares and have deposit accounts that will help them access low cost credit facilities at low interests with few procedures that make it easy for entrepreneurs to access loans, participate in investment opportunities and develop financial independence.
TASWE SACCOS was established in 2013 after revealing that women entrepreneurs were facing challenges over high loan interests that they were charged from Banks and other Financial Institutions and other drawbacks like lack of collateral which overwhelms them to access the loan to start and expand their businesses.
The Association was officially launched on 10th November, 2014 with 100 members and now we have more than 680 members. We have experience on how people suffer due to lack of capital for starting their businesses. Another goal is to motivate Tanzanian business women to put their savings in TASWE SACCOS to solve challenges that they face by getting loans at low interest rate.
The Headquarters of the Organization is located at Haile Selassie Road, Oyesterbay Dar es salaam.We have branches in Bagamoyo, Kibaha, Mlandizi, Msufini, Muheza, Tanga, Moshi, Siha, Arusha, Dodoma, Morogoro ,Mwanza and abroad in UK, Sweden , USA (DMV and North Caroline), Comoro and Italy.
Our Focus
Mission
To encourage members on Savings and buying of shares to be able to secure loans at low interest rate for their business developments.
Vision
To become a leading financial institution in providing financial services in urban and rural areas with stakeholders participation.