The construction and mining industry are growing rapidly with banks now promoting mortgages and the number of new banking institutions is growing. Good growth in all the housing sectors is anticipated for years to come owing to Tanzania's long-term political stability. 

Today Nabaki Afrika is a market leader in the retail and wholesale supply of quality building products within Tanzania. This journey of two decades has taken a sustained financial and emotional effort and a commitment to sound business principles, ethical standards and integrity. 

Nabaki Afrika began with a 15 square metre office but now has a large Support Office (of 1,000 square metres) with 3,000 square metres of warehouse storage. There are three small strategic outlets and a growing network of over 200 distributors. Annual turnover began with less than $100,000 and has increased to a current turnover of over $12,000,000 per annum. Turnover increased by 35% during 2012. 

The product range started with 20 products and is now almost 3,000. Nabaki Afrika's achievement has been to excel in a difficult business environment. Our Vision to Grow Further It is our mandate to find the most effective route to the rapidly growing Tanzanian market for all our product lines. 

During 2012 Nabaki Afrika had over 100 visits from international suppliers so the company always has a rich choice of products from which to choose. The company has set itself the goal of doubling turnover in the next three years. To this end we have launched a unique program that will train and develop our internal team and our external local partners. 

The program is known as "Mtaalam' – the word means 'expert' in Kiswahili. Our company has an email database with over 26,000 contacts and we maintain regular customer contact with email newsletters and product updates. The third Nabaki Afrika outlet, opened in September 2012, is in the heart of Kariakoo, Dar es Salaam's prime trading area in the central business district. Kariakoo's passing trade includes visitors from countries like the DRC, Zambia,Northern Malawi and Mozambique. 

A new franchisee is now operating in Mtwara in southern Tanzania, the site of recent, vast natural gas finds. Nabaki Evolution & Marketing Nabaki Afrika has evolved into an efficient marketing, distribution and training company. We market and distribute carefully selected, high quality products and undertake to train local users and our key customers on product use, application or installation. 

We are in regular contact with our clients via email sending them new product information and other news. We provide them with technical information and answer their queries and requests. Each contact is in a category and our categories allow us to selectively market to engineers, contractors, architects, hotels, lodges and others. 

Our product philosophy is to only sell products in which we trust and believe. Who are our Clients? Almost everyone is a Nabaki client we have retail customers, home owners, artisans, retailers, contractors, distributors, hotels, schools, mining companies, embassies and multinational corporations. 

Our suppliers are experienced manufacturers and distributors who provide uncompromising product quality and guarantees supported by devoted sales people and comprehensive technical backup. We have a clear focus on our supplier's brands and take a long view to the development of these brands. 

 Support Office – Mikocheni Light Industrial Area, next to Coca Cola Mwenge. CBR – Chole Road Branch, Masaki – on the Peninsula NBR – New Bagamoyo Road, Mbezi Beach, at the Engen Fuel Station KBR.

Our new branch in Kariakoo at the corner of Sikukuu and Kiungani Streets. Social Responsibility We believe in using our position, our resources, and our compassion, to assist others in our community. We have a social responsibility programme which donates cash, product and time to needy causes which we have carefully identified and reviewed, amongst the many that are looking for assistance. 

Our needy causes fall into the areas of education, conservation, health, and handicapped persons. In addition we dedicate much energy to training local artisans on use and application / installation of our products, issuing certificates, and connecting them to our client base for installation work. Performance is monitored thereafter to ensure quality is maintained. 

Nabaki Afrika has a great group of multi-skilled and experienced talent. Each department has professionally qualified personnel with extensive experience in their field. Our training and development policy ensures that value is constantly added to both the Individual and the company. Knowledge and skills expansion ensures we maintain our leadership position. 

The Directors Hamish Hamilton: (Chairman) British – B.A. Law –University of Cape Town.Hamish has 30 years experience in the building industry as a contractor and a distributor. Strengths and passions include: entrepreneurship, marketing, selling, motivating the Nabaki Team and identifying winning products. Member of CEO Round Table - Tanzania Tania Hamilton (Director managing the Chairman) Zimbabwean B.Soc.Sc Economics & Industrial Psychology- University of Cape Town. Close to 30 years experience in managing the Chairman! With sojourns in Investment banking, Interior design, building businesses using her strengths on administration, finance and HR. Her passion: Helping others to recognize and reach their true potential by creative thinking. 

Vatsal Shah: (CEO) Tanzanian – B.Sc. Management Science - London School of Economics. Vatsal has twenty years of management experience in the retail and wholesale industry with particular emphasis on administration, finance and logistics. Strengths and passions: Problem solving through logic, managing with integrity and fairness, training others by transferring knowledge using collaboration not command.