Licence-class routes and mineral transactions
Prospecting, mining and dealer licence pathways with the Mining Commission, local-content planning, export sequencing and counterparty screening before offtake or JV terms are signed.
Multi-Agency Mandates Desk · From USD 12,500
Capital-intensive and regulated mandates, sequenced.
Senior route diagnosis, regulator dependency mapping and a 12-month implementation roadmap for mining, land and real-estate, microfinance, agriculture, construction and energy projects in Tanzania — run by a named senior lead under a written scope.
- 3 working daysroute diagnosis after brief
- Written scopeissued before execution
- Named senior leadaccountable for the mandate
- TZS engagement letterdomestic fees invoiced in shillings
Who the Mandates Desk is built for.
Principals and authorised representatives with a defined project that touches more than one Tanzanian institution. A company registration is one step of the route; the desk owns the whole sequence.
Title, derivative rights and development approvals
Land occupancy and derivative-right routes for foreign-owned projects, location screening, NEMC screening coordination and the approvals a development needs before construction begins.
Bank of Tanzania licensing and governance
Licence-tier selection, fit-and-proper preparation, capital and governance documentation, and the compliance calendar a licensed lender must run from day one.
Land, processing and export permits together
Sequencing of land access, processing-plant approvals, product registrations and export documentation so the plant and the market open at the same time.
Contractor registration and project entities
Contractor and consultant registration routes, foreign-firm requirements, project-company structuring and the tax and permit map for a defined works contract.
Regulated-sector licensing coordination
Sector-regulator roadmap, environmental pathway coordination and investment-registration eligibility for generation, distribution and fuel-handling projects.
What the desk delivers.
Seven fixed deliverables. The scope letter names each one, the institution it addresses and the evidence the Client must supply.
Senior project and regulatory route diagnosis
Which licences, registrations and approvals apply, in which order, and which are reserved or restricted for foreign participation.
Multi-agency approval and dependency mapping
Every institution on the critical path — BRELA, TRA, sector regulator, local authority, immigration — with the dependency between each filing.
NEMC screening and EIA/ESIA pathway coordination
Zatra coordinates the environmental pathway with registered experts. Zatra does not conduct the EIA study itself.
TISEZA eligibility pathway
Investment-registration route, incentive eligibility and the documentation the Tanzania Investment and Special Economic Zones Authority requires.
Sector-regulator roadmap
Mining Commission, Bank of Tanzania, CRB/ERB, EWURA or the relevant regulator — application sequence, evidence pack and realistic timeline.
Named senior mandate lead
One accountable senior professional runs the file, attends institutional meetings and reports to the Client's principal.
12-month implementation roadmap
A dated document the Client's board and lenders can rely on: milestones, filings, fees, dependencies and the compliance calendar after launch.
Who runs the mandate.
Mandates are led from the Dar es Salaam desk by the firm's principals, not delegated to a filing clerk.
CFE. Joseph MarwaChief Executive Officer · Certified Financial Educator (Bank of Tanzania)
Leads investment advisory, financial structuring and mandate strategy; 12+ years in Tanzania's financial sector.
ACPA. Altho MwangoaChief Financial Officer · CPA(T), NBAA
Owns the tax, finance and reporting layer of every mandate; 16+ years in financial management and institutional reporting.
Advocate Yona HabiyeCorporate Legal Officer · Advocate of the High Court of Tanzania
Registration, licensing, permits and the legal instruments each institution requires.
Eng. Dennis WilsonChief Operating Officer · Industrial Engineering & Management
Operational delivery of construction, infrastructure and processing mandates; 10+ years in operations and project oversight.
Engagement terms.
Confidential senior review first
The brief is read by a principal of the firm. No junior triage, no automated scoring, no onward sharing outside the mandate team.
Written scope before execution
The Client receives a scope letter naming deliverables, institutions, evidence required, professional fee and timeline. Work starts on signature.
Fees in Tanzanian shillings
The engagement letter and invoices are issued in TZS. The USD figure on this page is an indicative starting professional fee; government and regulator charges are quoted separately.
Reserved activities disclosed up front
Where an activity is reserved for Tanzanian citizens or subject to local-ownership conditions, the diagnosis states it before any structure is proposed.
What Zatra does not guarantee. Regulatory approval, licence grant, timelines set by institutions, or outcomes of environmental studies. Zatra coordinates and prepares; decisions rest with the regulator.
Submit a mandate brief.
Nine fields. A principal replies within one business day with the diagnosis timetable and the evidence list.
Brief received.
A principal of the firm will reply within one business day with the diagnosis timetable and the evidence list for the mandate. Urgent matters can continue on WhatsApp now.
CFE. Joseph MarwaChief Executive Officer
Reviews every mandate brief personally.
Sector desks behind the mandate.
Sector desk
Mining & minerals
Licence classes, dealer rights and export sequencing.
Sector deskLand acquisition
Title, lease, derivative rights and location screening.
Sector deskAgriculture & trade
Supplier checks, export routes and trade documentation.
Sector deskInvestment advisory & TISEZA
Ownership structuring and investment registration.
Sector deskEIA & environmental compliance
NEMC screening and the EIA/ESIA pathway.
Sector deskBankable plans & feasibility
Lender and board packages for Tanzania projects.