DAR ES SALAAM, Feb. 16 -- THE Deputy Minister for Industry and Trade, Dennis Londo, has called on the College of Business Education (CBE) to develop strategies to help formalize small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) without disrupting their operations.

Speaking during his visit to the college in Dar es Salaam, Londo said that when he was sworn in at Dodoma, Samia Suluhu Hassan directed him to oversee the formalization of entrepreneurs businesses as one of his key responsibilities.

“We must find a way to formalize them without disturbing them. We must educate them so they do not see formalization as a strategy to make them pay taxes. They need to move away from that mindset and understand that formalization helps increase produ...