DAR ES SALAAM, Aug. 28 -- TANZANIA can double or triple the revenue generated from some export products by strengthening the processing of raw materials locally through industrialisation, the Executive Director of the Confederation of Tanzania Industries (CTI), Engineer Leodigar Tenga has said.

Speaking yesterday on a local local television station Eng Tenga said Tanzania should move away from reliance on exporting raw materials in their unprocessed form and instead add value before sending them to international markets.

He said the industrial sector has made significant progress since the 1990s, when the country had between approximately 60 to 70 large factories, compared with an estimated 3,000 to 4,000 large and medium-sized factorie...