Our Team
Our majority-women team is based in Tanzania, European Union, United Kingdom, and North America.
Our Founders
Tahira Nizari
Co-Founder, CEO
Hendrik Buermann
Co-Founder
In 2018, Tahira and Hendrik founded Kazi Yetu in Tanzania. Both have many years of experience in working with farmers, small businesses, and the economic inclusion of marginalized groups.
“Right now, tea is just exported in bulk completely and then all the jobs thereafter in that value chain are done abroad. So what we said was ‘let’s redistribute that job creation, let’s bring it back to Tanzania and let’s create a facility in which we can hire workers all locally and have a product that is 100% made in Tanzania.”
– Tahira Nizari, Interview with Forbes Africa
Tanzania
Emmy Manyelezi
Head of Projects
Kalili Kafuku
Sales Manager
Linus Ndongwe
Chief Operating Officer
Lugano Jengela
Grants Finance Manager
Mustapha Canout
Finance Officer
Stadia Kipangula
Production Supervisor
European Union
Sarah Riedinger
Sales Manager
Katharina Eichinger
On Maternity Leave
United Kingdom
Lianne Desborough
Head of Commercial Growth
North America
Ashley Speyer
Director US
Rachael Curtin
Sales Manager
Our Production Team
Standing row from the left: Asha Nahodha, Zaharia Makau, Deborah Timotheo, Grace Andrea, Petrolina Joseph, Aziza Bakari, Hawa Mikidadi, Mwasiti Zayumba, Christina Ibrahim
Sitting row from the left: Gaudensia Saidi, Nassoro Omary, Johari Shabani, Rehema Mnzava, Munira Salehe, Mwamvua Said, Asha Amour