About Us

MSK Solutions is striving to become a global leader in the management of the Agricultural products value chain. It provides solutions for consumers and suppliers of cash and food crops and ingredients. We operate an integrated supply chain of cotton and its end products, cashew nuts, sesame, rice, yellow grams and timber. We operate two ginning facilities in Tanzania. We own more than 30 trucks for ease of logistics and we have presence in all the catchment areas for the products we deal with. MSK Solutions owns 7 tractors and supports farmers by tilling their land and collecting and moving farm inputs and harvests to/from their farms and storage facilities. We provide direct part time and permanent employment to more than 4,000 people, and indirect employment to more than 10,000.

Although MSK Solutions offers a variety of other services, it has focused its efforts in the Agricultural industry since its inception. The company, taking advantage of the wide opportunities in the Agro sector and using effectively the resources it has, has managed to grow and become one of the fastest growing companies in the Agricultural sector in Tanzania.

Over the years we have enjoyed a competitive advantage by leveraging our main resources including people with the necessary technical know-how, capabilities, determination and strong workmanship; clear vision, mission and strategies; and our physical assets. These and many others have awarded us success and remain to be our strongest key factors for success.

Milestones

The cotton procurement season of 2000/2001 marked a great debut for what would later become MSK Solutions Ltd, a company limited by shares registered in Tanzania. In that particular season, we started to source raw cotton from farmers and sell to ginners. From that point, we continued to operate as commissioning agents, using funds from major players and source raw cotton from the fields and supply to major companies. At that time we operated the business as a registered enterprise but not a limited company.

Clinging under the shoulders of giants, we managed to learn the inner secrets of the business – the systems, the value chain and the opportunities available. Early January 2006 saw the inception of a limited company, MSK Solutions Limited, registered under cap. 212 of the laws of Tanzania. Immediately after incorporation, we started to operate a single registered office in Dar es salaam, Tanzania; but later in 2007, we opened a branch office in Mwanza city – which covers the western cotton growing areas of Mwanza, Shinyanga, Mara, Kigoma, Kagera and Tabora.

In 2007, we acquired membership to the Tanzania Cotton Association and we are active ever since. In the same year, we leased and operated a ginning factory in the Mara region. We produced around 4000 bales (about 880,000kgs) of cotton lint and sold cotton seeds about 1,630,588 kgs.

In 2008, we bought our own ginning facility and rented another – i.e. we operated two factories in different catchment areas. We bought 20 trucks (3 semi trailers, 3 pulling trucks and 14 single pieces), 7 tractors and 6 four wheel drives (vehicles for field operations); thus positioned ourselves amongst the strongest competitors. We managed to produce about 8000 (about double production of 2007) cotton lint bales. We also started importing and supplying jute bags to the cooperative societies for cashew nuts packaging in the southern and coastal regions of Tanzania and we have opened and are operating our new branch office there too. We are well positioned to procurement and selling/exporting raw cashew nuts to any place of the world. We are currently crushing part of our cotton seeds to obtain edible cooking oil, cotton cakes (for farm animals) and husks, all being highly demanded products. We became registered active members of the Confederation of Tanzanian Industries (CTI) and the Tanzania Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture (TCCIA). We are among the government recognized local investors by the Tanzania Investment center (TIC).

In 2009, we have become registered developers and operators of a garment manufacturing factory to be developed and operated in the Benjamin William Mkapa Special Economic Zone in Mabibo, Dar es salaam, which has been developed by the Tanzanian government agency, the Export Processing Zones Authority (EPZA). This project which is expected to be launched in April, 2009 is a USD 20,000,000 project and will move the company to a whole new level. The garment manufacturing business will be a fourth division, after the Trading, Logistics and Agro processing divisions, and would mark the first step of the company’s entry in the textile industry. The division is registered as MSK Apparels Ltd and would be owned and operated under JVC basis with external investors. The plan is to invest in garment manufacturing and thereafter backward integration into knitting, dyeing and spinning; with possibilities for expanding into weaving in the future.

Our Strategy

A clear strategy has allowed us to grow with almost a supersonic speed! Our success is achieved by strong leadership and commitment in whatever we do. We source agricultural crops from the farm gate and sell to local and international markets. This year we are walking a step further to completing the value chain by engaging in cotton farming – setting up a good example to local farmers, and also by contract farming with selected big farmers. The following are our key strategies;

• Diversification of our revenues – from agribusiness (multi-products from multi-origins), logistics services, cotton lint trading, cotton oil milling and selling, supplying jute bags and quick links and supplying ginnery spare parts. This comes up because:

- diversification minimizes risks, and

- increases profitability

• Looking for and expanding to greener pastures – MSK Solutions Ltd will soon expanding to real estate business (building hostels near new Universities and colleges), spinning mills – to value add our cotton, knitting, dyeing and weaving

• Our key to growth is improvement of our overall efficiency, and

• Continuous innovation

Our activities

We provide solutions for consumers and suppliers of cash and food crops and ingredients;

• We operate two ginning facilities in Tanzania.

• We sell cotton to local spinners and export more than 75% of our annual produce

• We provide logistics services to other businesses.

• We support farmers by tilling their farms using tractors and distribute seeds and other farm inputs to farmers.

• We import baling materials for cotton; we import jute bags, hessian cloths and quick links

• All the year around, we provide few permanent and many part-time employment opportunities to more than 4000 people. Although MSK Solutions offers a variety of other services, it has focused its efforts in the Agricultural industry, since its inception. The company, taking advantage of the wide opportunities in the Agro sector in Tanzania and using effectively the resources it has, has managed to grow and become one of the fastest growing companies in the Agricultural sector in the region.

New Investments Projects

MSK Solutions Ltd, through its garment manufacturing division, MSK Apparels Ltd will launch a new project in April 15th, 2009. The project would be launched in the soon-to-be completed Benjamin William Mkapa Special Economic Zone in Mabibo, Dar es salaam. MSK Apparels Ltd would be a licenced developer and operator of a manufacturing plant in the Export Processing Zone (EPZ). The launching of this huge ever project by the company will mark yet another important milestone in the history of the Tanzanian owned and managed company, MSK Solutions Ltd and the textile and garment manufacturing endeavours for Tanzania as a whole. The first phase of the project would include construction of new modern structures and installing facilities for manufacturing of knit garments, from knitting and dyeing. The factory would produce 10 million garments per year, consume 10 tons of fabric per day, and provide direct employment to 3,650 people and indirect employment to 10,000. The second, third and fourth phases are meant for expansion of production volumes in the respective stages and the fifth phase for backward integration into a spinning Industry.

MSK Solutions Limited is willing to partner with anyone. We invite interested parties to call in so that we can bring together our efforts in implementing these investment projects.

Our Partners

MSK Solutions Ltd has a broad range of partners, from business corporations to consulting firms and non-governmental organisations. However, MSK maintains complete neutrality in business transactions, product/service offering, professional consulting and project implementation. The company’s independence ensures that the interests of our clients are given absolute priority. The company has established good working relationships with other organizations including, but not limited to;

1. Mara Lint Industries Ltd (MALI)

2. Vegetable Oil Industries Ltd (VOIL)

3. CRDB Bank Plc

4. Onduchi Associates

5. Great Lakes Cotton company Ltd

6. Ultdager consulting

7. Peercorps Trust Fund

8. Bundaa Oil Industries Limited (BOIL)

9. Vearian Ltd

10. Lintex (T) Ltd

11. Lucky Spinning Co., Ltd

12. Lucky Global Corporation Ltd

13. Vision Control and Superintendence Ltd (VCSL)

14. Plexus Cotton Ltd

15. 21st Century Textiles Ltd

16. Afritex Ltd

17. Mohamed Enterprises (T) Ltd (MeTL)

18. Tanzania Cotton Association (TCA)

19. Tanzania Cotton Board (TCB)

20. Confederation of Tanzanian Industries (CTI)

21. Tanzania Chamber of Industries, Commerce and Agriculture (TCCIA)

22. District Councils of Bunda, Kwimba, Bariadi, Musoma Rural, Missungwi, Maswa and Shinyanga Rural

23. Amazon General Traders and Co. Ltd

Our Team

We have a strong and dedicated team of executives from different backgrounds, bringing in to MSK Solutions Ltd first class analytical and problem-solving skills and revolutionalize the way business is done in the Agro industry in Tanzania. Two of our executive directors, who are working full time in the organisation, have more than 10 years of experience in the procurement, processing, and selling of cash crops in the local and international markets. They bring in, not only the needed experience but also their education. Two remaining directors have experience doing other businesses for more than 5 years before they joined the Agro industry, where they have now developed skills and experience of more than 5 years. All directors are highly educated with a minimum degree of one each, others have two or three degrees. The company has a policy of hiring educated young team players and trains them in cash crops procurement, processing and selling. Most employees dealing with operations have a minimum educational level of a single college diploma. The company has today:

• Four young and aggressive well educated and experienced entrepreneurs all with college degrees and some years of experience in business, forming the board of directors of the company.

• A CEO with 8 years in business administration with good education in business administration and risk management, leading the team.

• We have several unit managers who are well educated and experienced to respond to the quality and quantity needs of our esteemed customers.

• Highly energetic and committed executives working in the various units of the company, and

• Dedicated temporary staffs who make things happen.

Our contacts

Head office/Dar es salaam:

Chief Executive Officer,
MSK Solutions Limited
352/64 Makunganya Street, Opposite Masjid Ngazija, Co-architecture Building, 4th Floor,
P. O. Box 22499, Dar es salaam │ Tanzania.
Mobile: +255 713 069928, +255 715 636963, +255 784659148
Office phone:  +255 732 921355
Fax:  +255 222 112753/4

Mwanza Office:

Chief Executive Officer,
MSK Solutions Limited,
Kenyatta Street, Plot No. 12, Nyanza Building, Ground Floor, Room No. 14,
P. O. Box 1551, Mwanza. Tanzania.
Office phone: +255 282 542 261,
Fax:    +255 282 542 260,
Mobiles: +255 713 069928, +255 717 494 001, +255 715636963

Mtwara office:

Chief Executive Officer,
MSK Solutions Limited,
MAMCU building, Tanroad Street, 1st Floor, Room No. 204,
P. O. Box 336, Mtwara. Tanzania.
Phone:  +255 232 334 053,
Fax:  +255 232 334 053
Mobile Nos.: +255 715 636963/+255 713 069928

Factory:

Plot No. 1, Mwalujo village, Hungumalwa, off Mwanza to Shinyanga Highway, Kwimba district,
P. O. Box 1551, Mwanza.

Email: mskltd@gmail.com, website: www.msk.co.tz