Doing Business in Tanzania-a Post Office Example
Just finished a month of activity trying to get a post office box in Singida-well almost finished. This is a pretty good example concerning some of the difficulties in doing business here. So I wanted to get a post office box here in town. The first thing I checked was if I could use the Hotel's post office box to receive packages or mail but it turns out they don't have a mailing address or post office box. I guess I should note there is no home mail delivery here. So I enlisted William's help to get the box because many times my visa does not entitle me to do things of that nature (like I cannot cash a check at a bank using my visa). Between traveling attempts were made to get the forms for the post office box and get a price. Every time the person in charge of the boxes was not in the office and no one had the forms to give us. They all offered prices but every time we got a different price like 11,800 TSH, 28,000 TSH, 32,000...