Mwinyi urges investors to prioritise local jobs, businesses
Zanzibar President Dr. Hussein Mwinyi has called on tourism investors to prioritize hiring local staff and sourcing goods from local businesses. He highlighted the Joud by the Sea hotel as a successful model for local employment, noting that 85 out of 90 staff members are local residents.
Why it matters
This reflects a growing trend in developing economies to ensure that foreign direct investment directly benefits local communities and reduces unemployment.
ZANZIBAR: PRESIDENT Dr Hussein Mwinyi has urged investors in Zanzibar’s tourism sector to ensure their projects create more jobs and business opportunities for local people while contributing to the country’s economic growth.
Dr Mwinyi made the call in a speech delivered on his behalf by Acting Minister for Tourism and Heritage Mudrik Ramadhan Soraga during the inauguration of the Joud by the Sea Hotel in Jambiani, South Unguja.
He said the growing number of investments in Zanzibar reflected increasing investor confidence in the Isles, but stressed that local communities must benefit directly from such projects.
“This is particularly important as tourism continues to grow and remains one of the key drivers of Zanzibar’s economy,” he said.
According to tourism statistics, Zanzibar received 917,167 tourists in 2025, up from 736,755 in 2024, representing a 24.5 per cent increase.
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