U.S. Embassy Tanzania

What U.S. Embassy Tanzania does

The U.S. Embassy in Tanzania is the diplomatic mission of the United States government, headquartered at 686 Old Bagamoyo Road in Dar es Salaam, with operations spanning consular services, public diplomacy, political engagement, economic affairs, security cooperation, and development assistance. It serves multiple stakeholder groups: American citizens requiring consular services and visa adjudication, Tanzanian nationals seeking U.S. visas, the Government of Tanzania on bilateral policy matters, U.S. businesses exploring trade and investment opportunities, and Tanzanian institutions and individuals participating in exchange and grant programs. The embassy operates with a Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, Andrew Lentz (as of 2026), following the departure of the previous ambassador, and includes dedicated sections for management, political/economic affairs, consular affairs, public diplomacy, and the regional security office.

The embassy does not operate on a commercial revenue model; it is funded by U.S. federal appropriations channeled through the Department of State, USAID, and related agencies. Core programmatic pillars include PEPFAR (approximately $7 billion cumulatively since 2003), broader bilateral assistance totaling $7.5 billion over 20 years, a $3.1 billion five-year Health Cooperation MOU, MCC threshold programming, military and law enforcement cooperation, agricultural partnerships, English-language teaching, and educational/cultural exchange programs. Consular operations include nonimmigrant and immigrant visa processing, passport and citizenship services for U.S. citizens, and the Federal Benefits Unit. The public diplomacy footprint includes American Spaces across roughly 600+ global locations, with the embassy supporting outreach, alumni networks, and exchange programs such as the Humphrey Fellowship and Fulbright exchanges.

Strategically, the embassy functions as the operating platform for U.S. bilateral engagement in Tanzania, executing policy directives from Washington while coordinating with Tanzanian ministries, multilateral organizations, NGOs, and the private sector. Its scope has recently expanded through new mechanisms such as the MCC threshold program, a formalized U.S.-Tanzania Commercial Dialogue (October 2023), and an expanded Health Cooperation MOU. The mission is currently subject to a Level 3 travel advisory and participates in the Visa Bond Pilot Program, both of which signal heightened security and immigration risk-management posture.

Name

U.S. Embassy Tanzania

Legal name

U.S. Embassy in Tanzania

Website

https://tz.usembassy.gov

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

The U.S. Embassy in Tanzania is the U.S. government's diplomatic mission in Dar es Salaam, providing consular services to American and Tanzanian citizens, executing bilateral development and health programs (notably PEPFAR), facilitating trade and investment, and managing security and educational exchange programs with Tanzanian government and civil society counterparts.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Diplomatic and Consular Services

NAICS

National Security and International Affairs (928)

SIC

Foreign Governments (8888)

akta.pro primary industry

Diplomatic Missions & Embassies (Bilateral Relations) (BPAIAIAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Consular Services & Citizen Assistance (BPAIAIAB), Visa, Immigration Liaison & Travel Document Policy (Foreign Affairs) (BPAIAIAL), Business Visa Application & Processing Services (THACAKAA)

Keywords

• Diplomatic services
• Consular services
• Visa processing
• Public diplomacy
• Exchange programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Msasani

HQ country

Tanzania

HQ region

Africa

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. U.S. Government Appropriations: Funded through U.S. federal government appropriations administered by the Department of State. The United States has provided more than $7.5 billion total in assistance to Tanzania over the past 20 years, with nearly $4.9 billion spent to improve the health of the Tanzanian people.
2. PEPFAR Funding: President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief provides ongoing support for HIV prevention, care and treatment, and health systems strengthening in Tanzania. Since 2003, PEPFAR has provided $7 billion of support.
3. USAID Programs: USAID agricultural portfolio allocated over $30 million in 2023 to priority areas including fertilizer production, agricultural productivity, and climate smart technologies.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

The U.S. Embassy in Tanzania delivers consular services to American citizens (passport issuance, emergency assistance, notarial and DNA services, absentee voting) and visa processing for Tanzanian nationals seeking entry to the United States. It also runs public diplomacy programs (Fulbright, Humphrey Fellowship, BridgeUSA, EducationUSA, American Spaces, AWE Tanzania) and supports U.S. businesses through the U.S. Commercial Service, SelectUSA, and the Foreign Agricultural Service.

Product overview

The U.S. Embassy Tanzania website serves as the official digital platform for U.S. diplomatic operations in Tanzania, offering a unified gateway to consular services (visa processing, passport issuance, emergency assistance, notarials), public diplomacy programs (Fulbright, Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship, EducationUSA, BridgeUSA, American Spaces, E-Teacher Scholarship, AWE Tanzania), business and trade services (U.S. Commercial Service, SelectUSA, Foreign Agricultural Service), employment opportunities (via ERA system), health initiatives (PEPFAR), and informational resources (alerts, news, funding opportunities). The portfolio represents an integrated service platform combining governmental, educational, commercial, and public diplomacy functions into a single mission website architecture.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Consular Services for U.S. Citizens

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• Tanzanian Ministry of Industry and TradecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 October 2023The U.S.-Tanzania Commercial Dialogue was signed on October 22, 2023, co-chaired by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce and the Tanzanian Minister for Industry and Trade. This framework aims to increase two-way trade and investment, improve ease of doing business through technology, transparency, and regulatory reforms, and organize trade missions and trade fairs in both countries.
• Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023MCC selected Tanzania for a threshold program which will support Tanzania's economic and reform goals while paving the way for increased investment and the potential for a full MCC compact. This partnership focuses on economic and regulatory reforms.
• President Samia Hassan (Government of Tanzania)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAmbassador Michael Battle presented credentials to President Samia Hassan and collaborated on strengthening the bilateral relationship to advance peace, prosperity, security, and health of citizens. The government partnered on commercial dialogue, health cooperation, and MCC threshold program.
• Vice President Kamala Harris (U.S. Government)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe historic meeting between President Samia and Vice President Kamala Harris earlier in 2023 preceded and catalyzed the Commercial Dialogue agreement, marking a significant milestone in bilateral relations.
• Tanzania People's Defence Force (TPDF)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint Combined Exchange Trainings with TPDF and partnership through the Nebraska National Guard State Partnership Program. Security cooperation includes African Peacekeeping Rapid Reaction Program with equipment handover to TPDF.
• U.S. State of Nebraska National GuardcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerState Partnership Program with Tanzania that strengthens security cooperation through training exchanges, professional development, and joint exercises with the Tanzania People's Defence Force.
• Tanzania Ministry of HealthflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on PEPFAR-supported HIV/AIDS programs, Marburg Virus Disease response, and the $3.1 billion Health Cooperation Memorandum of Understanding. PEPFAR supports over 1.4 million people on antiretroviral drugs in Tanzania.
• U.S. Commercial ServicecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of the U.S. Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration, offering expertise in international trade. Works with U.S. firms seeking to enter the Tanzanian market, collaborating with the State Department's Economic Section and Interagency at post.
• Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerU.S. Department of Agriculture agency linking U.S. agriculture to the world to enhance export opportunities and global food security. Has global network of 98 offices covering 177 countries.
• EducationUSAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOfficial U.S. government source on U.S. higher education, providing advising services to Tanzanian students through local EducationUSA advising centers.
• Arizona State University Thunderbird School of ManagementcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Freeport-McMoRan to develop DreamBuilder, an online training program for women entrepreneurs used by AWE (Academy for Women Entrepreneurs) Tanzania program.
• Freeport-McMoRancoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobal copper mining company that partnered with Arizona State University's Thunderbird School of Management to develop the DreamBuilder online training program for women entrepreneurs.
• Dallas, TexasminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCity Sister Partnership between Dallas Mayor and Dar es Salaam counterpart, fostering municipal-level cooperation and exchanges.
• Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint venture between the Department of State and U.S. private sector created in 1985 to interact on overseas security problems. Establishes liaison between private and public sector security officials and provides information on overseas security environment.
• Ward HoldingsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerU.S. company shipping processed cashews to U.S. markets, representing a milestone in bilateral trade relations between the U.S. and Tanzania.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Embassy of France in Tanzania: French diplomatic mission in Tanzania offering consular, cultural (Alliance Française), education, and bilateral development services — a peer foreign mission competing for influence and partnerships in the same host country.
• U.S. Embassy Kenya: Another U.S. State Department diplomatic mission in East Africa, operating the same consular, PEPFAR, education-exchange, and commercial-diplomacy programs for American citizens and host-country nationals.
• British High Commission Tanzania: UK diplomatic mission in Tanzania delivering comparable consular, trade-promotion, and development-cooperation services to British citizens and Tanzanian partners in the same host country.
• U.S. Embassy Uganda: Direct regional counterpart delivering identical consular, health (PEPFAR), education-exchange, and security-cooperation programming to Americans and host-country nationals in East Africa.
• U.S. Embassy South Africa: Larger U.S. diplomatic mission in sub-Saharan Africa with similar consular, commercial, education, and PEPFAR programming at greater scale.
• High Commission of Canada in Tanzania: Canadian diplomatic mission in Tanzania providing parallel consular, visa, trade, and development-cooperation services, comparable in mandate and stakeholder reach to the U.S. embassy.
• Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Tanzania: Chinese diplomatic mission in Tanzania delivering consular, trade, infrastructure-financing, and cultural-exchange services — a strategic competitor for bilateral influence and commercial engagement in Tanzania.

Broad incumbents

• USAID: U.S. government development agency whose country mission (USAID Tanzania) operates alongside the embassy, delivering bilateral health, agriculture, and economic-growth programming.
• U.S. Department of State: Parent agency overseeing all U.S. diplomatic and consular operations globally, including Tanzania; the embassy operates under State Department policy and funding frameworks.
• U.S. Commercial Service: Department of Commerce agency embedded within U.S. embassies worldwide, providing trade-promotion services to U.S. firms — the Tanzania post operates within the U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/usembassytz
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ecaatstate
• Instagraminstagram.com/exchangeourworld
• Xx.com/usembassytz

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

Investments1 record

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