The East African Community guides the free movement of goods, people, labor, services, and capital from one Partner State to another as well as the rights of establishment of residence without restrictions.  Member countries include Tanzania, Kenya, DRC, Burundi, Rwanda, and Uganda.  

There is not one certified welding school on the African continent that teaches industrial welding outside of South Africa. The Tanzanian welding schools we visited only had about 25-30% of the basic equipment needed to prepare its students for industrial welding.  The Tanzanian schools spend about 80-90% of time teaching theory and 10-20% of time in skill development. In contrast, the schools which teach certified industrial welding spend 80-90% of the time in actual skill development.  Furthermore, we know of no certified welding instructors who are native speakers of Swahili. But we did find English speaking ornamental welding instructors in Tanzania, who are ready for advanced industrial welding training. This is why we must bring the English-speaking Tanzanians to train in modern fully equipped U.S. welding schools.  We say, “A fish cannot learn to swim unless it is in the water.” 

When these Tanzanian instructors complete their certifiable training in the U.S., they are committed to return to Tanzania and teach others for a minimum of three years.

We will execute this program by working with our partners to establish certified welding schools in Tanzania, then expand to other parts of the East African Community. 

In the early couple years of our School to Work Program, we will reach out to young men and women from throughout these countries to be trained by the early adopters and trainers in the Republic of Tanzania, as we expand our footprint throughout this region. The open borders between the East African Community make this possible.