A good machine does not sell itself in East Africa
Most manufacturers who contact us have the right product. What stops them is everything around the sale, and many spend a year and a large budget learning that before the first real order arrives.
Buyers are days apart
Mining towns are spread across the region, and every meeting means intercity travel, lodging and time away.
Miners buy from people they know
An overseas website and an email address rarely win an order. Buyers want to meet someone local and see the machine explained.
Decisions are made in Kiswahili
Brochures and pitches written for other markets do not land with site owners and operators.
Months of spending before the first order
Meetings, presentations, advertising and travel all have to be paid for long before any revenue arrives.
Clearing and registration slow everything
Missing registrations and badly documented imports cause delays, penalties and charges a local team would have avoided.
No local support, no repeat orders
Without trained engineers and spare parts in the country, the first machine sold is often the last.
What Tanzanian buyers search for
Mining equipment buyers in Tanzania search for machines, prices and gold. Bart Mining publishes the equipment guides, price tools and gold price pages they read, so your products appear where that demand already is.
The leading equipment searches are buyers looking for machines and prices, with crushers close behind.
Alluvial gold is the leading search in its group, pointing to steady demand for wash plants, trommels and concentrators.
Far more Tanzanians follow the gold price than five years ago, a sign of how many people are working gold.
Searches for newer projects and established goldfields are climbing as activity spreads to new areas.
Source: Google Trends, Tanzania. Related searches for gold (Oct 2021–Oct 2026) and for ball mills, alluvial gold and mining (2004–Oct 2026), downloaded 8 October 2026. Figures show relative interest and growth over each period, not numbers of searches.
Our experience in the field is the reason our partners win
We have spent decades building, advising and managing mining projects in the region, and supplying the machines they run on. We know the buyers, the towns, the port and the offices, so your products start with a network rather than a cold introduction.
We push your products across the region and take the hustle off your hands
As your local partner, Bart Mining becomes your presence on the ground. Buyers contact us directly, and our team does the work that normally keeps a foreign supplier stuck.
Presence
Your brand, pages and social media run locally, in Kiswahili and English.
Reach
Advertising, collaborative posts and introductions to the mining community.
Selling
Meetings, travel, presentations, quotations and follow-up by our team.
Delivery
Registrations, clearing, forwarding, delivery and trained local engineers.
Your partnership, step by step
Setup comes first, so that every buyer who responds to an advert can be quoted, supplied and supported. Then we go on the road.
Build your local presence
Market assessment and local pricing
We assess demand for your products, build the landed-price model and set selling prices that work for local buyers.
Registration and import route
We confirm the registrations, product approvals and clearing route your goods need, so shipments move without surprises.
Your own social media pages
We create and run Instagram, Facebook and other pages for your brand in the region, so every advert leads to an active local presence.
TAMISA membership
We register you with TAMISA, the mining suppliers’ association, and place your company inside the local industry network.
Brand material in Kiswahili and English
Brochures and banners written for East African buyers, ready for presentations and site visits.
Your products on bartmining.com
Dedicated catalogue pages with specifications and enquiry routes, seen by the miners who already use our guides and price tools.
3D product presentations
3D models that show how your machines are built and how they work, used in adverts, on your pages and in buyer meetings.
Engineer and spare-parts training
We introduce your products to our engineers and train them on installation, operation and spare parts, so buyers get expert local support.
Advertising campaigns go live
Five months of paid advertising and collaborative posts, planned to reach more than five million people in the first six months.
Introductions to the mining community
Meetings with miners’ associations, local mining committees and machinery supplier organisations.
Launch and first sales
Twelve presentation trips
At least four trips a month to mining towns, presenting your products to buyers where they work.
Sales handled end to end
Enquiries, site visits, demonstrations, quotations, clearing and delivery, all managed by our team.
Monthly progress reports
Advertising reach, enquiries, quotations and sales measured against your targets every month.
Grow and expand
Commission-only selling
We keep selling and supporting your customers, paid only by commission on the deals we close.
Expansion across East and Southern Africa
Once your products are established here, we help take them into further markets across East and Southern Africa.
Spare parts stocked locally
Fast-moving parts and consumables held in the region, so repeat orders and service do not wait on shipping.
Your local office, centre and visas
When you are ready, we help you open a local office or service centre and arrange work permits and visas for your staff.
Built to grow every year
Each stage builds on the last. Targets are agreed for each partner in the month-three market plan and depend on product price, stock and demand.
First sales from launch activity, presentations and advertising.
Repeat orders, referrals and new towns across the region.
An established brand expanding across East and Southern Africa, where sales can grow far faster than in the first year.
One fixed fee. Then we earn only when you sell
One fee covers everything in the first six months, with no monthly charges and no expense claims. From month seven there is no fixed fee, only commission on the sales we facilitate.
We take on only 10 partners a year so each one gets real attention on the ground. 4 places remain.
- ›Market assessment, local pricing and import route
- ›Your social media pages, run for six months
- ›TAMISA membership and introductions to mining committees
- ›Brochures and banners in Kiswahili and English
- ›Your product pages on bartmining.com
- ›3D product presentations
- ›Engineer and spare-parts training
- ›Five months of advertising, 5M+ planned reach
- ›Twelve presentation trips to mining towns
- ›Sales, quotations, clearing and delivery handled
- ›Six monthly progress reports
面向中国矿山设备制造商
Bart Mining 是一家总部位于坦桑尼亚达累斯萨拉姆的矿业咨询与设备供应公司。作为您在东非的本地合作伙伴，我们负责品牌本地化、广告推广、客户拜访、产品演示、清关与交付，帮助您的矿山设备进入坦桑尼亚及东非市场。
- ›前六个月固定费用 15,000 美元，签约时支付，包含全部推广、广告与差旅费用
- ›第七个月起不再收取固定费用，仅按成交销售额收取佣金
- ›每年仅接受 10 家合作伙伴，目前剩余 4 个名额
- ›联系方式：WhatsApp +255 759 141 705（可使用英文沟通）
Before you apply
How do I sell mining equipment in Tanzania?
Most mining equipment in Tanzania is sold through a local presence: material in Kiswahili and English, visits to mining towns, product demonstrations, correct import registration and clearing, and engineers who can support the machine after delivery. A local partner provides that presence without you opening an office first. Bart Mining’s partnership covers all of it for a fixed USD 15,000 over six months, followed by commission only.
Do I need a local distributor to sell mining machinery in Tanzania?
You can sell directly, but most buyers want to deal with a company they can meet, that holds spare parts and that handles clearing and delivery for them. A local distributor or partner closes that gap and usually shortens the time to the first order. The registrations and approvals your particular products need are confirmed during the first phase of the partnership.
Which mining machines are in demand in Tanzania?
Google Trends data for Tanzania shows ball mills as the leading equipment search, followed by ball mill prices, ball mills for sale and jaw crushers. Alluvial gold mining is also among the most searched topics, and interest in the gold price has more than doubled in five years. Processing equipment for small and medium gold operations, from crushers and mills to wash plants and concentrators, is the strongest fit.
Do you guarantee sales?
Yes. That is why every application is screened first. We only accept products that already have customers in the region, and if we turn a product down it is because we cannot guarantee its market. Sometimes sales arrive later than the timeline on this page. When that happens we adjust the strategy, replan and launch stronger campaigns at no extra cost to you, and each monthly report shows exactly where the sales stand.
Why does the partnership take at least three months to set up?
The first three months build what sales depend on. Product pages and Kiswahili material must be prepared, import and registration steps confirmed, landed prices agreed and the first introductions made to miners and supplier associations. Advertising before those foundations are ready usually produces enquiries that cannot be converted into orders.
Are advertising and travel charged separately?
No. The fixed USD 15,000 fee for the first six months already includes five months of advertising, TAMISA membership and twelve intercity trips for meetings and product presentations. Advertising results are reported from the platforms each month. From month six there is no fixed fee, and we are paid a commission on each deal we facilitate. Only the duties, freight and clearing charges for each shipment of goods are quoted separately, because they depend on the actual consignment.
Do you help with taxes and government requirements?
We help you understand and complete the registration, import documentation and product approvals that apply to your goods, and we deal with the relevant offices through an established local company. The aim is to pay what is lawfully due, on time and with correct documents, which avoids the penalties and disputed assessments that often affect unrepresented foreign suppliers. We do not arrange informal payments.
Will you list or promote our products without the partnership?
No. Listing products in our catalogue, advertising them, presenting them to miners and following up buyers all take real time and money, so we offer them only within the partnership. The six-month package costs a fixed USD 15,000, and after that we work on commission. If you would like to judge the fit first, send your product details and we will give an initial view of the market before you sign.
Which companies are a good fit?
The partnership suits manufacturers and distributors with a product that East African miners already need, the ability to supply stock within a predictable lead time, and a willingness to price for the local market and support warranty and spare parts. It also requires a decision-maker who can respond quickly during the first year.
4 places left this year
Let's build your presence and grow your sales
Send your product range, specifications, export prices, stock or lead times and the countries you want to reach. We'll reply with an initial market view and the partnership agreement.