For over sixteen years Tanzania Consumer Advocacy and Research (formerly the Tanzania Consumer Advocacy Society) turned to be a national wide consumer association works to disseminate, advocate, conduct research and publish free consumer reports. Our activities are all based on rigorous advocacy campaigns, research and provide practical information needed for marginalized consumers in Tanzania.

TCAR carries out commissioned research work with manufacturers, businesses, service providers, regulators and policy makers to improve policy, products and services for consumers’ needs and interests focusing inclusive growth.

Our aim is to promote and protect the interests of consumers by supporting the development of consumer advisory services and sharing our front-line scientific experience on social-economic protection policies and regulatory policies focusing inclusive growth.

TCAR works to adequately supply consumers’ research data to feed social protection policies and programs that need to be coordinated among the different social-economic policy sectors —social development, health, environment, natural resources, among others— and between the different regulatory levels at which these policies and programs are implemented. On the demand side, TCAR would like to feed social protection systems to address the different needs among the population, in terms of both the individual and family life cycles and the social group to which they belong.