Mifugo Integrated Management Information System Project
The livestock and fisheries sectors are central to Tanzania’s economy, yet trade has historically been constrained by manual, fragmented permit processes, long approval times, and limited regulatory transparency. These.
- Period
- 2018-2027
- Countries
- Tanzania
- Implementing partners
- · Government of Tanzania- Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries (system owner and regulator) · e-Government Authority (eGA)- hosting and sustainability
- Participants
- • Livestock traders, exporters, and importers • Fish and fish-products traders • Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries and regulatory agencies • Revenue authorities and local and foreign private-sector users
Project rationale
The livestock and fisheries sectors are central to Tanzania’s economy, yet trade has historically been constrained by manual, fragmented permit processes, long approval times, and limited regulatory transparency. These inefficiencies raised the cost of doing business and weakened government oversight and revenue collection. TMA supported the Government of Tanzania to design, deploy, and upgrade MIMIS as a national digital regulatory system for livestock and fisheries trade – reducing permit costs and processing times, strengthening compliance and biosecurity controls, and improving the quality of data available for policy, monitoring, and enforcement.
Target Results
- Faster and more predictable issuance of livestock and fisheries permits
- Reduced cost of regulatory compliance for traders • Improved traceability, biosecurity, and regulatory oversight
- Increased government revenue collection from regulated trade
- Sustained digital service delivery embedded within government system
Implementation strategy
The project is implemented through a systems-led digital reform approach, combining technology, institutional strengthening, and change management:
- System Development and Upgrades: Design and continuous enhancement of the MIMIS platform and the Mifugo mobile application, enabling online permit applications, real-time approvals, and wider user access
- Process Automation: Digitisation of livestock and fisheries regulatory services, replacing paper-based workflows with structured, auditable digital processes.
- Institutional Integration: Progressive integration with national platforms – including TAUSI (national digital platform used by local government authorities to collect and manage revenues, including levies and fees from markets and regulated trading activities), Tanzania Revenue Authority, and the Business Registration and Licensing Agency- to improve interoperability, traceability, and cross-agency data sharing.
- Change Management and Uptake: Sensitisation and adoption support for regulators and traders to embed digital service delivery and sustain usage across stakeholder groups.
- Sustainability: Transition of MIMIS hosting and management to the Government of Tanzania through eGA, ensuring long-term institutional ownership and operational continuity
Elibariki Shammy, Country Director, Tanzania
Results To Date
Permit Processing
- Permit issuance time fell by 99.7%, from 14 days in July 2022 to approximately one hour by June 2024, following full digitisation of the system.
- The rollout of the Mifugo mobile application in 2023 accelerated system performance and widened access to real-time processing.
Revenue and Registration
- Government revenue from MIMIS services exceeded TZS 31.5 billion between July 2022 and June 2024, representing a more than 100% increase compared to pre-digitisation levels.
- About 23,000 entities were registered on MIMIS between July 2022 and June 2024, including 358 foreign entities, expanding access to regulated digital trade services.
