Dar es Salaam
Dar Fashion Store sells kimono dresses, office handbags, unisex t-shirts, chambou jeans, shoes and tops, with delivery anywhere in Tanzania. It can be reached by phone or WhatsApp.
Best for Kimono dresses and everyday fashion basics
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Visit Instagram ↗Slipway, Dar es Salaam
Enjipai is a social enterprise that reworks traditional Maasai beadwork into pared-back contemporary necklaces made by Maasai women artisans. Its shop sits at the Slipway in Dar es Salaam, with a second counter on Kenyatta Road in Zanzibar's Stone Town.
Best for Contemporary Maasai beaded jewelry
Visit official site ↗Sinza, Dar es Salaam
Flourish Boutique in Sinza sells clothing described as unique and affordable, including party, office and evening dresses, jumpsuits and fascinators, with dresses priced from 230,000 to 470,000 Tanzanian shillings. It also sells accessories such as clutch bags.
Best for Affordable dresses and evening wear
Handmade From Tanzania
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Handmade From Tanzania is a maker in Dar es Salaam known for handwoven textiles using 100% Tanzanian-grown cotton, spun and dyed at their workshop.
Best for Handwoven textiles using 100% Tanzanian-grown cotton, spun and dyed at their workshop
Visit official site ↗Dar es Salaam
Rangi Gallery represents Tanzanian contemporary painters and mixed-media artists, showing and selling their work through rotating exhibitions in Dar es Salaam. The shop carries individual artist profiles and original pieces rather than mass-produced reproductions.
Best for Contemporary Tanzanian fine art
Visit official site ↗Tanzania (workshop; Dar es Salaam)
Swahili Coast designs beaded-leather sandals, brass jewelry and home goods produced by a worker-owned cooperative in Tanzania. The pieces are made in partnership with East African women artisans and sold directly through the label's own store.
Best for Beaded leather sandals and jewelry
Visit official site ↗Dar es Salaam
Working from a Dar es Salaam studio tied to the movement Edward Tingatinga began in 1968, this artist collective paints the enamel-bright birds, animals and village scenes that define the Tingatinga style. Each canvas is sold under the name of the Tanzanian artist who painted it and shipped directly from the studio.
Best for Original Tingatinga paintings straight from the artists
Visit official site ↗Tingatinga Art Centre
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Tingatinga Art Centre in Dar es Salaam — Authentic Tingatinga paintings and watching artists at work in the tradition founded by Edward Saidi Tingatinga.
Best for Tingatinga Art Centre in Dar es Salaam — Authentic Tingatinga paintings
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The Tingatinga Arts Cooperative Society, based on Haile Selassie Road near Shrijees Supermarket in Dar es Salaam's Msasani Peninsula, sells Tingatinga-style paintings from its showroom and takes custom work on canvas, mugs, hangers, walls and cars. Its leadership includes chairman Rubuni Rashid, secretary Witness Kimaro and treasurer Akilimali Issa, and its portfolio lists 20 named artists including Mimus and Zuberi.
Best for Tingatinga style paintings
Jamhuri St, Dar es Salaam
Zawadis.com sells watches, fragrances, sunglasses, bags, jewelry and wallets from brands including Tissot, Citizen, Orient and Cerruti 1881, and fragrance houses such as Chanel, Dior and Creed. It operates physical retail outlets in Tanzania alongside e-commerce, with click-and-collect and country-wide shipping.
Best for Branded watches and fragrances
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