According to the Institute's Public Relations, the delegation, aiming to enhance scientific collaborations, expand commercial cooperation, and advance the  Razi Institute's export plans to Tanzania, attended the "Iran Day" event at the 48th International Trade Fair of  Dar es Salaam (Saba Saba).

 Dr. Morteza Akbarian, the directorate-in-charge, and advisor to the director general of the Razi Institute mentioned that the SabaSaba International Exhibition is an annual event, recognized as the largest trade fair in East Africa, organized by the Tanzania Trade Development Organization.

 He further highlighted that the exhibition, which attracts participants from around the globe, was dedicated as "Iran Day," bringing together Iranian governmental and private sectors to showcase their products and services. Dr. Akbarian emphasized the importance of the Razi Institute's export priorities, especially in the current year, viewing participation in this exhibition as a valuable opportunity to introduce the Razi Institute's products and services to African countries.

 Alongside the exhibition, necessary negotiations and discussions will take place with representatives of governmental and private sectors of African countries. Notably, Dr. Ghaderi the head of Academic Relations and International Relations (ARIA), Dr. Mehdi Jafari the head of the Pathology and Laboratory Animals Department, Mr. Ali Ghorbani the head of the Foreign Procurements Department of the Razi Institute were also present during this delegation's visit to Tanzania and visited the SabaSaba Exhibition. The annual exhibition, held from June 28 to July 13 in Dar es Salaam, the capital of Tanzania, serves as the gateway to trade with neighboring countries in East Africa such as Burundi, Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Zambia, and Mozambique, attracting various companies to explore goods and services offerings.

On behalf of Dr. Ali Es-haghi the Director General of Razi Institute, a letter of speech was read to all the guests and attendees. In this statement, Razi Institute was introduced with all of its capabilities and qualifications, its century-long tireless and persistent effort to save millions of lives of humans and animals, and its research activities which paved many ways to manufacture many of the vital vaccines needed by the health community. Organizing many training workshops for African experts and trainees from Mali, Mauritania, and Senegal was another important point emphasized by the Director General of the  Razi Institute which showed the thorough good faith of the Razi Institute to share its knowledge and expertise with other nations especially African Countries. According to Dr. Es-haghi, this institute successfully managed to eradicate and control some lethal diseases such as polio which was a big challenge in jeopardizing the children's lives by itself, Rinderpest in castles, which as it goes without saying, was an extremely detrimental threat for Iran’s health and food security in its incidence. Planning to commemorate the 100^th anniversary of the Razi Institute shortly and redefine the ambitions and aspirations of Razi Institute and its committed staff to save human and animal health as their duty and task was also enumerated in Dr. Es-haghi’s Speech.   

It is worth mentioning that the “Iran’s Day” of this expo hosted some high-ranking officials including Iran’s ambassador to Tanzania, Iran’s Embassy top-ranking staff to Tanzania, and some key figures from the business, research, and medical sectors of  Tanzania and export capacities and opportunities of the Razi Institute were also on the roundtable.   

Ultimately, the Razi Institute delegation participated B2B sessions with Tanzanian officials specializing in vaccine research, production, and regulatory sectors.