The Director General of the Cashewnut Board of Tanzania Mr. Francis Alfred on 24 October 2024 when he was speaking to the journalists in the hall of the Cashewnut Board in Mtwara-Tanzania, on the way to Korosho Marathon has mentioned the important things that the Cashewnut Board is doing through the Korosho Marathon that includes explaining all the opportunities of the cashew crop starting from the farm, sorting, processing and marketing.
He also said that the Cashewnut Board through Korosho Marathon creates awareness of the contribution of the cashew crops in raising the economy of the southern regions of Tanzania including Lindi, Mtwara and Ruvuma as well as access to employment to women and youth.
He added that all the participants who will arrive at the Korosho Marathon this year will have an opportunity to visit tourist attractions because the Korosho Marathon is also a bridge in promoting tourism attractions in the southern regions where stakeholders from inside and outside the country come to learn about ancient things and things happening nowadays.
On the other hand, the organizer of the Korosho Marathon this year 2024 who collaborates with the Cashewnut Board Mr. Nelson Mrashan has said that so far more than a thousand participants have been able to register to participate in the competition.
Also Mrashan has thanked the Cashewnut Board of Tanzania for trusting him by giving him cooperation and enabling him in various ways to coordinate the competition well.
The peak of the Korosho Marathon for this year will be 26 October of 2024 and this is the third phase of the Korosho Marathon, where it was firstly launched in 2022 with about 450 people who registered and in 2023 there were about 1763 people who registered.