To bring all seaweed farmers and processors into one umbrella whereby they can have one sound and able to collaborate under the triple helix pillar that is Academia, Governments and Business.

To tape the existing scientific knowledge and farming experience on seaweed production and utilize it to bring innovation into seaweed farming to produce high value food, cosmetics and pharmaceutical products for livelihood development

To be the best producers and sellers of clean, high quality seaweed and seaweed products in eastern Africa by the year 2030.

Is to link Seaweed farmers and Small-scale processors within the pillar of Triple Helix Initiative which includes Academia (Research institutions), Government (Ministries & Institutions), Business (Seaweed Buyers & Exporters, NGOs etc) for the aim of bringing innovation into the seaweed industry that started in Zanzibar in 1989 considering that there have been challenges linked to impact of climate change and world market, challenges that directly affect the farmers. For this case ZaSCI works in two (2) main areas of innovation: developing innovative farming techniques and adding value to the farmed seaweed aiming on making quality and varieties of seaweed products so as to penetrate the national and international market. Through combating those challenges by innovating the seaweed farming and seaweed processing, farmers will increase their income hence improve their life standard as well as Government GDP.