Trade and commerce are the main reasons for the existence of Lindi Municipal Council, with most of these activities concentrated in the centre of the town. There are also some small businesses in the rural villages. The aim of the Municipal Council is to ensure that consumers receive high quality goods within the time specified, and to encourage investment in various sectors, and especially in small businesses and industries.
Most of the economic activities that exists, are introduced for individual investor’s interest, for wealth accumulation. This idea generates for formation of different kind of activities, like supportive services, employment, and transformation of informal supportive services to formal and so on. The eager of accumulation of profit; facilitate the government to acquire revenue from established activities which turn to be more essential for day to day government operations and public services employment (road, electricity, communication) and the infrastructure necessity for economic growth
In the private sector in Lindi Municipality, the most important businesses revolve around the provision of accommodation and food. There are also businesses concerned with selling oil and petrol, and repairing and maintaining cars and motorcycles. There are a few light industries and processing plants in Lindi Municipality, for example, cashew nut processing plants.
