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Featured on CNN & BBC Africa

Africa's Ice Cream School

Learn how to make soft serve and gelato - and turn your skills into real income. Taught by Tanzania's most celebrated ice cream entrepreneur.

Nelwa's Academy Ice Cream
1,200kg Monthly Production
10+ Years Expertise
Featured on CNN African Start-Up
Featured on BBC African Dream
Training Africans Since 2012
Tanzania's Award-Winning Brand
10+ Years Ice Cream Expertise
Made in Tanzania
Featured on CNN African Start-Up
Featured on BBC African Dream
Training Africans Since 2012
Tanzania's Award-Winning Brand
10+ Years Ice Cream Expertise
Made in Tanzania

Practical skills.
Real income.

Make Ice Cream at Home

Start with simple equipment and locally available Tanzanian ingredients - no import needed.

Start a Soft Serve Business

Learn pricing, costing, machine setup and how to find your first customers and start selling.

Launch Your Own Gelato Brand

Scale production, build a brand, and position yourself for hotels, restaurants and supermarkets.

Nelwa's Academy is a digital learning platform teaching practical ice cream production and entrepreneurship - specifically designed for the African market, using African ingredients and real African business strategies.

2012
Founded in Dar es Salaam
1,200kg
Monthly production reached
3+
Countries trained
African dreams to fuel

From your first scoop
to your first sale.

Three paths, one destination - a profitable African ice cream business.

FREE Beginner
Ice Cream at Home
Free Forever

A gentle introduction to making ice cream at home using a small machine and locally available ingredients. Perfect for families and first-timers.

  • Basic ice cream science
  • Local ingredient substitution
  • Simple recipes you can make tonight
  • Equipment basics
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Advanced 1:1 Consultation
Gelato Ice Cream
$250 per session

Private business consultation with Mercy Kitomari. Get your personalized roadmap for launching or scaling an ice cream brand in Africa.

  • Launching your own gelato brand
  • Scaling production sustainably
  • Pricing strategy & margin optimization
  • B2B: hotels, supermarkets, restaurants
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Mercy Kitomari - Founder
10+
Years in Ice Cream

Built From One Machine and a Big Dream

Mercy Nenelwa Kitomari started Nelwa's Gelato in 2012 - not in a factory or a funded startup, but at home, with a single machine making 5 litres of ice cream each night, selling it during her lunch break at the bank.

From that one machine, she built one of Tanzania's most celebrated food brands. Featured on CNN's African Start-Up series and BBC's African Dream, Nelwa's Gelato grew from 180kg to 1,200kg of production per month - using uniquely Tanzanian flavours like mango, jackfruit, clove, cardamom, and baobab.

Now, through Nelwa's Academy, she is sharing everything she knows - so the next generation of African entrepreneurs can build their own story.

"To equip individuals with skills that generate income."
Founded 2012, Dar es Salaam
First client: Southern Sun Hotel
CNN African Start-Up feature
BBC African Dream series
Trained businesses in Cameroon
Multiple entrepreneur awards

What We Stand For

Every lesson, every product, every partnership is built on these four principles.

Practical Over Theoretical

Every lesson is designed to produce a real result - not just knowledge. You leave each session with something you can use today.

African First

We teach what works here. Local ingredients, local context, local market. We don't teach European methods and hope they translate.

Business-Focused

You're not just learning to make ice cream. You're learning to build a business, price products correctly, and find real customers.

Community-Rooted

From Dar es Salaam to Cameroon - empowering women and youth entrepreneurs across Africa, one scoop at a time.

What Our Students Say

Real results from real entrepreneurs across Tanzania and beyond.

"

I never thought I could start a business from my kitchen. Nelwa's Academy showed me exactly how - with products I could actually find in Kariakoo market.

AJ
Amina J.
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
"

The soft serve course paid for itself in the first week of selling. Mercy teaches you everything you actually need - and nothing you don't.

★★★★★
GM
Grace M.
Mwanza, Tanzania
"

Finally a course designed for our African market - local ingredients, real pricing, real customers. I now supply two restaurants in Arusha.

★★★★★
FK
Fatuma K.
Arusha, Tanzania

Ready to Launch Your
Ice Cream Business?

Book a private session with Mercy Kitomari - Tanzania's most recognized ice cream entrepreneur - and get a personalized roadmap for your business.

60-minute session  ·  Video call or in-person (Dar es Salaam)  ·  $250/session
Business model assessment
Pricing & profitability review
Distribution strategy
Brand positioning

We're here to help
you get started.

Have questions about a course or want to learn more? Reach out - we respond fast.

Email Us
academy@nelwasgelato.com
WhatsApp
+255 758 097 748
Website
www.nelwasgelato.com

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