ENERGY & CRITICAL MINERALS

Tanzania, Uganda and Vitol Sign US$20 Billion Tanga Energy Hub Deal to Transform East Africa's Oil Industry

Tanzania and Uganda signed an MoU with Vitol Bahrain E.C. at State House in Dar es Salaam for the Ta...

Aug 6 8 min

ENERGY & CRITICAL MINERALS

Chinese Firm Confirms Rare Earth Discovery in Tanzania's Njombe Region. Neodymium and Praseodymium Deposits Place Tanzania Deeper Into the Global Clean Energy Supply Chain.

Hongji Mining Co. Ltd, a Chinese company, in partnership with the Tanzanian government has confirmed...

May 22 12 min

ENERGY & CRITICAL MINERALS

Aliko Dangote, World's Richest Black Man, Met President Samia at State House Dar es Salaam. A USD 17 Billion Refinery and a Fertiliser Partnership Are on the Table.

Tanzania's State House has officially confirmed that President Samia Suluhu Hassan met Dangote Group...

May 16 10 min

ENERGY & CRITICAL MINERALS

A Tanzanian Teenager Is Sailing to the North Pole. Back Home, the Project That Brought Her There Is Taking Shape Too.

Tanzanian student Xyleen Mapunda beat nearly 5,000 applicants from 22 countries to win a place aboar...

Aug 11 6 min

ENERGY & CRITICAL MINERALS

Dangote Confirms Lamu Refinery Groundbreaking By October 2026 As Cost Revised Downward

Aliko Dangote has confirmed construction on the 700,000 barrel-per-day Lamu Oil Refinery in Kenya wi...

Aug 8 5 min

ENERGY & CRITICAL MINERALS

Congo Bans Copper And Cobalt Concentrate Exports

The Democratic Republic of Congo has banned exports of copper and cobalt concentrate effective immed...

Aug 6 4 min

ENERGY & CRITICAL MINERALS

Dangote Has Chosen Kenya for a 700,000-Barrel Refinery. Tanzania Lost the Bid. The Question Worth Asking Is Why.

Dangote chose Kenya over Tanzania for a USD 15 to 17 billion, 700,000-barrel-per-day refinery becaus...

Jul 7 5 min

ENERGY & CRITICAL MINERALS

Rwanda Signs Simultaneous Fuel Import Deals With Kenya and Tanzania. The Northern and Central Corridors Are Now Competing for the Same Landlocked Market.

Rwanda imports all its petroleum overland from either Mombasa or Dar es Salaam, leaving it exposed t...

Jul 6 5 min

ENERGY & CRITICAL MINERALS

The New Gold Economy: How Mining Became One of Tanzania's Largest Growth Engines

Tanzania's mining sector grew 9.4 percent in 2025, contributing 10.3 percent of GDP up from 7.8 perc...

Jun 26 3 min

ENERGY & CRITICAL MINERALS

A1 Iron & Steel Is Building a TZS 600 Billion Steel Manufacturing Plant in Dodoma. Tanzania Has Been Exporting Iron Ore for Decades. It Is Now Going to Make Something With It.

A1 Iron & Steel Tanzania Ltd is building a TZS 600 billion steel manufacturing plant at Nala, Dodoma...

Jun 15 13 min

ENERGY & CRITICAL MINERALS

Tanzania Is in Discussions With Russia's Rosatom to Build a Small Nuclear Power Plant. President Samia Announced It at SPIEF 2026. Tanzania Already Has the Uranium.

President Samia Suluhu Hassan confirmed at SPIEF 2026 that Tanzania is in discussions with Rosatom a...

Jun 8 10 min

ENERGY & CRITICAL MINERALS

Tanzania's Mkuju River Uranium Project Sat Dormant for Over a Decade. The World Has Changed Around It. Now the Question Is Whether Tanzania Can Build an Entire Industry From the Ground Up.

Tanzania's Mkuju River uranium project, valued at approximately USD 1 billion and located in Namtumb...

Jun 4 15 min