PUBLIC FINANCE

Global Aid Fell 23 Percent in 2025, the Steepest Drop on Record. Ukraine Received More Than All of Sub-Saharan Africa Combined.

Global ODA fell 23.1 percent in 2025 to USD 174.3 billion, the largest annual drop on record and the...

Jul 13 8 min

GDP & GROWTH

Africa's 20 Largest Economies by Purchasing Power Parity: What The 2026 Ranking Actually Tells You

Nominal GDP overstates economies with strong currencies and understates those with large domestic ou...

Jul 6 8 min

GDP & GROWTH

Ethiopia Is Growing at 9.2 Percent Without a Coastline. Uganda at 7.5 Percent. Rwanda at 7.2 Percent. Africa's Fastest Growing Economies Are Landlocked and That Should Force Every Coastal Nation to Ask Hard Questions.

The IMF's 2026 growth projections for Africa contain a finding that challenges one of the oldest ass...

Jun 15 14 min

PUBLIC FINANCE

Tanzania's 2026/27 Budget Speech Is a Transition Document. Read It That Way.

Tanzania macroeconomic foundation is solid. The private sector pivot is real. But five structural ga...

Apr 1 13 min

INFLATION & MONETARY POLICY

Why and How Governments Control Markets: Lessons from Tanzania

Market control is not about suppressing business; it’s about creating an environment where trade b...

Aug 25 3 min

PUBLIC FINANCE

How Government Investment in Youth Can Help Reduce Tanzania’s Debt Burden

Tanzania’s Youth (under 35 years) make up over 65% of the total population, according to NBS (Nati...

Aug 21 3 min

GDP & GROWTH

Vision 2050 By The Numbers: Every Major Target Tanzania Wants To Achieve by 2050

Tanzania's Long Term Perspective Plan 2026/27–2050/51 sets a small set of measurable targets behin...

Aug 4 4 min

GDP & GROWTH

Tanzania Is Preparing for 120 Million People. The Economy Must Double Before the Population Does.

Tanzania's population is projected to exceed 118 million by 2050, almost double its current size, ac...

Aug 4 6 min

GDP & GROWTH

How Tanzania Plans To Compete With Emerging Economies Over The Next 25 Years

Tanzania's Long Term Perspective Plan 2026/27–2050/51 positions Vision 2050 as a competitiveness s...

Aug 4 6 min

GDP & GROWTH

The 10 Industries That Will Define Tanzania's Economy By 2050

Tanzania's Long Term Perspective Plan 2026/27–2050/51 identifies ten strategic sectors intended to...

Aug 4 5 min

PUBLIC FINANCE

Who Will Pay For Tanzania's US$1 Trillion Dream? The Answer Is Not Government.

Tanzania's Long Term Perspective Plan 2026/27–2050/51 assumes private investment, not government s...

Aug 4 6 min

DEBT & FISCAL SYSTEM

Tanzania's Foreign Aid Dependence Falls to 0.9% of National Budget

Foreign grants will finance 0.9% of Tanzania's 2026/27 national budget, TZS 563.1 billion of TZS 62....

Aug 4 3 min