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Africa Wants Silicon Valley Before Building Shenzhen. Artificial Intelligence Cannot Industrialise the Continent. The Sequence Still Matters.

Africa wants Silicon Valley before building Shenzhen, and the distinction captures the most conseque...

May 13 11 min

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Tanzania Is Assembling Its First CNG-Powered Heavy-Duty Lorry at Bagamoyo This Year. The USD 3 Billion Industrial Complex Behind It Is the Most Concrete Expression of What the Shift From Industrial Ambition to Industrial Execution Actually Looks Like.

For most of Tanzania's post-independence economic history, industrialisation has been a target rathe...

Apr 17 10 min

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Tanzania Is Now Assembling Four Different Aircraft in Morogoro. Almost Nobody Is Paying Attention.

The Morogoro facility of Airplanes Africa Limited now produces all four models in the Czech-engineer...

Mar 27 13 min

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Tanzania's Investment Thesis Is Real. The Gap Between Thesis and Delivery Is Where the Real Analysis Lives.

Three converging forces are reshaping Tanzania's economic structure: a manufacturing and SEZ buildou...

Mar 9 13 min

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America Innovates. Asia Produces. Europe Regulates. What Does Africa Do?

Africa sits at the lowest rung of the global value chain: exporting raw commodities and importing fi...

Dec 27 5 min

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Tanzania Opens Pharmaceutical Manufacturing to Investors Under Fast-Track Approval System

Tanzania has quietly issued a major investment signal by inviting local and international investors ...

Dec 23 4 min

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General Tyre Revival: Driving Tanzania’s Manufacturing Future

In 2015, the Tanzanian Government acquired the remaining 26% shares from Continental AG, thereby gai...

Aug 25 3 min

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How Tanzania Can Benefit from Low-Cost Electric Vehicle (EV) Manufacturing

With rich in mineral resources, skilled labour, growing energy capacity, and regional market access,...

Aug 21 4 min

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Tanzania’s Industrial Output Fell 3.6% in Early 2026 as Mining and Manufacturing Lost Momentum

Tanzania entered 2026 with weaker industrial momentum as mining, manufacturing and water related out...

Oct 29 10 min

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Africa Once Tried to Build What It Needed. What Happened to That Economic Ambition?

Africa’s first generation of governments treated factories, refineries, electricity, agriculture a...

Oct 15 28 min

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TISEZA Records $3.14 Billion in Chinese Investment as Tanzania Expands Industrial Pipeline

China accounted for US$3.1438 billion of the foreign investment recorded through Tanzania's EPZ and ...

Sep 27 10 min

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Chinese EV Makers Are Building Factories in Africa, Not Just Selling Cars

Chinese EV manufacturers are shifting from exporting finished vehicles into Africa to building produ...

Sep 12 10 min