URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Dar es Salaam Grew More Than 100 Times, but Its Infrastructure Never Kept Pace
Dar es Salaam has grown from approximately 69,000 residents in 1948 to an urban area exceeding eight...
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Kenya Plans Up to KSh 200 Billion 60km Elevated Expressway From Nairobi to Thika, Groundbreaking Expected Within Two Months
Kenya is advancing a 60 kilometre elevated expressway from Museum Hill in Nairobi to Thika at a prel...
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In Tanzania, a Paved Road Is Still a Luxury. That Is the Most Expensive Planning Failure Nobody Talks About.
Ask anyone searching for a house in Dar es Salaam what the first question is. It is not how many bed...
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Turning a Floodplain into an Economic Engine: The Case for the Msimbazi Basin Development Project
The Msimbazi Basin Development Project is transforming one of Dar es Salaam’s most flood-prone zon...
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Tanzania’s Urban Infrastructure Drive: TACTIC and the Economics of City Transformation
From a macroeconomic perspective, while TACTIC’s immediate fiscal footprint is modest relative to ...
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Tanzania Targets 10 Temeke Wards for Port Logistics Expansion as Cargo Hits 33.7 Million Tonnes
Tanzania has identified ten wards in Dar es Salaam's Temeke Municipality for port related logistics ...
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70% of Tanzania's Urban Population Lives in Slum Households, World Bank Data Shows
World Bank data on the share of urban populations living in slum households paints a difficult pictu...
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Fumba’s 3,000-Hectare Bet: How Zanzibar Is Turning a Free Economic Zone Into a Blue Economy City
The Fumba Free Economic Zone Master Plan 2022–2042 provides the policy backdrop. It says Fumba w...
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Sinza’s Urban Productivity Test: Can Dar es Salaam Create More Value From the Same Land Without Creating More Disorder?
The Sinza Redevelopment Plan 2026–2046 gives the answer in unusually clear numbers. The area cov...
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Samia Calls Dar es Salaam's Cleanliness a "Disgrace," Orders Contract Review
President Samia Suluhu Hassan called Tanzania's cities "extremely dirty" and "a disgrace" on 2 Septe...
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Samia Auita Usafi wa Dar es Salaam “Aibu,” Aagiza Mapitio ya Mikataba
Rais Samia Suluhu Hassan aliita miji ya Tanzania “michafu kupita kiasi” na “aibu” tarehe 2 S...
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How Ethiopia Rebuilt Addis Ababa in Three Years, and What It Means for East Africa's Congested Capitals
While most East African capitals continue to wrestle with congestion, informal settlement growth and...