GOVERNMENT POLICY
Tanzania Opens TZS 700 Billion Government City as Dodoma’s Administrative Economy Takes Shape
Tanzania has invested about TZS 700 billion in Mtumba Government City, bringing 26 ministry building...
PUBLIC SECTOR PERFORMANCE
Meritocracy in the Public Sector Is an Economic Growth Policy, Not Just a Governance Principle
Evidence from the World Bank, OECD and decades of cross country research shows that merit based publ...
PUBLIC SECTOR PERFORMANCE
Why 6% Growth May Not Be Enough for Tanzania’s US$1 Trillion Ambition
Tanzania is growing faster than Kenya in percentage terms, but Kenya’s larger economic base means ...
REGULATION
Dar es Salaam’s Snatching Problem Is Becoming an Economic Risk
Police data do not show a city overwhelmed by violent crime. But rising anxiety over phone and bag t...
GOVERNMENT POLICY
Tanzania Needs $3.6 Trillion in Investment to Reach a $1 Trillion Economy by 2050
Tanzania needs $3.6 trillion in cumulative investment between 2026 and 2050 to deliver Dira 2050 and...
GOVERNMENT POLICY
Opinion: Tanzania's Foreign Exchange Problem Is Really a Production Problem
Tanzania's foreign exchange challenge is ultimately a production challenge. As Dira 2050 enters its ...
PUBLIC SECTOR PERFORMANCE
Inside Tanzania's US$1 Trillion Economy Plan: Can Vision 2050 Become Reality?
Tanzania's newly launched Long Term Perspective Plan 2026/27–2050/51 targets a US$1 trillion econo...
PUBLIC SECTOR PERFORMANCE
Opinion: East Africa Must Break Its Borrowing Habit. Every Budget Season Follows the Same Script. It Is Time to Ask Whether That Script Has to Change.
This opinion piece argues that East African governments have allowed borrowing to become a substitut...
GOVERNMENT POLICY
The Poor Pay More. How Africa's Failure to Industrialise Has Locked Millions Into a Poverty Cycle That No Wage Growth Can Break.
The import price premium that African consumers pay for manufactured goods, vehicles, refrigerators,...
GOVERNMENT POLICY
Tanzania’s Mining Local Content Rules Are Not Red Tape. They Are the Price of Entry
Tanzania’s mining sector is no longer governed by the old investment bargain in which capital, lic...
REGULATION
East Africa Does Not Need to Become Singapore. It Needs to Build What Singapore Built First.
The question of whether Tanzania or Kenya can become East Africa's Singapore is asked frequently and...
INSTITUTIONS
France Is Pivoting to Anglophone Africa. Before Africa Celebrates, It Should Ask Why Francophone Africa Is Being Left Behind.
On May 11 and 12, 2026, France and Kenya co-host the Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi. It is the fir...