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,...

May 17 19 min

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...

May 1 9 min

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...

Apr 27 16 min

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...

Apr 10 13 min

REGULATION

Tanzania's Mineral Transactions Jumped From TZS 8 Billion to TZS 2 Trillion in Five Years. The Minerals Were Always There. What Changed Was the State's Ability to See Them.

Tanzania's Ministry of Minerals reports that officially recorded mineral transactions rose from appr...

Apr 7 13 min

INSTITUTIONS

America Is at War Again. Russia Is Bleeding Out. China Is Watching. Africa Is Paying the Bill for All Three.

On February 28, 2026, the United States and Israel launched military strikes on Iran, killing Suprem...

Apr 4 15 min

GOVERNMENT POLICY

The Economics of STI in Tanzania: Beyond Policy Rhetoric to Real Investment

For years, Tanzania has spoken of transforming into a knowledge-driven economy. Government plans rep...

Aug 26 3 min

REGULATION

What Does TRA Consider When Estimating Tax for New Businesses?

In Tanzania, Tax estimates are not final judgments of your opening business. If you think it is unfa...

Aug 25 3 min

PUBLIC SECTOR PERFORMANCE

Tanzania's TZS 62.3 Trillion Budget Is Not About Spending More. It Is About Building a Government Capable of Delivering a USD 1 Trillion Economy by 2050. Here Is What the Numbers Actually Say.

Tanzania's FY2026/27 budget totals TZS 62,334.19 billion, the country's first under Vision 2050 and ...

Jun 12 19 min

PUBLIC SECTOR PERFORMANCE

Tanzania Has 113 Projects Earmarked for Public Private Partnership Implementation. If Even Half of Them Materialise, the Country Will Not Look the Same by 2035.

Tanzania's PPP Centre under the Ministry of Finance has published a pipeline of 113 projects across ...

May 31 16 min

GOVERNMENT POLICY

Tanzania Cannot Reach a USD 1 Trillion Economy While Importing Most of What It Consumes. The Structure Must Change Before the Target Becomes Credible.

Tanzania's ambition of becoming a USD 1 trillion economy by 2050 is economically possible under one ...

May 26 14 min

GOVERNMENT POLICY

Africa Does Not Lack Entrepreneurs. It Lacks the Industrial Capital to Turn Entrepreneurial Energy Into Factories.

Walk through Dar es Salaam, Lagos, Nairobi, Kampala, Kigali, or Kinshasa and the entrepreneurial evi...

May 26 17 min