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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
PUBLIC SECTOR PERFORMANCE
The Biggest Risk To Tanzania's Vision 2050 Is Not Money. It Is Execution.
Tanzania's Long Term Perspective Plan 2026/27–2050/51 was launched alongside a separate document, ...
GOVERNMENT POLICY
Why Vision 2050 Is Really A Plan To Turn Tanzania Into East Africa's Production Hub
Tanzania's Long Term Perspective Plan 2026/27–2050/51 reads less as a growth strategy and more as ...