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Tanzania Launches New Industrial Policy, Targeting Microchips, Vehicle and Defence Manufacturing
Tanzania has identified semiconductor production, vehicle manufacturing, defence equipment, industri...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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Tanzania's 6 Million Small Businesses Support 11 Million Jobs as Government Overhauls SME Policy
Tanzania had approximately six million small and medium entrepreneurs supporting 11 million jobs in ...
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Tanzania Parliament Seeks Review of UDSM's Mlimani City Land Lease After Years of Audit Concerns
Tanzania's Parliament has called for a review of the University of Dar es Salaam's Mlimani City land...
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The Safest Gold Is the Gold a Country Can Still Reach: Why Central Banks Are Rethinking Foreign Vaults
Russia’s frozen reserves changed the calculation around central bank gold. Foreign vaults offer ex...
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Tanzania Has 1,300 Startups but No Dedicated Policy. Ndejembi Gives Government Six Months to Fix It
Tanzania has given the Ministry of Industry and Trade six months to complete a dedicated startup pol...
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Africa’s Pension Funds Are Growing, But Too Much Capital Still Sits in Government Bonds
Pension assets across economies covered by the 2026 Absa Africa Financial Markets Index grew by near...