Why algorithms are Tanzania’s new industry

It’s Saba Saba Season! A season that reminds us of our nation’s long-standing relationship with productivity, self-reliance, and the idea that we should own what we produce. It is a season tied to factories, farms, local products, and national industry, …

GUEST COLUMNIST: Biogas and beyond: Can Tanzania lead in off-grid solutions?

THE hum of a diesel generator, the flicker of a kerosene lamp, the smoky haze of a charcoal stove these are ubiquitous sounds, sights and smells across much of rural Tanzania. While the national grid steadily expands, reaching more corners of our nation, a …

COLUMN: TANZANIA TRENDS. SMART data: Tanzania’s magnet for investors

APROMISING country with massive growth potential but all you’ve got is last year’s budget speech, a PDF from the National Bureau of Statistics, and three PowerPoint presentations with no interactive data. The potential is obvious agriculture, minerals, …

Tanzania’s agro-economy sees sky-high growth in a decade

DODOMA: TANZANIA has made significant progress in the agriculture sector, particularly in food production over the past decade, President Samia Suluhu has revealed.  In the 2014/15 financial year, the country produced 16,015,238 tonnes of food crops, …

COLUMN: THE CLIFF. Bank of Tanzania: An 88.8pc CBR hold

TOMORROW, the Bank of Tanzania (BoT) will hold its seventh Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting since introducing the Central Bank Rate (CBR) in January 2024. With the benchmark rate currently at 6.0 percent, this decision arrives during a period of …

Tanzania taps Korean model to drive Vision 2050 agenda

Dar es Salaam. Tanzania is looking to strengthen its path toward realising its ambitious Vision 2050 by drawing inspiration and strategic support from the Republic of Korea. At a high-level seminar held on June 29, 2025, development experts, academics, and …

Tanzania tragedy: Ex-MP Jaffary Michael loses 30 relatives in wedding-bound bus crash

Moshi. Former Moshi Urban MP Jaffary Michael has shared a heart-wrenching account of how he received news of a fatal road accident that claimed the lives of 30 of his relatives, friends and neighbours who were on their way to attend his daughter’s wedding. …

UAE conveys condolences to Tanzania over victims of bus collision

Tanzania stresses fairer financing

SEVILLE: TANZANIA has called for urgent reforms to the global financial and development funding systems to make them more equitable, predictable, sustainable and aligned with the needs and priorities of developing countries. This call was made yesterday by …

Ethiopia starts supplying electricity to Tanzania via Kenya

Tuesday July 1, 2025 Ethiopia has begun exporting electricity to Tanzania for the first time, delivering power through Kenya’s high-voltage transmission network in a successful pilot that marks a milestone in regional energy trade. Kenya Electricity …