Review

Salaam at Home, Dar in the World

President Magufuli's aversion to foreign travel has not prevented the country from forging stronger ties with China, South Africa, Turkey, Ethiopia, Israel, and Morocco in the course of the past year.

Interview

HE John Pombe Magufuli, President, Tanzania

TBY talks to HE John Pombe Magufuli, President of Tanzania, on ensuring that citizens benefit equally from growth, Tanzania's relations with foreign nations, and boosting infrastructure links.

Interview

HE Pierre Nkurunziza, President, Burundi

TBY talks to HE Pierre Nkurunziza, President of Burundi, on widening the scope of trade with Tanzania, working on greater areas of cooperation, and the significance of EAC integration.

Guest Speaker

Hon. Patricia Scotland, Secretary General, Commonwealth of Nations

TBY talks to Hon. Patricia Scotland, Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Nations, on the advantages of being a member of the Commonwealth, the need to celebrate diversity, and Tanzania's war against corruption.

Focus: Regional Trade Blocs

Free Access

Late in the diplomatic agreement game, Tanzania and other East African states are scrutinizing the true economic development benefits of the European Union-East African Community Economic Partnership Agreement (EU-EAC EPA).

Guest Speaker

Libérat Mfumukeko, Secretary-General, East African Community (EAC)

TBY talks to Libérat Mfumukeko, Secretary-General of the East African Community (EAC), on Tanzania's importance to the EAC, the major achievements of regional integration, and obstacles ahead of a monetary union.

Interview

Dr. Augustine Mahiga, Minister, Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation

TBY talks to Dr. Augustine Mahiga, Minister of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation, on economic policy, working on economic integration in the EAC, and ensuring security in the region.

Year In Review

What A Year

Tanzania has posted growth rates well above the Sub-Saharan average over the last five years, yet its plans to reach middle-income status by 2025 will rely heavily on how it manages its newly discovered hydrocarbon wealth.

Review

Coming into Focus

Tanzania's long-term focus is to foster homegrown skill, while also raising its game in infrastructure through the slow and steady implementation of the Five-Year Development Plan.

Column

Edwin Rutageruka, Acting Director General, Tanzania Trade Development Authority (TanTrade)

TBY talks to Edwin Rutageruka, Acting Director General, Tanzania Trade Development Authority (TanTrade), on the sector.

Column

Fauzia Malik, Founding Member & President, Entrepreneurs Organization (EO) Tanzania

TBY talks to Fauzia Malik, Founding Member & President, Entrepreneurs Organization (EO) Tanzania, on the sector.

Interview

Geoffrey Mwambe, Executive Director, Tanzania Investment Centre (TIC)

TBY talks to Geoffrey Mwambe, Executive Director of Tanzania Investment Centre (TIC), on opportunities in Tanzania, ensuring policy and regulatory stability, and its key priorities moving forward.

Interview

Kalpesh Mehta, Chairman, British Business Group (BBG)

TBY talks to Kalpesh Mehta, Chairman of British Business Group (BBG), on the diverse make-up of BBG's members, pushing for greater innovation, and reaping the gains of reforms to Tanzania's business environment.

Interview

Raymond P. Mbilinyi, Executive Secretary , Tanzania National Business Council (TNBC)

TBY talks to Raymond P. Mbilinyi, Executive Secretary of Tanzania National Business Council (TNBC), on its work to support the private sector in the country, tackling challenges in the economy, and clamping down on corruption.

Focus: Five-Year Development Plan II

The Slow March

With the aim to reach middle-income status by 2025, Tanzania's second Five-Year Development Plan (FYDP II) prioritizes growing the industrial economy through partnering with the private sector.

Interview

Bhaswar Mukhopadhyay, Resident Representative , IMF

TBY talks to Bhaswar Mukhopadhyay, Resident Representative of the IMF, on reversing the slowdown in growth, the need to update monetary policy framework, and the availability of credit in the country.

Focus: Corruption’s Challenger

Corruption’s Challenger

With the appointment of new ministers and a recently launched national action plan, the Tanzanian government is showing no signs of backing down on its corruption crackdown, led most prominently by President Magufuli.

Forum

Why Tanzania?

With a new government, new fiscal policies, and compliance and revenue drives, Tanzania is reconfiguring the ways of doing business.

B2B

Holdings

A diversified business line and excellent distribution network are the keys to success for these two holding companies.

Review

A Green Horizon

Though Tanzania faces unique and arduous hurdles in the way of a green economy transformation, the country is rich in resources and has seemingly endless potential to produce and export green value-added products.

Column

Matthew Haden, Founder & CEO, The Recycler

TBY talks to Matthew Haden, Founder & CEO, The Recycler, on the sector.

Focus: Waste Pickers

Ripe for the Pickıng

Formalizing Tanzania's informal system of waste collection and recycling offers a new solution, leaving traditional disposal methods to waste away in the dumpsites.

Forum

Clean and Green

Tanzania offers various possibilities of electrifying its vast areas through solar, biomass, and hydro, among other sources.

Review: Banking

The Quest for Depth

If Tanzania is to meet its 2025 vision of attaining middle-income status, it will need to corral its bank-centric financial and capital markets for greater depth by extending participation and rendering credit more accessible to SMEs, women, and the young to spur economic growth.

Interview

Prof. Benno Ndulu, Governor, Bank of Tanzania (BOT)

TBY talks to Prof. Benno Ndulu, Governor of Bank of Tanzania (BOT), on improvements in the inflation rate, boosting FDI into Tanzania, and shaping policies to stimulate international commerce.

Interview

Dana Botha, Managing Director, BancABC

TBY talks to Dana Botha, Managing Director of BancABC, on staying ahead of the game, the importance of export diversification, and the cornerstones of financial stability.

B2B

Financing

Banks are working in tandem with the government not only to increase formalization and boost the middle class, but to ensure that people have access to long-term financial solutions.

Focus: Stock Exchange

Historic Handover

In November 2016, telecommunications giant Vodacom listed 25% of its shares on the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange, the biggest IPO in Tanzania's history.

Interview

Moremi Marwa, CEO, Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange (DSE)

TBY talks to Moremi Marwa, CEO of Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange (DSE), on how to best improve the regulatory framework, fiscal incentives, and bringing the fruits of finance to as wide a swath of the population as possible.

Interview

Dr. Baghayo A. Saqware, Commissioner , Insurance, Tanzania Insurance Regulatory Authority (TIRA)

TBY talks to Dr. Baghayo A. Saqware, Commissioner of Insurance, Tanzania Insurance Regulatory Authority (TIRA), on achieving universal healthcare coverage, the brilliance of microinsurance, and how to partner with public and private entities to increase the industry's penetration.

Interview

Stephen Lokonyo, CEO, Britam Tanzania

TBY talks to Stephen Lokonyo, CEO of Britam Tanzania, on the importance of loaning to SMEs, using technology to boost agriculture-related services, and how public spending on infrastructure should ease the market.

B2B

Insurance

With a new law on the books mandating universal coverage, there is a great deal of room for insurance companies to innovate, improve their services, and shake up the national insurance market.

Review

Legal Thunder

With the stepping down of Minister of Energy and Minerals Sospeter Muhongo in May 2017 over transparency issues and the introduction of three new laws that give the government the right to renegotiate or revoke existing mining and oil and gas rights, private players in the country are unsure of what future lies ahead. On the other hand, project-specific developments bode well for a sector in need of a breakthrough.

Interview

Kapuulya Musomba, Managing Director, Tanzania Petroleum Development Company (TPDC)

TBY talks to Kapuulya Musomba, Acting Managing Director of Tanzania Petroleum Development Company (TPDC), on the planned expansion of the Mtwara-Dar es Salaam natural gas pipeline, entering northern industrial hubs, and empowering nascent industries.

Focus: Natural Gas Utilization Master Plan 2016-2045

Get Pumped for NGUMP

Fueling up for its so-called “gas economy,” Tanzania is feeling the pressure to develop a robust and well-defined Natural Gas Utilization Master Plan to best manage and draw on its considerable gas resources.

Interview

Marc Den Hartog, Managing Director, Shell/BG Tanzania

TBY talks to Marc Den Hartog, Managing Director of Shell/BG Tanzania, on the critical need for economies of scale, the importance of developing LNG for export, and why renewables must be taken into account in any long-term plan.

Forum

Gas

Despite ongoing bureaucratic hurdles, firms are working with the government and its agencies to ensure a diversity of gas supply is met with a diversity of servicers.

Focus: Geothermal

It's Getting Hot in Here

Tanzania is lucky enough to sit atop one of Africa's most powerful geological formations, and tapping the diverse resources hidden in the depths of the earth has become a serious project, both for the government and private sector.

Review

Getting Polished

Despite some problems, Tanzania has everything it needs to power its industries and increase GDP. With new international investments and government policies, Tanzanian industry is on its way to prominence in the region.

Interview

Hon. Charles Mwijage, Minister, Industry, Trade and Investment

TBY talks to Hon. Charles Mwijage, Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, on how to reach middle-income status, employing the private sector toward this end, and what sets the country apart from the rest of East Africa.

Interview

Zachopoulos Georgios, Director, Knauf Tanzania

TBY talks to Zachopoulos Georgios, Director of Knauf Tanzania, on the growing demand for gypsum, expanding its activities into the surrounding region, and helping the government reach its industrialization target.

Focus: Gypsum

Mining’s Underdog

Recent helium discoveries may have stolen the show, but Tanzania's gypsum production continues strong and steady with an increasingly important role to play in the country's industrialization narrative.

Vox Populi

Local Industry

Focus: Helium

Discoveries of Magna-tude

Despite being the second most common element in the universe, helium is in short supply on earth. With global reserves of the gas steadily dwindling, and demand steadily increasing, the discovery of a whopping 1.53 billion cbm of helium in underground chambers in Tanzania could not have come at a better moment.

Review

Got it Covered

The increasing importance of ICT for business and GDP comes as no surprise to Tanzania, which has been successfully overhauling the sector at home and in the region.

Column

Ayub Rioba, Director General, Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation (TBC)

TBY talks to Ayub Rioba, Director General, Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation (TBC), on the sector.

B2B

IT Services

In addition to concrete infrastructure, Tanzania has to add network infrastructure to its list of must-haves in order to create a flourishing business environment in the country.

B2B

Mobile Operators

From investors to youth entrepreneurs, mobile operators offer a vast range of products and services to advance the country's ICT sector.

Focus: Mobile Money

E-Money in East Africa

Kenya has long been considered the cradle of mobile financial services in East Africa, but Tanzania—owing to unprecedented recent growth in the industry—is now hot on its neighbor's heels.

Review

Night Train

A USD346.38-million fund is set to bolster Tanzania's transport sector by improving infrastructure and thus optimizing trade relationships and commercial activities.

Interview

Gilliard W. Ngewe, Director General, Surface and Marine Transport Regulatory Agency (SUMATRA)

TBY talks to Gilliard W. Ngewe, Director General of Surface and Marine Transport Regulatory Agency (SUMATRA), on transportation budget allocation and cross-sector dialog and partnerships.

Interview

Jared H. Zerbe, CEO, Tanzania International Container Terminal Services Limited (TICTS)

TBY talks to Jared H. Zerbe, CEO of Tanzania International Container Terminal Services Limited (TICTS), on regional trade flows and Tanzania's potential to take a leading role in orchestrating cargo movement.

Interview

Femi Olaiya, Managing Director–Tanzania , DHL Express

TBY talks to Femi Olaiya, Managing Director–Tanzania of DHL Express, on growth opportunities in express services, the telecoms and energy industries, and overall trade.

Focus: 24-Hour Services

Open All Hours

Shape up or ship out: Tanzania's answer to edging regional competitors is to improve efficiencies in its transport network with 24-hour services.

Interview

Eng. Ronald Lwakatare, Chief Executive, Dar Rapid Transit (DART) Agency

TBY talks to Eng. Ronald Lwakatare, Chief Executive of Dar Rapid Transit (DART) Agency, on the history, operationalization, and impacts of the DART bus system in Dar es Salaam.

Focus: Urban Transport in Dar es Salaam

BRT: Be Right There!

Originally explored in the 1990s, the ongoing implementation of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project in Dar es Salaam could drive transport-linked development throughout the city.

B2B

Sea & Air

Between improving services, procuring new equipment, and pursuing expansion projects, Dar es Salaam is advancing on both land and sea.

Review

About the House

The construction sector runs in parallel with government spending, but a growing population and a serious housing deficit are likely to attract private investments from all over the world.

Interview

Nehemiah Kyando Mchechu, Director General, National Housing Corporation (NHC)

TBY talks to Nehemiah Kyando Mchechu, Director General of the National Housing Corporation (NHC), on housing demand in the new capital, affordable housing, and urban planning.

Focus: Tanzania Strategic Cities Project (TSCP)

East Africa’s “Geneva”

If Rome wasn't built in a day, it is not surprising that Tanzania's project to revamp eight of its largest cities is entering its eighth year of implementation. A release of further funds from the World Bank has given the project a new lease of life.

B2B

Building

Government crackdowns on corruption seem to have reversed Tanzania's construction slump, and the private sector is revamping industrial construction to match the country's industrialization plans.

Review

Lost in the Maize

Agriculture accounts for 30% of Tanzania's GDP, and the sector has experienced above-average output in recent years compared to the rest of the African continent. However, the sector's development is held back by poor rural farming practices and general infrastructure bottlenecks.

Column

Henry J. Semwaza , Director General, Sugar Board of Tanzania

TBY talks to Henry J. Semwaza , Director General, Sugar Board of Tanzania, on the sector.

Interview

Fred Kafeero, Tanzania Representative, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

TBY talks to Fred Kafeero, Tanzania Representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), on the organization's long-term support for Tanzania's development, recent initiatives in agriculture, and financing.

Focus: 2020 Irrigation Target

Reap What You Sow

In 2006, the Tanzanian Ministry of Water and Irrigation set a target for Tanzania's agriculture sector: to irrigate 1 million ha of land by 2020. More than 10 years on and moving ever closer to the deadline, this target has not yet been met, though the first seeds are being sown.

B2B

Sustainable Agriculture

With both public- and private-sector momentum in sustainable agriculture, the sector is poised for strategic development.

Review

Natural Wonders

Rich in natural wonders of all kinds, Tanzania is one of Africa's premier destinations for leisure and business travelers alike.

Column

HON. Prof. Jumanne Maghembe, Former Minister , Natural Resources & Tourism

TBY talks to HON. Prof. Jumanne Maghembe, Former Minister of Natural Resources & Tourism, on the sector.

Interview

Devota Mdachi, Managing Director, Tanzania Tourist Board (TTB)

TBY talks to Devota Mdachi, Managing Director of the Tanzania Tourist Board (TTB), on attracting more visitors to a wider range of destinations.

Focus: Southern Circuit Tourism

Hidden Gems

Tourism is frequently described as the jewel in Tanzania's economic crown. In 2016 alone, the industry contributed over USD2 billion in revenues. However, for at least three years, the government has expressed concern that tourism is not well distributed across the country.

Photo Essay: Mount Kilimanjaro

Way up High

At 5,895m above sea level, the majestic Mount Kilimanjaro stands tall and proud: Africa's tallest peak, and one of Tanzania's top tourist hotspots.

Forum

What to See

Tourists traveling to Tanzania can expect more than just beaches and safari, as the country differentiates its offerings while also integrating with the region.

Review: Doing Business

Nuts & Bolts

Tanzania is aiming to improve its infrastructure, rein in spending, and strike a new deal with the private sector to ensure equitable growth.