Corridors of Competition: Can Dar es Salaam Outpace Mombasa in East Africa’s Port Race?”
Two Ports, One Region, Many Stakes East Africa’s economic integration is increasingly playing out along its transport corridors. At the…
Redefining Social Waste: Building Respect, Justice, and a Wasteless Digital World
Abstract In the vision of Industry 5.0, waste is more than just garbage in bins or landfills — it is…
Kwala Dry Port and the Last-Mile Problem: Solving Dar’s Hinterland Bottleneck
Inland ports are supposed to work like lungs for overstretched seaports, taking in cargo, easing congestion, and allowing the main…
Public or Private? Who Should Run Tanzania’s SGR?
The Train Is Running. But Who’s at the Helm? For years, the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) was a vision, tracks…
Job Ndugai’s Death Sparks Mixed Legacy Debate: Loyalty, Lissu, and Public Rage
If you have been following discussions in the social media following the untimely death of the former speaker Job Ndugai.…
Who Will Fill These Wagons? Tanzania’s Cargo Dilemma Amid Real Freight Launch
Empty Tracks, Big Promises At last, the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) has begun hauling cargo. In late June 2025, a…
Grassroots Revolt: Why Tanzania’s Ruling Party Purged 47 MPs and 8 Deputy Ministers.
The recent CCM primary elections in Tanzania have resulted in a significant political shakeup, with eight deputy ministers and approximately…
Modern Port, Disconnected Rail: The Missed Synergy in Tanzania’s Logistics Overhaul
The Missing Link in a Grand Design On paper, it’s a logistics dream. A modern inland dry port, Kwala, is…
Rails and Rhetoric: Who Really Pays for Tanzania’s Mega Projects?
Every time the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) slices across Tanzania’s plains, it draws admiration, sleek, modern, and promising. It symbolizes…
Empty Trains, Missed Gains: A Modern Railway Without Modern Cargo
We built the train. It runs sleek, fast, and on schedule. From Dar es Salaam to Morogoro, then to Makutupora,…
