Vision 2050: Beyond GDP to Citizen Wealth
National visions often sparkle with numbers. Tanzania’s Vision 2050, launched in 2025, is no exception. It promises a trillion-dollar economy,…
Inside Nyanzaga: What’s Being Built, Who Owns It, and Why It Matters in 2025–27
On the north-western rim of Lake Victoria, beyond the fishing dhows and cassava plots of Sengerema, a different kind of…
Mobile Money: From Financial Inclusion to Fiscal Extraction
In Tanzania, money moves on phones. Salaries land on handsets, market purchases ping between SIMs, school fees are paid via…
The Digital Republic: Code as Civic Infrastructure
Modernization is often sold as a parade of gadgets, faster phones, slicker apps, and brighter screens. But for citizens, technology…
The Debt and Diplomacy of Mega-Ports
From Colombo to Casablanca, mega-ports have evolved into more than just maritime infrastructure; they have become strategic assets on the…
From Ore to Opportunity: What Liganga & Mchuchuma Mean for Communities
In Ludewa, where the hills hide Liganga’s iron ore, a farmer looks across his small plot and asks a simple…
Rebooting Bagamoyo: Finding the Right Model for a Mega-Port
The coastline at Bagamoyo has a strange kind of energy these days. It’s neither the quiet neglect of an abandoned…
Two Narratives, One Corridor: LNG Offshore, Coal Onshore
In the same week, Tanzanians could have read two headlines side by side. “Tanzania finalises Host Government Agreement for USD…
Global Reflections; Citizens, Subjects, and Democracy Worldwide
The struggle between wananchi and raia is not confined to Tanzania. It is a universal tension, a human journey repeated…
Financing Stalemates: Why Mega-Mines Stall While Imports Grow
There is a peculiar rhythm to Tanzania’s big-project politics. Every few years, a podium is erected, a banner is hung,…
