Community and Corridor: What Kabanga Means for Kagera and Beyond
Stand at first light on a ridge outside Ngara and you can see the outlines of a future that has…
Tabora Airport: Turning Central Tanzania into a Connected Heartland
If you drew a line from Tanzania’s bustling Indian Ocean ports to the fishing harbours of Lake Victoria, and another…
Learning from Zambia: How Not to Build a Nickel Monoculture
There was a time when Zambia’s copper belt seemed invincible. In the years following independence, copper revenues funded schools, hospitals,…
The Unfinished School of Democracy
Tanzania has millions of registered voters, yet far fewer true citizens. The ballot alone does not transform a mwananchi into…
Air–Lake Cargo Integration: Making Kigoma Airport the Fastest Link in the Lake Tanganyika Basin
At first light, cargo boats ease into Kigoma Port, hulls heavy with fish from Kalemie and horticultural produce from Bujumbura.…
Infrastructure as Destiny: Why SGR + JNHPP Decide Kabanga’s Fate
Picture two futures. In one, a hundred-wagon train rumbles through the night along the Central Corridor, hauling nickel concentrate from…
The Promise of Kabanga Nickel: Tanzania’s EV Future
The global economy is being rewired around “future metals.” Nickel, cobalt, lithium, and graphite have moved from obscure tables in…
Kigoma Airport: Opening the Skies for Lake Tanganyika Trade and Tourism
On approach to Kigoma Airport, the view is as dramatic as it is revealing. To the west, the expanse of Lake…
Magufuli’s Protégé, Samia’s Dissenter: The Making (and Unmaking) of Humphrey Polepole
Picture the same man in two frames. In 2016 at Lumumba, Humphrey Herson Polepole stood at the lectern promising a…
Anatomy of a Resignation: What Humphrey Polepole’s July 13 Letter Reveals About CCM Today
At 19:00 on 13 July 2025, Tanzania’s ambassador to Cuba did something diplomats rarely do: he resigned in public, with…
