Kwala Dry Port: Tanzania’s Inland Bet on Decongesting Dar”
The Birth of a New Hub Just 65 kilometers inland from the bustling Dar es Salaam Port, a vast stretch…
Tanzania Elections 2025: Opposition Fractures and CCM’s Tight Grip on Power
The recent political shifts in Tanzania, particularly Yericko Nyerere’s defection to CHAUMMA and Luhaga Mpina’s move to ACT-Wazalendo, reflect deepening…
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…
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…
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,…
Will It Move the People? Tanzania’s SGR and the Politics of Passenger Rail
I remember the first videos that surfaced: families gathered near the tracks, children pointing at the speeding locomotive, parents cheering…
CCM Primary Election Upheaval: 9 Out of 11 Chadema Defectors Crushed.
Here is an analysis of the challenges faced by former Chadema MPs who defected to CCM in the party’s internal…
