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…
Brazil Pix Under Fire: U.S. Tariffs and the Battle for Digital Sovereignty
Brazil’s Pix payment system represents a groundbreaking innovation in the global financial landscape, accelerating de-dollarization through practical, user-centric design and…
More Tracks, Less Flow? The Institutional Bottlenecks Undermining Tanzania’s SGR
There’s something undeniably cinematic about watching Tanzania’s Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) cut across the plains — an echo of progress,…
Will Elon Musk Break The American Two Party Dominance?
Elon Musk announced the formation of the “America Party” on July 5, 2025. Here are the key details: 1. Announcement…
The Steel Gamble: Can Tanzania’s SGR Truly Deliver on Its Infrastructure Promise?
The Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) glides into Tanzania’s urban landscapes like a modern promise — sleek, fast, and heavy with…
