The Port That Paused: Bagamoyo’s Stalled Journey
The Indian Ocean laps quietly against Bagamoyo’s shoreline, its rhythm uninterrupted by the cranes, gantries, and container stacks that once…
Beyond Ore: Kabanga as an Industrial Pivot, Not Just a Mine
Picture two futures. In one, you return to Ngara twenty years from now. The mine has closed. The pit is…
Who Owns the Nickel Narrative? Transparency, Licensing, and Trust
In every village meeting about a big project, there is a moment when someone stands up and asks a simple…
The Last Mile: How Rural Roads Are Shaping Tanzania’s Growth Story
In the early morning in rural Mtwara, a farmer stacks heavy sacks of cashews onto the back of a truck.…
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…
Collateral or Commodity? The Fight Over Using Nickel to Finance Rail & Power
Imagine the scene: in one hand, a government official holds the geological map of Kabanga, billions of dollars in nickel…
The Fragility of Political Will in Tanzania
Political will in Tanzania often feels like the rains in Dar es Salaam – sudden, heavy, and full of promise,…
