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,…
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…
