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…
Vision 2050: Beyond GDP to Citizen Wealth
National visions often sparkle with numbers. Tanzania’s Vision 2050, launched in 2025, is no exception. It promises a trillion-dollar economy,…
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…
Links for the Southern Highlands: Songwe Airport’s Trade and Tourism Potential
As your aircraft descends toward Songwe Airport, the view is a sweeping panorama of green, rolling tea plantations, coffee estates…
Bagamoyo vs. Dar es Salaam: Competition or Complement?
From the air, Tanzania’s central coastline tells two very different stories. In Dar es Salaam, towering gantry cranes and busy…
Hon. Luhaga Mpina Presidential Titanic Ambition Hit By Registrar’s Iceberg.
Unless something drastically changes in the High Court, Hon. Mpina will not be in the ballot box following the Registrar…
