Tanzania
Every story we have published on Tanzania.
Ghana’s 1,400bps rate cut leads Africa
Ghana’s Bank of Ghana cut its benchmark rate by a cumulative 1,400 basis points from 28% in January 2025 to 14% by March 2026, the most aggressive monetary easing in Africa, according to the AfDB’s 2026 African…
Ghana pitches Voltaian Basin to Canada
Ghana’s Petroleum Commission Acting CEO Emeafa Hardcastle led discussions at the 2026 Global Energy Show in Calgary pitching investment…
Ghana-Jamaica pact ends two-decade silence
Ghana and Jamaica concluded the Third PJCC Ministerial Session in Accra on May 27, signing four bilateral agreements in health, defence, education…
Ghana’s FDI quadruples to $2.61bn
Ghana attracted $2.61 billion in FDI in 2025, more than four times the $652 million in 2024, according to provisional GIPC data released in late May…
Ghana’s AgriConnect plan targets 2.6m jobs
Ghana launched the AgriConnect Compact on June 3 with World Bank, IFAD and IFC support, targeting 2.6 million jobs by 2035 and food security for…
IShowSpeed flies the Ghana flag worldwide
IShowSpeed released “Champions,” an unofficial 2026 World Cup anthem prominently featuring Ghana’s flag, traditional dancers and Afrobeats energy.…
Tanzania pitches $12.9bn energy pipeline to US investors
IN SHORT: Tanzania has pitched a $12.9 billion energy investment package to US investors at the Powering Africa Summit in Washington DC. The…
Tanzania’s $15bn FDI gap is a readiness problem
Tanzania targets $15 billion in annual FDI and 6.3 percent GDP growth in 2026 but the gap between macroeconomic ambition and business-level…
Tanzanian President adopts abandoned baby, names her Grace
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has adopted a baby girl abandoned in Nzega District, Tabora, naming her Grace Samia Suluhu Hassan. The…
Rukwa gets national grid power in May
Tanzania’s Rukwa Region will receive electricity from the national grid by May 2026, once a 400kV transmission line from Iringa is complete. The…
Tanzania’s $274m port fuel tanks, 41% done
President Samia Suluhu Hassan has formally launched a TZS 678.6 billion ($274m) oil storage project at Dar es Salaam port, already 41% complete,…
Africa’s youth are the continent’s greatest economic asset, and global leaders are finally taking notice
At the 2026 World Economic Forum annual meeting, African ministers, economists, and business leaders made the case that the continent’s 700 million…
WEF report: investing in blue foods could create 3 million African jobs and add $17 billion to GDP
A World Economic Forum report finds that strategic investment in blue foods, including fish, shellfish, and aquatic plants from Africa’s oceans and…
African stock markets surge in 2026 as Ghana gains 34.6% and Tanzania leads the continent
African equity markets are posting extraordinary returns in early 2026. Tanzania is up 40.65% year-to-date, Ghana has surged 34.61%, and Nigeria is…
Africa’s GDP growth forecast upgraded to 4.3%, the fastest in the world
The African Development Bank has raised its 2026 GDP growth forecast for Africa to 4.3%, making the continent the fastest-growing region globally.…
Africa set to outgrow Asia in 2026 for the first time in history
The IMF projects Africa will be the fastest-growing region in the world in 2026, surpassing Asia for the first time ever. GDP growth is forecast at…