The Next 900 Days: Nyanzaga’s Construction Timeline
When Perseus’s board approved Nyanzaga’s Final Investment Decision in April 2025, it set a clock ticking: fewer than 900 days…
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From Cashews to Corridors: How Roads Shape Southern Tanzania’s Exports
In southern Tanzania, cashew orchards stretch for miles. From Mtwara to Lindi, trees heavy with nuts form the backbone of a regional economy that sustains hundreds of thousands of families. By 2024/25, the south produced 410,000 tonnes of cashews, up from 310,000 tonnes just the year before. The government has set its sights even higher: […]
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The Next 900 Days: Nyanzaga’s Construction Timeline
When Perseus’s board approved Nyanzaga’s Final Investment Decision in April 2025, it set a clock ticking: fewer than 900 days to deliver first gold by Q1 2027. In mining, this is a sprint. Few…
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Burying Emissions, Not Guilt: Why Waste CCS Trumps Carbon Credits?
Based on my deep dive into Norway’s waste-to-energy CCS model versus carbon credit systems, Norway’s Øygarden island represents a striking convergence of natural wonder and climate innovation, serving both as…
Agriculture & Food Security
Sugar Wars: U.S. Sweetener Debate Meets Tanzania’s Supply Crisis.
The recent announcement by Coca-Cola to introduce a cane sugar-sweetened soda in the U.S., following President Trump’s public endorsement, has reignited debate over high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) versus cane sugar. Here’s a breakdown of…
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Economics & Investment
From Cashews to Corridors: How Roads Shape Southern Tanzania’s Exports
In southern Tanzania, cashew orchards stretch for miles. From Mtwara to Lindi, trees heavy with nuts form the backbone of a regional economy that sustains hundreds of thousands of families. By 2024/25, the south…
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Technology & Innovation
Mobile Money: From Financial Inclusion to Fiscal Extraction
In Tanzania, money moves on phones. Salaries land on handsets, market purchases ping between SIMs, school fees are paid via USSD, and remittances cross regions in seconds. Mobile money has become the country’s most…
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The Digital Backbone, From Connectivity to Citizenship
Beneath the soil of Tanzania runs a quiet revolution: cables of glass thinner than a strand of hair, carrying light across vast distances. The National ICT Backbone (NICTBB), a network…