When Wananchi Become Raia: The Risk of Revolt
Revolutions rarely erupt at the peak of oppression. They begin when expectations rise and rulers fail to recognize the change.…
Steel Dreams: Can Liganga End Tanzania’s Import Dependence?
Every year, Tanzania spends more than $1 billion importing steel beams, rods, plates, and coils that form the skeleton of…
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…
