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COLUMN: THE CLIFF. The politics of progress 2025

Dar es Salaam, Aug. 5 -- AS the sun rises over the fertile slopes beneath Mount Kilimanjaro, Mwanahawa, a smallholder farmer in Moshi Rural, prepares to attend a lively ward meeting. For Mwanahawa an... Read More


COLUMN:THE CLIFF. BHP out, SPAC in: Can Tanzania still win?

Dar es Salaam, July 29 -- IN 2021, three businessmen—John Dowd, Govind Friedland and Michael Klug—recognised a rising global opportunity: the rapidly growing demand for nickel, driven by t... Read More


Tanzania's Vision 2050: Aspirations Meet Arithmetic

DAR ES SALAAM, July 23 -- WHEN Tanzania unveiled its Dira ya Taifa ya Maendeleo 2050, it outlined a bold ambition: becoming an upper-middle-income country with a per capita income of at least USD 7,00... Read More


COLUMN: THE CLIFF. Africa's central banks: Imported easing, local pain

Dar es Salaam, July 8 -- AS the United States Federal Reserve edges closer to cutting interest rates, financial markets across the globe are preparing for a synchronised easing cycle. After over a ye... Read More


COLUMN: THE CLIFF. Bank of Tanzania: An 88.8pc CBR hold

Dar es Salaam, July 1 -- TOMORROW, the Bank of Tanzania (BoT) will hold its seventh Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting since introducing the Central Bank Rate (CBR) in January 2024. With the ben... Read More


COLUMN: THE CLIFF. Hormuz fire: Africa's budgets burn next?

Dar es Salaam, June 24 -- THE Strait of Hormuz, a critical global oil passage, often seems a distant concern for African economies. Yet, as geopolitical tensions simmer in the Middle East, their rippl... Read More