MWANZA, Feb. 22 -- CENTRAL Bank officials from the East African Community (EAC) member states visited the Bank of Tanzania (BoT) Mwanza Branch to learn about the implementation of BoTs gold purchasing and selling program.

The visit brought together Central Bank officials from Kenya, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Burundi, Somalia, and South Sudan.

It followed directives issued during the 28th Meeting of the EAC Monetary Affairs Committee (MAC) held in May 2025.

During that meeting, the Bank of Tanzania was tasked with building the capacity of other central banks in the region on how to implement the gold program, which Tanzania began executing in October 2024.

Speaking at the opening session of the visit, the Principa...