Dar es Salaam, March 4 -- ZANZIBAR: THE Zanzibar government has recorded a significant increase in revenue and operational efficiency at Malindi Port following its handover to the private company Zanzibar Multipurpose Terminal (ZMT) under a five-year agreement with African Global Logistics (AGL).

Zanzibars Minister for Infrastructure, Communications and Transport, Dr Khalid Salum Mohamed, the ZMTs management has generated an average monthly royalty of 2.07bn/- from January 2024 to January 2025, a 41 per cent increase from the 1.42bn/- the Zanzibar Ports Corporation (ZPC) previously earned after operational costs.

“Since September 2023, when ZMT took over, the government has collected a total of 29bn/- in royalties,” Dr Khali...