Dar es Salaam, Dec. 1 -- TANZANIA has launched a pivotal shift in its mining sector by placing young people at the forefront of future growth, with the Minister for Minerals, Anthony Mavunde, initiating a youth-focused licensing initiative and announcing the construction of a new mineral buying centre in Lemshuku, Simanjiro District, recently.

These measures support the broader national strategy to transform Lemshuku into a thriving centre for coloured gemstones and strengthen youth participation not as labourers but as rights holders in an increasingly lucrative sector.

During a stakeholders engagement with miners, youth groups and local leaders, Mr Mavunde underscored that government policy under President Samia Suluhu Hassan seeks to...