Tanzania, March 8 -- Dar es Salaam. The Tanzanian government has said its decision to transform state-owned enterprises (SOEs) aims at increasing efficiency and performance and not competing with private sector businesses.

Boosting performance, however, involves implementing commercial practices within public institutions to enhance efficiency and profitability.

The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Dr Hashil Abdallah, made the clarifications following concerns that the government's plan to transform public institutions into commercially viable entities could result in cutthroat competition for business between the public and private sector corporations.

But Dr Abdallah emphasised that the objective was to cult...