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Tanga refinery seen as East Africa energy hedge

TANGA, April 28 -- EAST Africas proposed regional oil refinery at Tanga, Tanzania, is not just another infrastructure announcement. It is a test of whether the region can turn a recurring fuel-import... Read More


Tax reforms and the trust question

DAR ES SALAAM, March 20 -- A COUNTRY can survive many things, but it cannot grow on a broken tax compact. That is why the handover of the Presidential Commission on Tax System Reforms report to Presi... Read More


Rostam's acquisition redraws Dodoma's influence?

DAR ES SALAAM, March 17 -- ROSTAM Azizs entry into Nation Media Group is the kind of deal that instantly invites exaggeration. Some people want to frame it as a nationalist triumph. Others want to tr... Read More


CRDB's 50bn/- on a golden prayer

DAR ES SALAAM, March 3 -- LETS be real: Handing a 50bn/- loan to the Songwe Gold Family is a sophisticated financial gamble that demands serious geological and economic math. To evaluate the true pro... Read More


Invisible drought, visible danger: East Africa's dry rot

DAR ES SALAAM, Feb. 10 -- IN a region built on rivers and growth, water has transitioned from a utility to a scarce commodity. While global attention typically fixes on the permanent climate emergenci... Read More