DAR ES SALAAM, Sept. 19 -- THE government has strengthened regulations governing local content in the mining sector, tightening requirements for non-indigenous companies and boosting protections for indigenous Tanzanian companies (ITCs).

The amendments, issued on September 12, 2025 through Government Notice No. 563 of 2025, require nonindigenous firms supplying goods or services to contractors, subcontractors, licensees or the mining corporation to form joint ventures with ITCs that are fully owned by Tanzanians.

Previously, ITCs could be partially foreign-owned, with 20 per cent Tanzanian equity and 80 per cent foreign participation.

“The new regulations require that ITCs must now be 100 per cent Tanzanian owned to enter into su...