Dar es Salaam, Sept. 9 -- MORE than three years ago, on this very platform, I discussed the 30 billion US dollars Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project that is to be built in the Lindi region of Southern Tanzania and how it stands to affect the agricultural sector, the leading employer in the country.

At the time, progress was relatively impressive, but it has since slowed down a bit, albeit with high-level talks continuing between Tanzania, Norways Equinor and Britains Shell, according to official reports from the nations Ministry of Energy. If things go as planned, production will kick off by 2030.

The project is expected to be lucrative as the Western world strives to become independent of Russias natural gas, one of the worlds top sup...