Dar es Salaam, Oct. 21 -- TANZANIAS policymakers now face a critical question: Should the state continue to hold dominant stakes in key commercial enterprises, or should it emulate peers like Egypt and Kenya that are partially floating their assets to mobilise capital and rebuild fiscal credibility?

Across Africa, the State-Owned Enterprise (SOE) reform wave is no longer theoretical. Governments are using listings to raise liquidity, reprice sovereign risk and inject governance standards into legacy institutions.

The trend invites serious debate in Dodoma: Whether Tanzanias fiscal and development model can remain sustainable without leveraging capital markets as instruments of reform and accountability. Egypts strategy illustrates both ...