KIGALI, Oct. 14 -- TANZANIA has made progress in carbon trading, with six projects reaching the stage of generating carbon credits to promote green investment and environmental conservation, Minister of State in the Vice-Presidents Office (Union Affairs and Environment), Engineer Hamad Yussuf Masauni, has said.

Speaking today, October 14, 2026, at the opening of the Africa Carbon Markets Forum 2026 in Kigali, Masauni said the government had continued to strengthen policy and institutional frameworks to ensure transparency in carbon projects and deliver benefits to local communities.

He said amendments to the Environmental Management Act in 2025 had enabled the establishment of the National Carbon Monitoring Centre (NCMC), which will ove...