Tanzania, June 10 -- Dar es Salaam. Tanzania's multi-billion-dollar Kabanga Nickel Project has cleared a critical regulatory milestone following a high-level briefing to President Samia Suluhu Hassan, signaling a formal shift toward the implementation phase of one of Africa's largest untapped battery metal deposits.

The state-directed project, a venture between Tanzania and Lifezone Metals Ltd is positioned to establish East Africa as a primary node in the global electric vehicle (EV) supply chain.

According to the statement shared by the State House on June 9, 2026, Executive Chairman Keith Liddell and Treasury Registrar Nehemiah Mchechu delivered the updated development framework to the President a day prior, indicating that outstandi...