Tanzania, Sept. 9 -- Dar es Salaam. Trade, mining and oil and energy businesses are emerging as the biggest drivers of Tanzania's retail foreign exchange transactions, as activity in the dollar market has accelerated sharply since the middle of the year.

Data from the Bank of Tanzania (BoT) on the latest weekly retail foreign exchange turnover between August 31 and September 4, 2026 stood at $668.24 million, up from $544.24 million in the preceding week.

Trade accounted for $173.02 million of retail foreign exchange turnover, followed by mining at $114.70 million and oil and energy at $110.79 million.

Individual retail customers ranked fourth with $105.46 million, while agriculture generated $37.15 million and manufacturing $34.56 mill...