Dar es Salaam Is Getting a Luxury Waterfront Mall in Masaki. The Building Is Not the Story. What It Signals About the City's Economic Trajectory Is.

INFRASTRUCTURE

Dar es Salaam Is Getting a Luxury Waterfront Mall in Masaki. The Building Is Not the Story. What It Signals About the City's Economic Trajectory Is.

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Africa's 25 Most Wealthiest Cities in 2026: Johannesburg Still Leads, But East Africa Is Rewriting the Rankings

REGIONAL ECONOMY

Africa's 25 Most Wealthiest Cities in 2026: Johannesburg Still Leads, But East Africa Is Rewriting the Rankings

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Africa Has USD 360 Billion of Infrastructure Committed Under PIDA. A March 2026 Report Found It Faces a 57 Percent Shortage of the Construction Professionals Needed to Deliver It. That Gap Is the Infrastructure Speed Problem, Not Finance.

REGIONAL ECONOMY

Africa Has USD 360 Billion of Infrastructure Committed Under PIDA. A March 2026 Report Found It Faces a 57 Percent Shortage of the Construction Professionals Needed to Deliver It. That Gap Is the Infrastructure Speed Problem, Not Finance.

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Every African Economy Ranked by GDP in 2026, According to the IMF. The Complete Picture Is More Revealing Than the Headlines.

REGIONAL ECONOMY

Every African Economy Ranked by GDP in 2026, According to the IMF. The Complete Picture Is More Revealing Than the Headlines.

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Tanzania Is Assembling Its First CNG-Powered Heavy-Duty Lorry at Bagamoyo This Year. The USD 3 Billion Industrial Complex Behind It Is the Most Concrete Expression of What the Shift From Industrial Ambition to Industrial Execution Actually Looks Like.

MANUFACTURING

Tanzania Is Assembling Its First CNG-Powered Heavy-Duty Lorry at Bagamoyo This Year. The USD 3 Billion Industrial Complex Behind It Is the Most Concrete Expression of What the Shift From Industrial Ambition to Industrial Execution Actually Looks Like.

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Dar es Salaam Is Getting a Luxury Waterfront Mall in Masaki. The Building Is Not the Story. What It Signals About the City's Economic Trajectory Is.

INFRASTRUCTURE

Dar es Salaam Is Getting a Luxury Waterfront Mall in Masaki. The Building Is Not the Story. What It Signals About the City's Economic Trajectory Is.

Africa's 25 Most Wealthiest Cities in 2026: Johannesburg Still Leads, But East Africa Is Rewriting the Rankings

REGIONAL ECONOMY

Africa's 25 Most Wealthiest Cities in 2026: Johannesburg Still Leads, But East Africa Is Rewriting the Rankings

Africa Has USD 360 Billion of Infrastructure Committed Under PIDA. A March 2026 Report Found It Faces a 57 Percent Shortage of the Construction Professionals Needed to Deliver It. That Gap Is the Infrastructure Speed Problem, Not Finance.

REGIONAL ECONOMY

Africa Has USD 360 Billion of Infrastructure Committed Under PIDA. A March 2026 Report Found It Faces a 57 Percent Shortage of the Construction Professionals Needed to Deliver It. That Gap Is the Infrastructure Speed Problem, Not Finance.

Every African Economy Ranked by GDP in 2026, According to the IMF. The Complete Picture Is More Revealing Than the Headlines.

REGIONAL ECONOMY

Every African Economy Ranked by GDP in 2026, According to the IMF. The Complete Picture Is More Revealing Than the Headlines.

Tanzania Is Assembling Its First CNG-Powered Heavy-Duty Lorry at Bagamoyo This Year. The USD 3 Billion Industrial Complex Behind It Is the Most Concrete Expression of What the Shift From Industrial Ambition to Industrial Execution Actually Looks Like.

Apr 17 • Industry News

Kenya, Uganda Push Railway Link as Great Lakes Trade Potential Drives Corridor Build-Out

Apr 15 • Infrastructure & Corridors

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Dar es Salaam’s BRT Expansion Is Not About Traffic. It Is an Attempt to Reduce the Economic Cost of Movement Across Tanzania’s Core Urban Engine.

MOBILITY & LOGISTICS

Dar es Salaam’s BRT Expansion Is Not About Traffic. It Is an Attempt to Reduce the Economic Cost of Movement Across Tanzania’s Core Urban Engine.

Every African Economy Ranked by GDP in 2026, According to the IMF. The Complete Picture Is More Revealing Than the Headlines.

REGIONAL ECONOMY

Every African Economy Ranked by GDP in 2026, According to the IMF. The Complete Picture Is More Revealing Than the Headlines.

Botswana Is Buying Into Angola's Refinery. Zambia Already Has a Stake. East Africa Is Watching.

REGIONAL ECONOMY

Botswana Is Buying Into Angola's Refinery. Zambia Already Has a Stake. East Africa Is Watching.

China Did Not Just Become Africa's Biggest Trading Partner. It Became the Architecture That African Trade Runs Through. That Is a Different Problem Entirely.

ECONOMY

China Did Not Just Become Africa's Biggest Trading Partner. It Became the Architecture That African Trade Runs Through. That Is a Different Problem Entirely.

Tanzania's 2026/27 Budget Speech Is a Transition Document. Read It That Way.

Apr 1 • Fiscal Policy

Orca Energy Is Selling Its Tanzanian Gas Business for USD 10. The Price Is Not the Story. The Reasons It Is Leaving Are.

Apr 13 • Oil & Gas

Kenya Claims 20,000 Kilometres of Tarmac. Tanzania Says It Has 16,000 and Built 15,000 of Them Itself. The Numbers Are Not the Argument. The Argument Is What the Numbers Actually Measure.

Apr 21 • Infrastructure & Corridors

Where to Invest in Tanzania: High-Growth Sectors Under Vision 2050 (DIRA 2050)

Mar 26 • Investment Opportunities

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Africa Has 54 Economies. The Investors Reading Them as One Are Not Analysing the Continent. They Are Abstracting It.

REGIONAL ECONOMY

Africa Has 54 Economies. The Investors Reading Them as One Are Not Analysing the Continent. They Are Abstracting It.

Zanzibar Is Building a USD 300 Million Deep-Water Port on Its Northern Coast. The Shipping Capacity Is Not the Story. The Economic Model It Is Designed to Replace Is.

REGIONAL ECONOMY

Zanzibar Is Building a USD 300 Million Deep-Water Port on Its Northern Coast. The Shipping Capacity Is Not the Story. The Economic Model It Is Designed to Replace Is.

Africa's Wealthiest Cities in 2026. The Rankings Reflect Where Wealth Has Accumulated. The Projections Reveal Where the Continent's Economic Geography Is Being Redrawn.

REGIONAL ECONOMY

Africa's Wealthiest Cities in 2026. The Rankings Reflect Where Wealth Has Accumulated. The Projections Reveal Where the Continent's Economic Geography Is Being Redrawn.

Dar es Salaam Built a City Over a Floodplain. The Msimbazi Basin Development Project Is the Most Expensive Consequence of That Decision.

INFRASTRUCTURE

Dar es Salaam Built a City Over a Floodplain. The Msimbazi Basin Development Project Is the Most Expensive Consequence of That Decision.

Dar es Salaam's Jangwani Bridge Has Flooded Seven Times in the Last Ten Years. The USD 260 Million Project Replacing It Is Not About the Bridge.

INFRASTRUCTURE

Dar es Salaam's Jangwani Bridge Has Flooded Seven Times in the Last Ten Years. The USD 260 Million Project Replacing It Is Not About the Bridge.

A 50kg Bag of Cement Costs More Than Twice the Nairobi Price in Mandera. That Price Gap Is What Kenya's Road Master Plan Is Actually Trying to Close.

REGIONAL ECONOMY

A 50kg Bag of Cement Costs More Than Twice the Nairobi Price in Mandera. That Price Gap Is What Kenya's Road Master Plan Is Actually Trying to Close.

Kenya's Nairobi-Mombasa Expressway Serves Five Landlocked Economies. That Is Why the USD 3.6 Billion PPP Structure Matters More Than the Road.

REGIONAL ECONOMY

Kenya's Nairobi-Mombasa Expressway Serves Five Landlocked Economies. That Is Why the USD 3.6 Billion PPP Structure Matters More Than the Road.

Rwanda's World Bank Human Capital Score Is 31 Points Above the Regional Average. The Gap With Kenya Tells the More Useful Story.

REGIONAL ECONOMY

Rwanda's World Bank Human Capital Score Is 31 Points Above the Regional Average. The Gap With Kenya Tells the More Useful Story.

The DRC Is About to Become Sub-Saharan Africa's Fifth-Largest Economy. A Mining Boom and a Strengthening Currency Are Driving It. The Structural Questions It Raises Are More Important Than the Ranking Itself.

Apr 17 • Great Lakes Economy

Africa Grew Faster in 2025 Than It Has in a Decade. It Is Still Falling Behind. The Gap Is Not a Headline Problem. It Is a Structural One.

Apr 17 • Investment & Development Finance

When Oil Prices Rise, Sub-Saharan Africa Moves in Two Directions at Once. That Is Not a Coincidence. It Is a Structural Diagnosis.

Apr 17 • Energy & Resources

Zambia Spent USD 2.11 Billion on Refined Fuel Imports in 2024. On April 10, 2026, It Broke Ground on a USD 1.1 Billion Refinery Designed to End That Dependency. The Project Is Not About Oil. It Is About Who Captures the Value of Processing It.

Apr 17 • Energy & Resources

Tanzania Revoked 40 Mining Licences Covering 188,000 Hectares on April 15. The Day After, the Minister Said the Next Round Will Be Automated. That Second Announcement Is the More Consequential Story.

Apr 17 • Policy & Regulation

Africa's Biggest Economic Risk Is Not Debt. It Is Structural Exposure to Shocks It Does Not Control.

Apr 17 • World Economy

Tanzania Creates Less than 200,000 Formal Jobs a Year. It Needs One Million. The Gap Is Not a Government Failure. It Is a Private Sector Failure That Government Policy Is Making Worse.

Apr 15 • Workforce

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