PUBLIC FINANCE

Global Aid Fell 23 Percent in 2025, the Steepest Drop on Record. Ukraine Received More Than All of Sub-Saharan Africa Combined.

Global ODA fell 23.1 percent in 2025 to USD 174.3 billion, the largest annual drop on record and the...

Jul 13 8 min

GDP & GROWTH

Africa's 20 Largest Economies by Purchasing Power Parity: What The 2026 Ranking Actually Tells You

Nominal GDP overstates economies with strong currencies and understates those with large domestic ou...

Jul 6 8 min

GDP & GROWTH

Ethiopia Is Growing at 9.2 Percent Without a Coastline. Uganda at 7.5 Percent. Rwanda at 7.2 Percent. Africa's Fastest Growing Economies Are Landlocked and That Should Force Every Coastal Nation to Ask Hard Questions.

The IMF's 2026 growth projections for Africa contain a finding that challenges one of the oldest ass...

Jun 15 14 min

PUBLIC FINANCE

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

Tanzania macroeconomic foundation is solid. The private sector pivot is real. But five structural ga...

Apr 1 13 min

INFLATION & MONETARY POLICY

Why and How Governments Control Markets: Lessons from Tanzania

Market control is not about suppressing business; it’s about creating an environment where trade b...

Aug 25 3 min

PUBLIC FINANCE

How Government Investment in Youth Can Help Reduce Tanzania’s Debt Burden

Tanzania’s Youth (under 35 years) make up over 65% of the total population, according to NBS (Nati...

Aug 21 3 min

GDP & GROWTH

Kenya Still Leads East Africa's Economy, But DRC Just Passed Ethiopia to Take Second Place

Kenya remains East Africa's largest economy in 2026, with a nominal GDP of USD 147.3 billion, accord...

Jul 24 6 min

GDP & GROWTH

Tanzania Has Thousands of Business Owners Generating TZS 500 Million a Year That the Economy Cannot See, Cannot Tax, and Cannot Lend To. That Is Not Their Problem. It Is Ours.

Tanzania's informal economy is estimated at 44.9 percent of GDP, equivalent to approximately USD 190...

Jul 16 17 min

GDP & GROWTH

Mwanza Has 5 Million People, Africa's Largest Lake, Tanzania's Second Largest Economy, and a New Bridge That Cuts Travel Time From Two Hours to Five Minutes. Why Has It Not Become the Economic City It Should Be?

Mwanza is East Africa's second largest city on Lake Victoria with a population of 4.24 million. It c...

Jul 15 17 min

GDP & GROWTH

Economy Expected to Reach TZS 258 Trillion by 2030. What Must Go Right?

Tanzania GDP trajectory from National Development Plan 2026/27: TZS 186,103 billion (2025) → TZS 1...

Jun 23 4 min

GDP & GROWTH

Tanzania's Middle Class Will Be Built in Factories Before It Is Built in Startups. The Country's Development Discourse Has the Sequence Backwards.

Tanzania's manufacturing sector contributes roughly 8 to 9% of GDP, far below the levels historicall...

May 15 16 min

PUBLIC FINANCE

Air Tanzania Carried 1.18 Million Passengers Last Year. It Lost TZS 191 Billion Doing It. Costs Are Growing Faster Than Revenue on Every Single Metric.

Air Tanzania is Tanzania's most visible public enterprise and its most strategically symbolic. The g...

Apr 11 9 min