URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Turning a Floodplain into an Economic Engine: The Case for the Msimbazi Basin Development Project
The Msimbazi Basin Development Project is transforming one of Dar es Salaam’s most flood-prone zon...
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Tanzania’s Urban Infrastructure Drive: TACTIC and the Economics of City Transformation
From a macroeconomic perspective, while TACTIC’s immediate fiscal footprint is modest relative to ...
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Tanzania Has a Plan to Transform Sinza Into a High-Density Urban District. The Government Owns Almost None of It. That Is the Whole Challenge.
The Sinza Redevelopment Plan 2026 to 2046, prepared by Tanzania's Ministry of Lands, Housing and Hum...
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East Africa's Cities Are Spending Billions on Roads That Will Congest Again Within a Decade. The Solution Is Already on Their Streets. They Just Need More of It.
East Africa's fastest-growing cities, Nairobi, Kampala, Dar es Salaam, and Kigali, are responding to...
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Dar es Salaam Built a City Over a Floodplain. The Msimbazi Basin Development Project Is the Most Expensive Consequence of That Decision.
The Msimbazi River Basin runs approximately 60 kilometres from the Pugu Hills through the densely se...
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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.
The Jangwani Bridge that currently carries Morogoro Road across the Msimbazi River floodplain on the...
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Dar es Salaam Is Getting USD 385 Million in Urban Infrastructure. The Most Important Line Item Is USD 28 Million Nobody Is Talking About.
The World Bank's International Development Association approved a USD 350 million credit for the Dar...
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Weak Road-Use Management Is Costing Dar es Salaam’s Economy Billions Each Year
Traffic congestion in Dar es Salaam is draining an estimated TZS 655 billion from the economy each y...
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Is Zanzibar Becoming Africa’s Offshore Property Haven?
Luxury estates, master-planned communities, and beachfront villas are rapidly reshaping Zanzibar’s...
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Infinity Hills and the New Political Economy of Zanzibar’s Real Estate Boom
Infinity Hills is more than a housing project. It represents a structural shift in Zanzibar’s econ...
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Tanzania’s Dark Cities and the Economics of “Free” Solar Light
Tanzania’s main urban corridors remain dark at night, even as solar lighting becomes cheaper, clea...
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Cities Grow Faster Than Politics: Why Tanzania Needs Independent Development Boards
Tanzania’s cities are expanding faster than politics can plan. Urban growth moves daily, while lea...