URBAN DEVELOPMENT

In Tanzania, a Paved Road Is Still a Luxury. That Is the Most Expensive Planning Failure Nobody Talks About.

Ask anyone searching for a house in Dar es Salaam what the first question is. It is not how many bed...

Jul 16 20 min

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...

Nov 27 5 min

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

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 ...

Aug 28 3 min

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

How Ethiopia Rebuilt Addis Ababa in Three Years, and What It Means for East Africa's Congested Capitals

While most East African capitals continue to wrestle with congestion, informal settlement growth and...

Jul 22 6 min

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

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...

Jun 3 17 min

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

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...

Jun 1 18 min

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

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...

Apr 18 10 min

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

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...

Apr 18 10 min

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...

Apr 2 12 min

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

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...

Feb 26 4 min

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Is Zanzibar Becoming Africa’s Offshore Property Haven?

Luxury estates, master-planned communities, and beachfront villas are rapidly reshaping Zanzibar’s...

Feb 16 5 min

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

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...

Feb 16 4 min