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

70% of Tanzania's Urban Population Lives in Slum Households, World Bank Data Shows

World Bank data on the share of urban populations living in slum households paints a difficult pictu...

Sep 11 15 min

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Fumba’s 3,000-Hectare Bet: How Zanzibar Is Turning a Free Economic Zone Into a Blue Economy City

The Fumba Free Economic Zone Master Plan 2022–2042 provides the policy backdrop. It says Fumba w...

Sep 8 12 min

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Sinza’s Urban Productivity Test: Can Dar es Salaam Create More Value From the Same Land Without Creating More Disorder?

The Sinza Redevelopment Plan 2026–2046 gives the answer in unusually clear numbers. The area cov...

Sep 7 19 min

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Samia Calls Dar es Salaam's Cleanliness a "Disgrace," Orders Contract Review

President Samia Suluhu Hassan called Tanzania's cities "extremely dirty" and "a disgrace" on 2 Septe...

Sep 7 9 min

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Samia Auita Usafi wa Dar es Salaam “Aibu,” Aagiza Mapitio ya Mikataba

Rais Samia Suluhu Hassan aliita miji ya Tanzania “michafu kupita kiasi” na “aibu” tarehe 2 S...

Sep 7 12 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