POLICY

Tanzania Must Risk Becoming "Broke" to Create 20 Million Jobs

Tanzania may need to accept less government revenue today to create far more economic activity tomor...

Sep 10 22 min

POLICY

A Child Born in Masaki and a Child Born in Temeke Both Live in Dar es Salaam. Their Schools Are in Different Worlds. Tanzania's Education Geography Is the Country's Most Consequential Inequality.

The International School of Tanganyika charges TZS 97,170,000 per year for a Grade 11 or 12 student,...

Jul 15 16 min

POLICY

Lobito or TAZARA? The Founding Motives Tell Us Why Africa Must Read This Moment Carefully

The better African strategy is therefore not Lobito or TAZARA. It is Lobito and TAZARA, but on Afric...

Sep 1 11 min

POLICY

Why Having Access to the Ocean Is No Longer a Prerequisite for Economic Growth

Africa’s economic geography is changing. For decades, a coastline was treated as one of the strong...

Aug 22 16 min

POLICY

Opinion: Can Africa Ever Stop Being a Graveyard for Used Cars From Asia and Europe?

Africa received more than half of the used vehicles low- and middle-income countries imported betwee...

Aug 12 11 min

POLICY

Fastjet Came to Democratize Flying in Tanzania, Promising $20 Flights. It Took Seven Years To Go Bankrupt. Why Did It Fail?

Fastjet launched scheduled flights from Dar es Salaam on 29 November 2012, promising to bring Ryanai...

Jul 21 6 min

POLICY

Tanzania Has 1,400 Kilometres of Indian Ocean Coastline and Has Developed Almost None of It. Pangani, Kilwa, and Mafia Could Change That.

Tanzania has more than 1,400 kilometres of Indian Ocean coastline whose development has been concent...

Jun 9 16 min

POLICY

China Did Not Develop Through Free Markets. It Developed Through Strategic State Intervention. Africa Is Being Told to Do the Opposite, The Contradiction Is Worth Examining Honestly.

China's development model combined strategic state intervention in industry selection, directed cred...

Jun 4 16 min