I arrived in Sweden in January 2018. Since then, I have witnessed three election campaigns, including the one now heading towards 13 September 2026. What strikes me is not...
Author: Ansbert Ngurumo
The Battle for FIFA Has Entered a New Phase Two weeks ago, in a conversation with some soccer fans about FIFA President Gianni Infantino and the crisis he is...
Tanzania’s High Court has ruled that opposition leader Tundu Lissu has a case to answer on a charge of treason, moving one of the country’s most consequential political trials...
Three Presidents, One Mega-Project and the People Trapped on Their Own Land For more than a decade, Tanzania has carried one of Africa’s biggest port dreams. At Mbegani,...
Why Reformers Become The System As I write this, two days after Zambia voted, counting is proceeding under heightened security after violence against election officials and the theft of...
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BILLIONS ON PAPER: HOW MUCH OF THE INVESTMENT WE ANNOUNCE ACTUALLY GETS BUILT?
Tanzania has become very good at announcing investment. The harder question is: How much of it actually gets built? Government figures are impressive. According to the Tanzania Investment and...
When Aliko Dangote chose Kenya rather than Tanzania for his proposed East African oil refinery, it looked like a major investment opportunity had slipped through Tanzania’s hands. Now the...
When President Samia Suluhu Hassan launches the construction of the 506-kilometre Tabora – Kigoma Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) this week, Tanzania will rightly celebrate another milestone in one of...
The country should stop measuring investment at the signing table and start measuring what reaches factories, farms, workers and public revenue. For years, Tanzania has become very good at...
Almost eleven hours before England and Argentina meet in the second World Cup semi-final, the tournament stands on the brink of producing a final carrying far more significance than...