Tanzania

Modernisation on the horizon for Lake Manyara airport

Swiss Intairplan and Ethiopian Saba Engineering have landed the contract to design and supervise the modernisation of Lake Manyara's very touristy airport.

The New Guard
Nigeria, Morocco, Tanzania

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

NigeriaHadiza Bala Usman, Tinubu's indispensable confidant

MoroccoMajda Lakhfif, the kingdom's unofficial ambassador to Paris business school

TanzaniaNeema Mduma, cultivating AI just for farmers' needs

State-owned Tanzania Commercial Bank targets major Chinese projects

The former postal bank, owned by the government, made a strategic U-turn two years ago. TCB aims to meet the profitability targets set by President Suluhu, whose ambition is to turn Tanzania into a middle-income country.

The New Guard
Tanzania, Rwanda, Morocco

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

TanzaniaNancy Iraba, the marine scientist who serves up seaweed

RwandaIsrael Bimpe, helping provide public services in a click

MoroccoSimohamed Azzouz, taking up the challenge of optimal irrigation

As elections approach, embassies wary of return of surprise tax demands

The diplomatic community in Tanzania has taken up the issue of unannounced tax audits, which hit companies during the last local elections. Yet the tax commission appointed by President Samia Suluhu Hassan, which was supposed to clarify the legal position, has been slow to deliver its conclusions.

Bouygues still hoping its Dar es Salaam airport renovations will take off

The Bouygues Bâtiment International subsidiary is continuing talks with the Tanzania Airports Authority and the Ministry of Transport, but the chances of reaching a favourable conclusion before the end of this year appear slim.

The New Guard
Ivory Coast, Tanzania, Central African Republic

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

Ivory CoastLionel Kili, key figure in France's Ivorian diaspora

TanzaniaSalma Iddy, environmentalist championing women entrepreneurs

CARMarius Aristide Hoja Nzessioué, Touadéra's man at the UN

Frustrated miners hope to influence tax legislation

Two juniors, which are developing nickel and graphite projects with the support of the Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP for one, and the South Korean metallurgist Posco for the other, are completing financing to be able to start production.

Increasing delays and costs for TotalEnergies' EACOP project

Installing the East African Crude Oil Pipeline is taking longer than expected, and the joint agreement setting out the financial commitments of each of the partners in the project is still outstanding.

Mission 300 electricity summit hit by geopolitical turmoil

African leaders and their partners reaffirmed their commitment at a summit last week to bring electricity to an extra 300 million people, with almost $50bn committed to the cause. But Donald Trump's freeze on US aid and shifting African power blocs brought a wind of uncertainty to the event.

Arbitration dispute for $500m starts between Tanzania and Mauritian firm Aqua Power

Aqua Power and Catalysis Capital have accused the Tanzanian authorities of blocking the operations of a gas-fired power station built in 2016 by their local subsidiary.