Tanzanian President John Magufuli has died at a hospital in Dar es Salaam due to heart complications, according to an announcement yesterday on state television by Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan. Magufuli declared Tanzania "Covid-19 free" last Ju...

The US embassy in Tanzania has warned of a surge in Covid-19 cases since January and issued a 'Level 3 – Reconsider travel' warning. The Health Minister has instead encouraged the use of traditional herbal remedies as a natural means of killing the c...

The Bank of Tanzania has released a circular outlining the new requirements for banks regarding the cost/income and NPL ratios over the next two years – this will affect dividend payments. NMB and CRDB have similar customer levels, but the latter has...

In this report, we examine Airtel Money’s KPIs, assess its contribution to Airtel Africa, and compare it with EM payments peers. Airtel Money offers digital payments, microloans, savings products and international money transfer services in 14 Africa...

Africa is no less geared to the bump in commodity export prices and no less chequered in terms of sluggish reform and accumulation of debt than Latin America, where much more liquidly traded equity market peers have rallied sharply this month. Egypt ...

The investment to realise that manufacturing potential is likely driven by serving local and nearby regional markets in contrast to North Africa (EU exports) or South East Asia (global exports and China relocation). Our relative scorecard uses the sa...