Diplomacy – GEPC

Tanzania’s Mining Investment Climate: Reforms that government should take to attract and retain new mining investors

November 20, 2024

Diplomacy, Economic Analysis, Extractive Governance, Natural Resource, Policy, Tax, Trade and investment

Tanzania is endowed with a variety of mineral resources and has been successful in attracting large mining investments. However, over the past few years, this investment curve...

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The Petals of Blood: Dissecting the contagion effect of Sudan war on South Sudan and EAC with lessons on governance and state failure

April 8, 2024

Citizen, Conflicts, Diplomacy, Economic Analysis, Extractive Governance, Governance, Peace, Regional Cooperation, Security

The Sudan war has been raging for almost a year, with catastrophic effects now spreading beyond Sudan’s borders, affecting its neighboring South Sudan and the East Africa...

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How EAC can benefit from its Critical or Transitional Minerals

March 11, 2024

Diplomacy, Economic Analysis, Extractive Governance, Governance, Natural Resource, Regional Cooperation, Tax, Trade and investment

The EAC has vast deposits of minerals critical to driving technology to support the green industrial revolution and yet the region lacks a proper framework to govern and maximize...

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Evaluating East Africa’s economic trends and outlook 2024: What should EAC governments do to reduce further hardships?

November 22, 2023

Diplomacy, Economic Analysis, Governance, Policy, Regional Cooperation, Tax, Trade and investment

The East Africa Community is so far the largest economic block, with 7 members states with a vast territory straddling from the Indian ocean coast to the Atlantic Coast, with a...

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Financing of the Green Economy and prospects for Africa-Can Green Banks offer a viable alternative?

May 29, 2023

CSO, Diplomacy, Economic Analysis, Extractive Governance, Natural Resource, Policy, Regional Cooperation, Tax, Trade and investment

Achieving Green Economies and a just energy transition for Africa cannot be achieved without financing. It is said there is sufficient liquidity and capital to finance climate...

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AfCFTA: Dissecting the world’s largest Free Trade Area: Challenges and Opportunities for East Africa. Is AfCFTA a window of opportunity or a fallacy?

April 21, 2023

Diplomacy, Economic, Economic Analysis, Policy, Regional Cooperation, Tax, Trade and investment

The AfCFTA entered into force on May 30, 2019. Despite the speed at which this new Africa continental trading block is unloading, there is very limited knowledge amongst ordinary...

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End to false promises: Why COP27 must be a true African COP

November 7, 2022

Citizen, CSO, Diplomacy, Extractive Governance, Governance, Natural Resource

Climate Change and Energy Transition negotiations should be about people. A just transition cannot be achieved if the majority already affected by climate change and are...

Uganda-Tanzania East Africa Oil Pipeline: signed deal yes, but hurdles lie ahead.

April 23, 2021

Diplomacy, Economic, Economic Analysis, Extractive Governance, Governance, Natural Resource, Policy, Regional Cooperation, Tax, Trade and investment

The East African Oil Pipeline project received significant boots in April 2021 with Uganda with a series of key oil infrastructure related agreements signed between the government...

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Tanzania political transition: new era, new opportunity

March 23, 2021

Citizen, Corruption, Diplomacy, Economic Analysis, Extractive Governance, Governance, Natural Resource, Policy, Tax

In March, East Africa was gripped with shock upon the sudden death of Tanzania’s President John Pombe Magufuli. Over the past five years, President Magufuli towered like a...

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How Tanzania’s government can promote Domestic Direct Investment (DDI)

January 23, 2020

Diplomacy, Economic Analysis, Regional Cooperation

Domestic Direct Investment (DDI) can be generically defined as the total movement of capital and assets from within the Country. Domestic direct investment can in simple parlance...

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