Make it Happen: How Green Banks acceleration can light up rural hamlets in Uganda.
March 21, 2023
Natural Resource, Trade and investment
For this action, I propose following actions. First, the Commissioner of renewable energy to review existing policy to provide for green bank financing mec...
Read More 0 likesEnd 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...
Read More 1 likeThe Future is Green: How Can Tanzania Harness its Renewable Energy-Opportunities and Gaps
October 28, 2022
Economic, Economic Analysis, Extractive Governance, Natural Resource, Uncategorized
With high winds potential that cover more than 10% of its land and solar energy levels ranging from 2800 to 3500 h of sunshine per year and a global horizo...
Read More 2 likesEnergy transition risks. Can Tanzania’s Gas and Coal remain stranded assets?
September 7, 2022
Economic Analysis, Extractive Governance, Natural Resource
Tanzania has vast deposits of natural gas and coal. The looming energy transition will potentially have significant economic impacts on fossil rich...
Read More 0 likesTanzania’s Transition Minerals potential opportunities, risks, and dilemma in context of Climate Change and Energy Transition
August 7, 2022
Extractive Governance, Natural Resource, Policy, Tax
While critical minerals offer potential opportunities, there are also latent risks for countries such as Tanzania. These risks range from policy ga...
Read More 0 likesTanzania proposes radical amendments to Mining and EITI Laws
August 11, 2021
Extractive Governance, Governance, Natural Resource
The government of Tanzania has proposed radical amendments to its current Mining and Extractive Transparency Initiative (EITI) laws, sending harrowing conc...
Read More 0 likesTanzania's removal of penalties on transfer pricing: What did government seek to achieve?
June 28, 2021
Economic, Economic Analysis, Extractive Governance, Governance, Natural Resource, Regional Cooperation, Tax, Trade and investment, Uncategorized
In this year’s (2021/22) budget speech Tanzania’s Minister for Finance, Mr Mwigulu Nchemba, made a surprising announcement that government would/had sc...
Read More 0 likesUganda signals new impetus to Mining with a bill in offing
May 23, 2021
Economic Analysis, Extractive Governance, Governance, Natural Resource, Regional Cooperation, Tax
The Uganda government has signaled a new impetus in the mining sector with multiple reforms and political weight over the next five years yielded to transf...
Read More 0 likesUganda-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 signe...
Read More 0 likesTanzania 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 Maguful...
Read More 0 likesWere 2020/21 National Budgets Ceremonial? A commentary of how this year’s budgets missed the Bigger Picture
June 15, 2020
Economic, Economic Analysis, Governance, Tax
National budgets are statements of how the government plans to raise and spend public money. They are based on fundamental economic parameters which inform...
Read More 0 likesNational Budgeting amidst COVID 19:Why 2020/21 National budgets should be revised and steps government could take
April 30, 2020
Economic, Economic Analysis, Extractive Governance, Governance, Tax
COVID 19 has been known for many reasons but for Tanzania and East African governments in general, the pandemic arrived at a very wrong time. Coming in the...
Read More 0 likes2020 General Elections: Key Electoral Reforms Tanzania must take
March 17, 2020
Governance
Tanzania has made progress on a number of democratic fronts compared to its peers in the region. However, when ranked on the common standards and guideline...
Read More 0 likesHow to curb transfer pricing , tax dodging and illicit financial flows in extractive sector
February 17, 2020
Corruption, Extractive Governance, Governance, Natural Resource, Tax
Tackling tax dodging and illicit capital flight in the extractive sector can be a challenge for tax officials and policymakers in new extractive resource...
Read More 0 likesHow 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...
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