Lawyers for Tanzania’s jailed opposition leader Tundu Lissu filed a complaint on Friday to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention in a bid to ramp up international pressure for his release. Lissu, chairman of Tanzania’s main opposition party and runner-up in the 2020 presidential election, was arrested lastContinue Reading
A revolution in vehicle fuel is gaining momentum in Tanzania, but a lack of filling stations means it is stuck in second gear. Like Nigeria and some other countries on the continent, Tanzania is beginning to embrace compressed natural gas (CNG) as an alternative to petrol and diesel. It isContinue Reading
Tanzania has scrapped all charges on card payments to encourage a shift towards digital transactions. The country’s central bank, the Bank of Tanzania (BOT) has issued a notice stating that payments made using debit, credit, or prepaid cards at point-of-sale machines will no longer attract charges. Merchants have also beenContinue Reading