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UPDATE: Dodoma’s Msalato International Airport is rapidly becoming a reality.

The mega-project has successfully reached 84% completion for ground infrastructure (runways and security) and 70% for the main terminal buildings.

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Russia is now Tanzania's top scholarship partner.

In 2025, Russia offered 150 out of 260 total foreign scholarships awarded to Tanzanian students, more than any other country.

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Russia-Tanzania bilateral trade grew nearly 20% in 2025, surpassing USD 200 million. Both governments say the volume could feasibly double in the near term. The momentum is real.

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Over 5,000 Tanzanians have graduated from Soviet and Russian universities since the 1960s. Today, they serve as doctors, engineers, and leaders driving Tanzania's development forward.

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President Samia's June 2026 Russia visit is only the second by a Tanzanian Head of State since Mwalimu Nyerere's historic trip in October 1969. A 57-year gap now bridged by bold diplomacy.

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Tanzania and Russia established diplomatic relations on December 11, 1961, just two days after Tanzania's independence. Over 60 years of partnership and still growing stronger.

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Silver production in Tanzania jumped 4.3x in Q4 2025. Iron ore up 2.7x.

Phosphate up 2.5x. Gold dominates the headlines but a multi-mineral economy is quietly being built underneath.

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Tanzania's revenue collection reached 15.6% of GDP in 2024/25.

Fiscal deficit narrowed to 2.7%. The country is funding more of its own development agenda than at any point in recent history.

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Joint ventures at TIC jumped 62.5% in Q1 2025. Domestic projects rose 74%.

M&A deals hit $238.89 million in one quarter. The investment story in Tanzania is no longer just about FDI. It's local capital rising.

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Tanzania's terms of trade index reached 117.7 in Q4 2025. Export prices rose 3.6%.

Import prices fell 0.9%. The country is getting more for what it sells and paying less for what it buys.

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Transport and storage grew 6.8% in Q4 2025 in Tanzania, up from just 1.7% a year earlier.

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Tanzania's total exports of goods and services hit $18.6 billion in the year ending March 2026. Manufactured goods alone reached $1.8 billion, up 32%.

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Joint ventures between foreign and local investors at TIC jumped 62.5% in Q1 2025. From 24 to 39 in a single quarter.

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Zanzibar posted a current account surplus of $903.6 million in the year to March 2026.

Tourist arrivals hit 942,639. The island economy isn't a sideshow anymore. It's a powerhouse.

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321 domestically owned investment projects were registered at TIC in 2024. A 74% jump from the year before.

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The Tanzanian shilling appreciated 2.52% against the dollar in the year to March 2026.

In a continent where currencies mostly depreciate, that kind of move says something about fundamentals.

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Silver production in Tanzania jumped 4.3x in Q4 2025. Iron ore up 2.7x. Phosphate up 2.5x.

Gold gets the headlines but the country is quietly building a multi-mineral economy underneath.

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Tanzania has reached 10,758 out of 12,333 villages with water services, targeting the remaining 1,575 by 2030.

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Tanzania's water sector budget.

TZS 898B in 2025/26, with 83.3% already disbursed by April 2026.

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Tanzania produced 41,531 million cubic feet of natural gas in 2025/26 from Songo Songo and Mnazi Bay.

Domestic gas now powers electricity generation, factories, vehicles, and households.

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Tanzania's energy mix 2026.

Hydro 60.3%
Gas 28.4%
Biomass 3%
Solar 1.4%
Coal 1%.

When the rains are low, gas kicks in. When gas peaks, solar supplements. That is energy diversification.