Good morning! The Chanzo is here with a rundown of major news stories reported in Tanzania on May 14, 2025.
President Stubb, President Samia Discuss the ‘New Global Order’
The President of Finland, Alexander Stubb, arrived in Dar es Salaam on May 14, 2025, for a three-day state visit. In a joint press conference, President Samia Suluhu Hassan noted that the two leaders had held discussions covering a wide range of topics, including mining, trade, tourism, education, and both regional and global issues. She also highlighted Tanzania’s proposal to establish a platform of cooperation between the two countries’ parliaments.
President Stubb, who is accompanied by a delegation of 10 businesspeople, also briefed the press on key areas of discussion, including climate change, gender equality, and shifts in the global order. The shift in global order has remained one of President Stubb’s main agendas in both Kenya and Tanzania, highlighting the concern and effort to reach out to African leaders in building a common position in response to shifting global dynamics.
“Looking at this shift for the better part of five to ten years, the question is, will it tilt towards a multipolar transaction world, which we’re seeing right now, or more towards a multilateral world of cooperation? And I think countries like Tanzania have such a big say in this,” Stubb said during a joint press conference with President Samia. Read the full article here.
Tembo Nickel Schedules Commencement of Kabanga Nickel Mining Operations for October 2025
Tembo Nickel Corporation Chief Executive Officer, Chris Showalter, has announced that the groundbreaking ceremony for the Kabanga Nickel project is scheduled for October 2025. He shared the update with Tanzania’s Minister of Minerals, Anthony Mavunde.
“Tembo Nickel Company confirms the development of the Kabanga Nickel project, with plans to commence and officially launch construction (groundbreaking ceremony) by October 2025,” Showalter said, according to a statement from the Ministry.
He added, “Alongside the construction of the mine, the company also reaffirms its plan to build a processing and refining plant for nickel, ensuring that value is added to the minerals within the country.”
The Kabanga Nickel project is considered the world’s largest and highest-grade nickel sulfide deposit. It is estimated to contain approximately 44 million tons of ore, with an average in-situ nickel grade of 2.61%, along with 0.35% copper and 0.19% cobalt.
Five Young Tanzanians Join Global Youth Learning Programme in Denmark
Five young Tanzanians are heading to Denmark to join a global youth learning programme aimed at strengthening their capacity to influence sustainable development in their communities and beyond, a statement released Wednesday by the European Union Delegation to Tanzania said.
The group—comprising Hellen Sisya, Erick Mallya, Thabit Ntiyorosa, and Genila Hiel, members of the European Union Youth Sounding Board in Tanzania, along with Johnson Thomson Daniel, founder of MedPack—was hosted on Wednesday by Ambassador Jesper Kammersgaard at the Embassy of Denmark in Dar es Salaam for a briefing ahead of their trip.
The youth will travel to Copenhagen on May 31, 2024, to participate in the Danida Fellowship Centre Learning Programme titled Empowering Youth to Influence SDG Implementation, running from June 2 to 20, 2025. Read the full article here.
“This Was Not Ujamaa”: A Tribute to Cleopa David Msuya
About two years ago, the former Vice President and Prime Minister of Tanzania, Cleopa David Msuya, accepted my request for an interview, and invited me to his home in Dar es Salaam for a conversation. I had requested to interview him for my PhD thesis, and his acceptance came as a surprise because of how hard I had tried but failed to secure an interview with another former Prime Minister. All I had to do was email my questions to his assistants, and wait for him to return from a trip to his rural home in Kilimanjaro. He had, apparently, set up a system that was clear, predictable, and functional, even in retirement.
I found the late – he passed away on May 7, 2025 – Prime Minister Msuya’s memory sharp and arguments pointed, even at 92. My first question to him centred on the link between failures in the implementation of Ujamaa and Self-Reliance policy and the economic crisis that came to beset Tanzania in the 1970s. In his response, he sought to justify the policy, but also accepted gross failures in its implementation. He told me, “Western powers could push us around because of their industrial economies. We were producing what we did not consume, and consuming what we did not produce. Our intention was to change this situation.” Read the full article here.
TIRA and the Decline of Insurance Integrity in Tanzania: Political Capture or Legal Negligence?
In a functioning economy, the insurance sector is a cornerstone of security, stability, and resilience. It enables individuals, businesses, and public institutions to manage risk and safeguard against financial shocks.
It is a system that must operate on trust, professionalism, and a well-enforced legal framework. Unfortunately, in Tanzania today, the insurance sector is under siege—from politics, opportunism, and regulatory complacency.
The Tanzania Insurance Regulatory Authority (TIRA), entrusted with protecting the integrity of this sector, now finds itself at the heart of a quiet crisis—one that is eroding public trust, distorting markets, and undermining legal norms.
Every stakeholder in the industry can feel it: the system has been hijacked. We are witnessing an alarming infiltration of the insurance business by institutions and individuals who neither understand nor respect the laws governing the sector. Read the full article here.
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