In Musoma, youth say government loans are stolen, public meetings only happen during elections, and speaking out is met with fear and runarounds.
Once a hub of fish processing and textile manufacturing, Musoma now offers its youth only two viable career paths: driving motorcycle taxis or fishing in a depleted lake.
Young women in Musoma say they do all the work while men just play games – but the men insist the problem isn’t laziness, it’s a lack of jobs.
In Mahonda, North Unguja, extreme poverty drives hundreds of young people to abandon school each year to prioritise feeding their families.
Bila kuondokana na maamuzi ya mtu katika hatua ya muamala, mifumo ya kidijitali itaendelea kuwa kama nyongeza tu juu ya mfumo wa zamani wa fedha taslimu.
In Zanzibar, youth say a ruling party card matters more than qualifications for jobs, revealing political discrimination.
A proposed Youth Bank needs the right model, not just a sympathetic name, to genuinely benefit young Tanzanians.
Digital tools alone won’t stop revenue leakage—Tanzania must eliminate cash handling at the point of collection to fix the system.
The scheme aims to address systemic unemployment while correcting the failures of past financial initiatives.
Young people say more degrees haven’t brought wisdom—just lost discipline, broken trust, and a moral void where community once stood.