Welcome to the Business Insight Tanzania Repository

The repository is designed to create online access to all information relating to economic growth and doing business in Tanzania. As the Bitz has the ambition to cover all economic sectors, for obvious reasons the building of this repository will always be work-in-progress. As so, we welcome you to join hands - your suggestions and comments will help us.

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A study on the informal sector with a view to formalisation 

This study by IMED examines the experiences and lessons from formalisation initiatives in four Sub-Saharan African countries. Drawing upon the three main theories that explain the existence of business informality, the ...
Author: Unknown author
Publishing Date: 2016-07
Publisher: The Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship Development (IMED)
Language: English
Document type: Research report

How Tanzania can steer clear of economic downside risks 

This newspaper article reports about Tanzania’s economy. According to reports, the economy is characterized by lower credit growth to the private sector, weak business environment and high levels of the non-performing loans ...
Author: Business Week Reporter
Publishing Date: 2017-11-09
Publisher: The Citizen
Language:
Document type: Newspaper article

Microfinance policy, Law is timely 

The newspaper article reports about microfinance policy in Tanzania. The government’s decision to launch the microfinance policy, 2017 has come at the right time. The policy, together with the planned microfinance law, ...
Author: The Citizen Editor
Publishing Date: 2017-11-01
Publisher: The Citizen
Language:
Document type: Newspaper article

TZ slips in ease of doing business 

The article reports about business environment in Tanzania. Tanzania has fallen further in the rankings of the Doing Business 2018 (DB2018) report. This has risen concerns over the efficacy and results of the ongoing ...
Author: Mbani, Mnaku
Publishing Date: 2017-11-03
Publisher: The Citizen
Language:
Document type: Newspaper article

500 youths gain from entrepreneurial and agricultural training 

N500 youths from across the country have benefited from agricultural entrepreneurship training provided to them by Sokoine University Graduate Entrepreneurs Cooperative (SUGECO) and the Rufiji Basin Development Authority ...
Author: Mbago, Getrude; Mbago, Getrude
Publishing Date: 2017-10-13
Publisher: Guardian
Language:
Document type: Newspaper article

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