Launched in 2013, the Enterprise Growth Market (EGM) serves a dual purpose. For the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange (DSE), it acts as a useful feeder to the main board. Companies that cannot meet the listing requirements for the primary market are able to take advantage of the more lenient terms of the EGM, from which they may graduate to the...
Decades of growth in trade and foreign investment have seen global economies become more interconnected than ever before. This trend has been reinforced by the steady liberalisation of international trade and investment, at the bilateral, plurilateral and multilateral levels. National economic specialisations, and regional economic and...
Long before the arrival of Europeans, the territory where Tanzania lies today was a thriving centre of trade with Arab and Eastern merchants. With the establishment of German East Africa in the 1880s, however, more Western influence started to penetrate the area.
The second-largest economy in the EAC, with an estimated population of 53m, Tanzania is one of the biggest consumer markets in the region. A stable democracy combined with extractive wealth, a favourable climate for agriculture, and natural assets such as Mount Kilimanjaro and the Serengeti National Park have helped it build a relatively high...
The merits of increased cooperation between members of the East African Securities Exchanges Association (EASEA) have long been a topic of discussion within the region’s investment community, with authorities from Tanzania, Rwanda, Kenya and Uganda regularly talking through long-term strategies to develop capacity in their respective markets....
Reputed for its stability in the region, Tanzania is also one of sub-Saharan Africa’s fastest-growing economies, boasting average GDP growth of around 7% per year since 2000. The country has historically been an attractive centre for trade due to its strategic location along the continent’s east coast. Until the arrival of European settlers in...
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