Mozambique and Tanzania have tightened their regulatory alliance over the hydrocarbon-rich Rovuma Basin, signing a key bilateral pact to harmonize oversight and audit capabilities across one of Southern Africa’s most critical frontier natural gas plays. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), signed in Maputo by Mozambique’s National Petroleum Institute (INP) and …
Read More »Nyanzaga’s Pre-Production Payout with 3,600 Jobs and Counting
Perseus Mining’s Nyanzaga Gold Project hasn’t produced a single ounce of commercial gold yet but it has already injected 457.7bn/- into Tanzania’s economy, a pre-production dividend that underscores how much value a modern mining project can generate before the pour even starts. The Sengerema-based project in Mwanza Region, operated by …
Read More »Lake Victoria Gold Advances Tanzanian Project With Local EPCM Structure
Lake Victoria Gold Ltd. formalized the appointment of a local engineering firm to lead development at its Imwelo gold project in northwestern Tanzania, satisfying strict domestic regulatory mandates while moving closer to construction. The Vancouver-based miner, through its wholly owned subsidiary Tembo Gold (T) Limited, received approval from the Tanzania …
Read More »EACOP, TotalEnergies host energy sector youth
East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) and TotalEnergies recently hosted the 4th Students’ Conference on Youth in the Energy Sector. The fourth edition of the Conference was held in Arusha, bringing together over 200 students, industry leaders, and key stakeholders under the theme: ‘From Resource to Prosperity: How Tanzania Turns Energy …
Read More »Tanzania Seals 16% Stake in Walkabout’s Lindi Jumbo Graphite Mine
Tanzania formalised its mandated 16% free-carried equity stake in the flagship Lindi Jumbo graphite project, securing a direct share in a high-grade asset central to East Africa’s ambitions to become a vital hub for green transition metals. The agreement, signed May 28 by Minerals Minister Anthony Mavunde, establishes a new …
Read More »AfDB launch tracker to monitor Africa’s electricity access drive
The African Development Bank Group launched a Mission 300 Progress Tracker, at the African Development Bank Group’s 2026 Annual Meetings in Brazzaville, Congo. According to the financial institution, the public digital platform provides real-time data on electricity access across Africa, it offers project-level visibility into Mission 300 supported operations, enabling …
Read More »Africa’s Diamond Producers Are Drawing a Line on Natural Stones
Ministers from Africa’s diamond-producing nations gathered in Freetown, Sierra Leone on 20 May 2026 for a meeting shaped by shared anxiety and shared resolve. The rise of laboratory-grown diamonds, chemically identical to mined stones but manufactured in industrial facilities is creating market confusion that threatens the livelihoods of millions of …
Read More »Tanzanian Mining Trainers Undergoing Specialised Training in Finland
Twenty-five instructors from Tanzania’s Vocational Education and Training Authority are currently participating in specialised training focused on mining and mineral value chains at REDU Edu College in Rovaniemi, Finland. This training is part of a European Union-funded programme aimed at developing the technical training capacity that Tanzania requires as its …
Read More »Tanzania Launches National Audit to Reclaim Small-Scale Mining
Tanzania has intensified its campaign to protect its domestic extractives sector from external exploitation by launching a comprehensive nationwide audit of all active technical support agreements in the small-scale mining industry. Announcing the decisive enforcement drive, Minister of Minerals Anthony Mavunde ordered the immediate suspension of all mining operations along …
Read More »Tanzania’s Mining Boom Is Real but Who Is Actually Benefiting?
The mining sector in Tanzania has long carried the weight of promise, a sector rich in gold, gemstones, and strategic minerals and richer still in the rhetoric of broad-based economic transformation. From policy documents to political speeches, natural wealth must translate into national prosperity. Yet the Performance Audit Report by …
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