Tanzania ended 2025 with robust investment, securing nearly $11 billion in capital inflows, marking the highest level since the establishment of the investment registration framework in 1996, a senior official said on Thursday.
Kitila Mkumbo, minister of state in the President’s Office for Planning and Investment, released the figures while presenting the ministry’s budget estimates for the 2026/2027 financial year to parliament in the capital, Dodoma.
Mkumbo said over 900 projects became operational and the robust performance reflects growing investor confidence and sustained government reforms aimed at improving the business environment.
He noted that investment registrations facilitated by the Tanzania Investment and Special Economic Zones Authority have risen sharply over the past five years, surging by 257.4 percent.
In addition, the government has started compiling data on outward investments by Tanzanian firms operating abroad, said Mkumbo, adding that preliminary figures indicate that more than 3.1 billion dollars have been invested in foreign markets across Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.
The government will continue to improve investment systems to ensure Tanzania remains an attractive destination for foreign capital while enabling domestic firms to expand regionally and globally, the minister said.
Looking ahead to 2026, the government is targeting 15 billion dollars in foreign direct investment as it pursues its goal of 6 percent economic growth.
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