Analysis and reporting on business.
BusinessJapan and China did not grow by accident. Each changed specific banking rules who could lend, what credit replaced, and which institutions served the regions and the results showed up in bank counts, factory jobs and a rising share of the world economy. This final article sets those before-and-after facts beside Tanzania’s system and says what to copy.
October 4, 2026
BusinessTanzania has a profitable, well capitalized banking sector and still a thin network of institutions built to finance local productive investment. This second article in the series maps the barriers: high entry capital, a two bank dominance, government securities crowding, collateral rules, thin credit information, and a regulatory design that makes small regional banks hard to start and even harder to scale.
August 28, 2026
BusinessTanzania’s largest banks posted strong half-year profits in 2026. At the same time, a large share of their assets sits in government securities, while many entrepreneurs still struggle to get investment capital. This first part of a three-part series examines the structure of the current system and draws lessons from the banking models that helped build Germany’s hidden champions, America’s industrial rise, and Japan’s post-war miracle.
August 6, 2026
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