Browsing: Debt in Tanzania

Debts are quite effective economic tools when used correctly. However, debts have been seen to hold people and nations accountable over time and space and sometimes push developing countries to the edge of economic crisis. 

In the case of Africa, debt has evolved to become a phenomenon that nations such as South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania and Zambia battle with every inch of their economic prowess. 

The African Report argued that the number of African countries at risk of debt distress has doubled since the COVID-19 pandemic, but only three of them have opted for debt restructuring.

• South Africa has been hit with most brutal power outages which hurt the economy significantly
• Recently, the finance ministry of South Africa stated that it will transfer state energy provide Eskom to government to empower the utility performance
• South Africa’s debts will peak at just over 71 per cent of gross domestic product this

The monthly economic review produced by the Tanzania central bank (BoT), depicted rather positive prospects of the economy, such as inflation, fuel prices and food stocks, despite the grim grip of the coronavirus (COVID-19), which hurt several sectors of the economy.

The report published on Tuesday, marking the financial year ending June 30, 2020, also displayed good performance of the exports, foreign exchange reserves and interest rates.

Revenue collection

Government budgetary operations took a slight hit, as the domestic revenue collection performed below the target due to the virus grip, standing at almost $559,000.

“However, the collection was higher than in the corresponding %54.4 million and an increase of $ 867.1 million from the end of the preceding month and the corresponding month of 2019, respectively. Much of the external debt stock was central government at 78.2 per cent” the monthly review noted.

Domestic financial markets

According to the central …