Air Tanzania Funding Push: Tanzania has allocated TZS283.05bn (about $109m) to expand and upgrade Air Tanzania, including aircraft purchases, maintenance facilities and a planned Dar es Salaam passenger terminal—while the airline moves through restructuring to ease financial pressure. Clean Cooking Competition: LPG firms are fighting harder for households as Tanzania’s clean cooking drive lifts adoption above 20% (from 6% in 2024), with market share shifting fast among Oryx, Taifa Gas and Manjis Gas. Zanzibar Budget Pressure: Lawmakers are challenging Zanzibar’s Sh181.8bn 2026/27 agriculture plan as “theoretical,” warning it risks continued food imports unless tech-driven farming takes off. Health Pact Talks: Tanzania and the US have started talks in Geneva on a new health cooperation deal aimed at stronger health security, universal insurance and local medical production. Digital Finance Fraud: Mobile money agents report rising fraud losses, with scammers testing small transactions before escalating. Regional Energy Ambition: Uganda backs a proposed $17bn Dangote-led regional oil refinery to boost processing and jobs across East Africa. Sports & Business: CRDB shareholders want CEO Abdulmajid Nsekela to stay beyond his 10-year limit after strong profits and dividend growth. Security & Justice: A fraudster’s “wild goose chase” scheme to Tanzania involving a blind pensioner ends in sentencing and community payback.