Samia: How Tanzania used IMF, AfDB loans to improve livelihoods
A screengrab of a video showing Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan speaking in Ghana on May 24, 2022 at the Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank. VIDEO | COURTESY STATE HOUSE
Tanzania’s economy shrunk from 6.8 percent growth to 4 percent after Covid-19, even though the country, unlike its neighbours, did not go on a lockdown and did not initially order compulsory mask wearing, nor tap into vaccines.