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Zanzibar plans to link its Zan ID identity cards to land ownership records inside the LARIS digital land system, a move officials say will cut fraud and land disputes across Unguja and Pemba.
Tanzania recorded 1,133 land-related conflicts and 54 deaths between January and June 2026, with farmer-pastoralist clashes behind most of the violence, according to Tanzania Police Force statistics.
Tanzania's lands ministry has begun issuing land titles and residential licences electronically, with eight regions integrated as a pilot in the 2026/27 financial year.
Tanzania's roads agency is checking compensation records for property owners along Nelson Mandela Road in Dar es Salaam, with payments still to be scheduled as it prepares the fifth phase of the city's bus rapid transit corridor.
A new analysis by the Tanzania Investment and Consultant Group puts the daily cost of disorganised urban growth in Dar es Salaam at up to 8.5bn/-, and warns the bill could reach 12bn/- by 2030 if current patterns persist.
The deputy finance minister has endorsed a partnership between TCB Bank and developer Makazi Solution that will let Tanzanians acquire surveyed plots on credit instead of paying the full price upfront.
CRDB Bank has signed $111 million in financing agreements, including $36 million from Shelter Afrique Development Bank for housing and construction lending and $75 million from FMO for SMEs.
TAMISEMI minister Professor Riziki Shemdoe says a new market will be built in Dar es Salaam using 5 per cent of Ilala Municipal Council’s own-source revenue while a larger permanent market tied to the Msimbazi Valley redevelopment is completed.
Tanzania's urban population is projected to reach 59 percent by 2050, and in Dar es Salaam's Sinza ward only 16 of 40 planned open spaces remain unencroached, according to official planning documents.