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Tanzania builds national land database to centralise records and cut disputes

Tanzania is developing a National Land Data Infrastructure to centralise land records, with land boards and valuers directed to speed up the digitisation of their services.

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Young Africans sign Sh5.5bn deal for 12-storey commercial building in Kariakoo

Tanzanian football club Young Africans (Yanga) has signed a Sh5.5 billion contract with Chinese construction firm Group Six International to build a 12-storey commercial building in Dar es Salaam's Kariakoo business district.

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Zanzibar promises to return land or pay compensation in investor land-grab cases

Zanzibar's deputy minister for lands told the House of Representatives that land taken for investment without proper notice or compensation will be returned to owners where mistakes are verified, or fairly compensated where return is legally impossible.

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Tanzania's 14.3 million buildings expose the scale of its Vision 2050 housing challenge

The Tanzania Building Census 2022 counted 14,348,372 buildings, overwhelmingly low-rise, privately owned homes, highlighting the built-environment gap the country must close to reach its Vision 2050 goals.

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Tanzania courts international investors ahead of November real estate expo

Tanzania Real Estate Expo founder Murtaza Ebrahim has held talks with investors in Dubai to attract international capital to Tanzania's property market ahead of TAREX 2026 in Dar es Salaam.

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How a developer is building investor trust into a Zanzibar villa project

Christopher Nash's Liyongo development on Zanzibar's Kendwa coast uses individually titled 99-year leasehold ownership and central management to give investors security in an unfamiliar market.

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Tanzania to inaugurate $270m Mtumba Government City phase two in Dodoma

President Samia Suluhu Hassan will on September 8 inaugurate phase two of the Mtumba Government City in Dodoma, a Sh698 billion ($270 million) complex of 26 ministry buildings expected to house about 18,510 government employees.

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Dar es Salaam's Sinza property owners threaten court action over redevelopment plan

Property owners in Dar es Salaam's Sinza ward say they will file a court case challenging the draft 2026/2046 redevelopment plan, which they claim threatens their property rights.

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Tanzania clarifies land rent rules: six-month grace period before interest applies

Tanzania's Deputy Minister for Lands, Housing and Human Settlements Development has clarified that landowners get a six-month grace period to pay annual land rent before interest is charged, at 0.5 per cent per month.