USD / TZS 2,626Gold · $/oz $4,054BoT rate 6.25%Inflation 4.2% 3 Jul 2026 verified close
Tanzania Intelligence

The Brief

Vol. I · No. 185
Saturday, 4 July 2026
Verified closeDSE · BoT · frozen to the covered session3 Jul 2026 verified close

A daily reading of the forces shaping Tanzania’s economy, markets and statecraft — and the world that moves them. Information and education, never advice.

The Brief is written the morning after the market closes. This edition analyses Friday, 3 July 2026 — the most recent verified session. Its figures are frozen to that close; for today’s live moves see Markets.


DSE All-Share
4,116.73▲ 0.65%
DSEI · 3 Jul close · record
Tanzania Share Index
8,997.09
TSI · 3 Jul · domestic
USD / TZS
2,626
−6.1% YTD
Gold · $/oz
$4,054
2 Jul BoT ref · −14% Q2
BoT rate
6.25%
CBR · Q3 2026
91-day T-bill
3.35%
BoT WAR · latest auction
364-day T-bill
7.03%
BoT WAR · latest auction
Inflation
4.2%
May · range top
Today in 60 seconds
  1. DSE All-Share caps a record week at 4,116.73 with a third straight all-time high
  2. 364-day bill clears above 7% at auction No. 1202 as the front end keeps falling
  3. Samia courts vaccine investors as medicines self-sufficiency gets a recruitment drive
WatchJune CPI print & BoT Q3 MPC decision~8–15 Jul 2026
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Did the domestic-only and all-share indices tell the same story over the covered quarter?

The domestic market against the headline index

2026-04-02 = 100 · frozen at the 2026-07-03 covered session

+6.4%TSI · quarter+7.2%DSEI · quarter
Coverage 2026-04-02 → 2026-07-03 Vintage 2026-07-03 · final Revision current · v0
The domestic market against the headline index. Exact values underlying the chart.
DateIndexRebasedRaw level
2026-04-02Tanzania Share Index1008,455.82
2026-04-08Tanzania Share Index100.29138,480.45
2026-04-09Tanzania Share Index101.47458,580.5
2026-04-10Tanzania Share Index103.19188,725.71
2026-04-13Tanzania Share Index103.87438,783.42
2026-04-14Tanzania Share Index104.58558,843.56
2026-04-15Tanzania Share Index104.21378,812.12
2026-04-16Tanzania Share Index103.14878,722.07
2026-04-17Tanzania Share Index101.91848,618.04
2026-04-20Tanzania Share Index101.34578,569.61
2026-04-21Tanzania Share Index101.23568,560.3
2026-04-22Tanzania Share Index101.19678,557.01
2026-04-23Tanzania Share Index100.57258,504.23
2026-04-24Tanzania Share Index100.09858,464.15
2026-04-27Tanzania Share Index99.78428,437.57
2026-04-28Tanzania Share Index100.74288,518.63
2026-04-29Tanzania Share Index102.31248,651.35
2026-04-30Tanzania Share Index102.59458,675.21
2026-05-04Tanzania Share Index101.20788,557.95
2026-05-05Tanzania Share Index99.93548,450.36
2026-05-06Tanzania Share Index98.80088,354.42
2026-05-07Tanzania Share Index97.93798,281.45
2026-05-08Tanzania Share Index99.0198,372.87
2026-05-11Tanzania Share Index100.58238,505.06
2026-05-12Tanzania Share Index100.57178,504.16
2026-05-13Tanzania Share Index100.14048,467.69
2026-05-14Tanzania Share Index99.54558,417.39
2026-05-15Tanzania Share Index99.44638,409
2026-05-18Tanzania Share Index99.90658,447.91
2026-05-19Tanzania Share Index100.05298,460.29
2026-05-20Tanzania Share Index99.77488,436.78
2026-05-21Tanzania Share Index100.82448,525.53
2026-05-22Tanzania Share Index101.25828,562.21
2026-05-25Tanzania Share Index103.0168,710.85
2026-05-26Tanzania Share Index103.66038,765.33
2026-05-28Tanzania Share Index103.90098,785.67
2026-05-29Tanzania Share Index103.76868,774.49
2026-06-01Tanzania Share Index104.21738,812.43
2026-06-02Tanzania Share Index104.89638,869.84
2026-06-03Tanzania Share Index104.43788,831.07
2026-06-04Tanzania Share Index104.79448,861.23
2026-06-05Tanzania Share Index104.24248,814.55
2026-06-08Tanzania Share Index104.28198,817.89
2026-06-09Tanzania Share Index103.82078,778.89
2026-06-10Tanzania Share Index103.20358,726.7
2026-06-11Tanzania Share Index102.19358,641.3
2026-06-12Tanzania Share Index101.63568,594.12
2026-06-15Tanzania Share Index100.53868,501.36
2026-06-16Tanzania Share Index101.62838,593.51
2026-06-17Tanzania Share Index101.92588,618.66
2026-06-18Tanzania Share Index102.40278,658.99
2026-06-19Tanzania Share Index102.27898,648.52
2026-06-22Tanzania Share Index101.97848,623.11
2026-06-23Tanzania Share Index101.84848,612.12
2026-06-24Tanzania Share Index102.12788,635.74
2026-06-25Tanzania Share Index102.37178,656.37
2026-06-26Tanzania Share Index102.97558,707.42
2026-06-29Tanzania Share Index103.29428,734.37
2026-06-30Tanzania Share Index103.79958,777.1
2026-07-01Tanzania Share Index104.76358,858.61
2026-07-02Tanzania Share Index105.39458,911.97
2026-07-03Tanzania Share Index106.40128,997.09
2026-04-02DSE All Share1003,840.34
2026-04-08DSE All Share100.58483,862.8
2026-04-09DSE All Share101.64153,903.38
2026-04-10DSE All Share102.91253,952.19
2026-04-13DSE All Share103.63983,980.12
2026-04-14DSE All Share104.36634,008.02
2026-04-15DSE All Share104.12233,998.65
2026-04-16DSE All Share103.03253,956.8
2026-04-17DSE All Share101.99623,917
2026-04-20DSE All Share101.41243,894.58
2026-04-21DSE All Share101.16113,884.93
2026-04-22DSE All Share101.21943,887.17
2026-04-23DSE All Share100.58383,862.76
2026-04-24DSE All Share100.52393,860.46
2026-04-27DSE All Share100.27633,850.95
2026-04-28DSE All Share101.00623,878.98
2026-04-29DSE All Share101.94883,915.18
2026-04-30DSE All Share102.05533,919.27
2026-05-04DSE All Share100.9153,875.48
2026-05-05DSE All Share99.90633,836.74
2026-05-06DSE All Share99.05453,804.03
2026-05-07DSE All Share98.44883,780.77
2026-05-08DSE All Share99.31833,814.16
2026-05-11DSE All Share100.41093,856.12
2026-05-12DSE All Share100.67553,866.28
2026-05-13DSE All Share100.07453,843.2
2026-05-14DSE All Share99.76153,831.18
2026-05-15DSE All Share99.69643,828.68
2026-05-18DSE All Share100.03573,841.71
2026-05-19DSE All Share100.13623,845.57
2026-05-20DSE All Share99.73623,830.21
2026-05-21DSE All Share100.50883,859.88
2026-05-22DSE All Share100.90383,875.05
2026-05-25DSE All Share102.11213,921.45
2026-05-26DSE All Share102.57743,939.32
2026-05-28DSE All Share102.51383,936.88
2026-05-29DSE All Share102.47743,935.48
2026-06-01DSE All Share102.80863,948.2
2026-06-02DSE All Share103.12923,960.51
2026-06-03DSE All Share102.93333,952.99
2026-06-04DSE All Share103.17783,962.38
2026-06-05DSE All Share102.44093,934.08
2026-06-08DSE All Share102.64253,941.82
2026-06-09DSE All Share102.48263,935.68
2026-06-10DSE All Share102.2673,927.4
2026-06-11DSE All Share101.46733,896.69
2026-06-12DSE All Share101.24213,888.04
2026-06-15DSE All Share100.553,861.46
2026-06-16DSE All Share101.48683,897.44
2026-06-17DSE All Share101.87463,912.33
2026-06-18DSE All Share102.85863,950.12
2026-06-19DSE All Share102.60783,940.49
2026-06-22DSE All Share101.91363,913.83
2026-06-23DSE All Share101.99313,916.88
2026-06-24DSE All Share102.37613,931.59
2026-06-25DSE All Share103.61693,979.24
2026-06-26DSE All Share104.81134,025.11
2026-06-29DSE All Share105.20014,040.04
2026-06-30DSE All Share105.42824,048.8
2026-07-01DSE All Share105.64744,057.22
2026-07-02DSE All Share106.50394,090.11
2026-07-03DSE All Share107.1974,116.73

Read: The rebased paths show the part of the domestic move that the broader headline index does—and does not—capture.

Index scope differs. Neither line is the return of every constituent or of a reader’s portfolio.

Capital Markets

DSE All-Share caps a record week at 4,116.73 with a third straight all-time high

Signal

The verified DSE All-Share closed 3 Jul at a record 4,116.73, +0.65%; the Tanzania Share Index rose 0.96% to 8,997.09.

Why it matters

A third consecutive record close caps the fiscal-year opening week, with the domestic index outpacing the broad board as breadth widens beyond banks.

What to watch

Whether week-27 turnover sustains the surge and the domestic-led breadth carries into the new week.

Source: DSE · Edition 4 Jul 2026
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Rates

364-day bill clears above 7% at auction No. 1202 as the front end keeps falling

Signal

Auction No. 1202 (2 Jul) cleared the 91-day at 3.4549%, down from 3.5569%, and the 364-day at 7.1175%, +20bp on the prior auction.

Why it matters

A one-year yield above 7% while the front end falls says the curve is pricing more long-end supply as the borrowing programme opens — durable steepening.

What to watch

Auction No. 1203 (~mid-Jul): whether the 364-day WAR holds above 7% as budget spending steps up.

Source: Bank of Tanzania · Edition 4 Jul 2026 · Data verified · interpretation: Medium confidence
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Policy

Samia courts vaccine investors as medicines self-sufficiency gets a recruitment drive

Signal

President Samia courted vaccine investors, putting an industrial-policy recruitment drive behind 60% medicines self-sufficiency by 2030.

Why it matters

Pharma and medical supplies is the first named Vision-era vertical with dated deliverables — a template for how the USD 1tn ambition becomes projects.

What to watch

Financeable project pipelines and named investors in the pharma vertical ahead of the 17 Jul Vision 2050 launch.

Source: Open-source reporting · Edition 4 Jul 2026 · Data open-source · interpretation: Medium confidence
Capital Markets

Zanzibar passes a TZS 8.52tn budget targeting 7.5% growth — and its own stock exchange

Signal

Zanzibar's TZS 8.52tn budget targets 7.5% growth and commits to establishing the isles' own stock exchange.

Why it matters

A second listing venue inside the Union would be the biggest capital-markets structural change since DSE demutualisation — early-stage but material.

What to watch

Enabling legislation and a timetable for the Zanzibar exchange, and how new listings would interact with the DSE.

Source: Open-source reporting · Edition 4 Jul 2026 · Data open-source · interpretation: Medium confidence
Macro

AfDB pencils in 5.4% growth for 2026 against the government's 6.3% target

Signal

The AfDB's African Economic Outlook 2026 projects Tanzania growth of 5.4% for 2026 versus the government's 6.3% target — a ~0.9pt gap.

Why it matters

The gap is the credibility variable for FYDP IV: revenue, borrowing and project cadence are all budgeted off the higher number.

What to watch

Q1/Q2 GDP outturns and whether early budget-execution data track the 6.3% plan or the 5.4% projection.

Source: Open-source reporting · Edition 4 Jul 2026 · Data open-source · interpretation: Medium confidence
The Ghost

The model book

The Ghost's hypothetical TZS 500m book is +2.80% since inception, with NMB Bank its largest equity position.

Ghost relevance: how today’s rates, FX, gold and inflation read against a hypothetical model-book — educational, not advice.

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Week ahead — what to watch
WhenEventWhy it matters
~8–15 Jul 2026June CPI print & BoT Q3 MPC decision
~mid-Jul 2026BoT T-bill auction No. 1203
17 Jul 2026Vision 2050 formal launch, Dodoma
Jun–Jul 2026~USD 42bn LNG host-government agreement
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Archive — past editions32
The rise broadens into industrials and services — but CRDB carries more than half the moneyFriday, 24 July 2026The give-back reverses on the heaviest tape in weeks — but three-quarters of it is one Breweries blockThursday, 23 July 2026A second thin give-back leaves the tape 25 points off the high — while the exchange's half-year numbers tell the opposite storyWednesday, 22 July 2026A thin Monday pause nine points under the record, as the rail story hardens from headlines into contractsTuesday, 21 July 2026Monday reopens off Friday's record-adjacent close, into a week with nothing dated on the calendarMonday, 20 July 2026A week with nothing dated on the market calendar — so the question turns to breadth, not dataSunday, 19 July 2026The DSE claws back its early-July dip — up 0.72% on three straight gains, back within a whisker of its recordSaturday, 18 July 2026CRDB supplies 93% of a TZS 55.20bn board while breadth turns negativeFriday, 17 July 2026The crossing did not repeat — turnover falls 28x to TZS 2.71bn and the All-Share gains for the first time in seven sessionsThursday, 16 July 2026CRDB alone was 97% of Tuesday's board — TZS 73.4bn on 27.2m shares as the All-Share eased a sixth sessionWednesday, 15 July 2026Inflation eases to 4.0% in June — the first read after the fuel-subsidy exit and the 50bp hike passes the band testTuesday, 14 July 2026The DSE reopens at 4,082.43 with four declines behind it and the week's two dated events aheadMonday, 13 July 2026Two dated events, one question: what the hurdle rate is, and who pays for the ambitionSunday, 12 July 2026Four sessions, four declines: the DSE gives back a little of its record, and one CRDB crossing carries the tapeSaturday, 11 July 2026The DSE eases in its first full session back as a mild foreign net-selling tilt meets thin breadthFriday, 10 July 2026Saba Saba reframed as a managed trade showcase as the runway to the 17 July Vision 2050 launch clearsThursday, 9 July 2026Saba Saba passes as a shutdown, not a clash: Kariakoo deserted under heavy security as the market reopensWednesday, 8 July 2026Saba Saba day: DSE closed and security deployed across Dar, with a quiet commemoration the base caseTuesday, 7 July 2026Saba Saba eve: rally ban enforced with deployments across Dar as the TPDF warns off protest callsMonday, 6 July 2026Bank of Tanzania lifts the policy rate to 6.25%, the first tightening of the cycleSunday, 5 July 2026DSE All-Share extends the record run to 4,090.11 as banks carry the fiscal-year openFriday, 3 July 2026DSE All-Share opens the fiscal year at a record 4,057.22 as domestic counters leadThursday, 2 July 2026Tanzania's record budget and Vision 2050 take legal effect as the execution clock startsWednesday, 1 July 2026Tanzania's record budget and DIRA 2050 take legal effect tomorrow as the fiscal year turnsTuesday, 30 June 2026DIRA 2050's implementation instruments launch today as Tanzania's new fiscal year opensMonday, 29 June 2026Tanzania opens its new fiscal year: DIRA 2050 instruments launch Monday, DSE reopens above 4,000Sunday, 28 June 2026DSE All-Share jumps 2.38% to 4,025 as cross-listed banks outpace the domestic tapeFriday, 26 June 2026Tanzania enters 2026/27 with a record budget and a 25-year horizonThursday, 25 June 2026Vision 2050 launch nears as DIRA planning instruments reach parliamentWednesday, 24 June 2026DIRA 2050 launches 1 July with a $47bn strategic-project spineTuesday, 23 June 2026TZS 62.33tn FY2026/27 budget takes effect 1 JulyMonday, 22 June 2026Samia to launch Vision (Dira) 2050 instruments on 29 JuneSunday, 21 June 2026