Kariakoo: Why Dar es Salaam’s oldest shopping centre still reigns supreme

Dar es Salaam. On any given day, Kariakoo is a controlled chaos. Crowded pavements overflow with shoppers, handcart pushers yell for space as they ferry bales of clothes and sacks of rice, and the constant honk of vehicles competes with traders calling out their wares.

The market stretches in every direction, a maze of wholesale shops, stalls, and warehouses that fuel the daily life of Tanzania’s commercial capital.