Josephine Christopher is a senior business journalist for The Citizen and Mwananchi newspapers
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Dar es Salaam. The stock of private sector credit in Tanzania rose to an estimated Sh43.42 trillion by the end of December 2025, accounting for more than 21 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP), marking a deeper phase of financial expansion, analysts say.
According to the Bank of Tanzania (BoT) monetary policy report released in January 2026, private sector credit had stood at 17.4 per cent of GDP a year earlier.
