Dodoma. Tanzanians living abroad sent home over Sh2.1 trillion in remittances during the first half of the current financial year 2024, highlighting their growing contribution to the national economy, the government revealed on Wednesday.
Presenting the 2025/26 budget estimates for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation, Minister Mahmoud Thabit Kombo said Bank of Tanzania (BoT) statistics show that from July to December 2024 alone, remittances reached Sh2.12 trillion, up from Sh2.05 trillion during the same period in 2023.
