Josephine Christopher is a senior business journalist for The Citizen and Mwananchi newspapers
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Dar es Salaam. Moody’s Ratings has affirmed Tanzania’s long-term foreign- and local-currency issuer ratings at B1 with a stable outlook, signalling that the country’s fiscal metrics and growth trajectory remain intact despite political unrest surrounding the October 2025 elections.
The decision keeps Tanzania two notches below investment grade but averts a downgrade that investors had feared could follow last year’s instability.
