Wanted: Jobs for youth, lower healthcare and import costs
Although overall unemployment in Tanzania dropped from 11.7 percent in 2006 to nine percent in 2021, the youth bear a disproportionately larger burden. PHOTO | FILE
Josephine Christopher is a senior business journalist for The Citizen and Mwananchi newspapers
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Dar es Salaam. With the nation’s attention fixed on Finance Minister Dr Mwigulu Nchemba as he prepares to table the 2025/26 national budget in Parliament on Thursday, expectations are high that the government will unveil measures to stimulate job creation and address the spiralling cost of essential services.
At the heart of these expectations is Tanzania’s youthful population, which continues to grow at a rapid pace.
