How Tanzania has been sleepwalking into global irrelevance

There was a time when Tanzania stood tall in Africa. Under Nyerere, we were the continent’s moral compass—principled, pan-African, and respected. We didn’t have the deepest pockets, but our voice mattered. That era is gone.

In a recent piece I wrote about the UN shifting agencies to Nairobi, I argued it wasn’t just a coup for Kenya—but evidence of Tanzania’s eroded competitiveness.