Investment Policy Measures

12 results
United Republic of Tanzania

United Republic of Tanzania

09 Feb 2024

Amends Investment Regulations 2023

On 9 February 2024, the Tanzania Investment (Amendment) Regulations, 2024, introduced changes to the Tanzania Investment Regulations, 2023. Key changes include: The Chairmanship of the Technical Committee tasked with ensuring the [...]

United Republic of Tanzania

United Republic of Tanzania

16 Oct 2023

Issues new regulations on foreign exchange offices

On 6 October 2023, the Bank of Tanzania (BoT) issued new Foreign Exchange (Bureau de Change) Regulations (Government Notice No. 730 of 2023), which revoke the Foreign Exchange (Bureau de Change) Regulations, 2019. The new Regulations [...]

United Republic of Tanzania

United Republic of Tanzania

05 Jul 2023

Removes restrictions on tax incentives for PPPs

On 5 July 2023, the President of the United Republic of Tanzania approved the Public Private Partnership (Amendment) Act, 2023 (Act No. 4 of 2023). This amendment marks the removal of a previous restriction concerning the eligibility [...]

United Republic of Tanzania

United Republic of Tanzania

22 Dec 2022

Implements new Investment Act - reduces incentives for investment (2/2)

On 2 December 2022, the Parliament of Tanzania passed the new Tanzania Investment Act, 2022 in Kiswahili. The new Act contains additional requirements for investors under the Strategic or Major investment category to qualify for incentives: [...]

United Republic of Tanzania

United Republic of Tanzania

22 Dec 2022

Implements new Investment Act - including new facilitation measures (1/2)

On December 2, 2022, the Parliament of Tanzania passed the new Tanzania Investment Act, 2022 in Kiswahili. This Act includes several changes from the repealed law. These include: - reducing the minimum investment capital for locally [...]

United Republic of Tanzania

United Republic of Tanzania

15 Jun 2022

Offers new incentives for strategic investments and mining

On 15 June 2022, the Tanzanian Parliament passed the Finance Bill, 2022. Key changes include the following: • The Minister for Finance can exempt from tax, income accruing from special strategic investments that are approved by [...]

United Republic of Tanzania

United Republic of Tanzania

08 Feb 2019

Amendments to the Mining Local Content Regulations

The Mining (Local Content) Regulations, which were passed on 8 February 2019, amend the existing rules in the following ways, among others: • While the "old" Local Content Regulations required an indigenous Tanzanian company to have [...]

United Republic of Tanzania

United Republic of Tanzania

01 Feb 2018

Business Registration and Licensing Agency sets up new online platform

The Business Registration and Licensing Agency set up an Online Registration System in February 2018. The new online platform simplifies investment registration processes in Tanzania by significantly reducing the time and costs associated [...]

United Republic of Tanzania

United Republic of Tanzania

10 Jan 2018

Adoption of Mining Regulations on Local Content, 2018

Tanzania adopted Mining Regulations on Local Content (2018). The Regulations require an 'indigenous Tanzanian company' to hold an equity participation of at least 20 per cent in a mandatory joint venture arrangement for supply of goods [...]

United Republic of Tanzania

United Republic of Tanzania

05 Jul 2017

Adoption of mining laws

On 5 July 2017, the President of the United Republic of Tanzania has signed a number of bills into laws, including the Natural Wealth and Resources (Permanent Sovereignty) Act 2017, and the Natural Wealth and Resources Contracts (Review [...]

United Republic of Tanzania

United Republic of Tanzania

22 Jun 2017

Foreign investors allowed to participate in telecoms initial public offerings

On 22 June 2017, the National Assembly passed the Finance Act 2017, which makes amendments, among others, to the Electronic and Postal Communications Act 2010. The new law allows foreign investors to acquire shares in the 25 per cent [...]

United Republic of Tanzania

United Republic of Tanzania

19 Apr 2014

Tanzinia removed foreign ownership restrictions in the stock market

On 19 September 2014, the government announced "The Capital Markets and Securities (Foreign Investors Amendments) Regulations 2014". These Regulations allow unrestricted foreign participation in capital markets by repelling the Capital [...]

Number of policy measures per economy (since 01 Jan 2010) 1 93