{
  "id": 12808306,
  "title": "Tanzania Pitches Mines and Farms to Dutch Firms",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/tanzania-pitches-mines-and-farms-to-dutch-firms",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-08T00:21:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Rio Times",
    "slug": "the-rio-times",
    "url": "https://www.riotimesonline.com/tanzania-pitches-mines-farms-dutch-investors/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Tanzania’s Minister of State for Planning and Investment, Prof. Kitila Mkumbo, recently addressed a Tanzania–EU business roadshow in The Hague, inviting Dutch firms to invest in the country’s mining, agriculture, and logistics sectors. The pitch, which took place on October 7, 2026, highlighted key opportunities in minerals such as gold, graphite, nickel, copper, and rare earth elements, as well as agricultural sectors including horticulture, coffee, tea, cashew nuts, spices, livestock, fisheries, and grains. Mkumbo emphasized that Tanzania aims not only to export raw materials but also to process and manufacture them domestically. He stressed the importance of developing agriculture and logistics together, noting that the Port of Dar es Salaam handles about 95% of Tanzania’s international trade and serves neighboring landlocked countries. The roadshow, part of a three-show series across Europe, attracted around 90 businesses and is a precursor to the EU–Tanzania Investment and Business Forum 2026–2027, set to take place in Dar es Salaam early in 2027. The forum, organized by the European Commission, aims to identify 68 high-potential projects worth US$30.1 billion. While the roadshow is an invitation and not a definitive deal, it signals Tanzania’s openness to European investment in sectors of strategic interest to both parties.",
  "summary": "Tanzania’s planning minister asked Dutch investors in The Hague to back mining, agriculture and port logistics, from graphite to cashew nuts. The post Tanzania Pitches Mines and Farms to Dutch Firms appeared first on The Rio Times .",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}