Dar es Salaam. Tanzania’s Sh62.3 trillion national budget for the 2026/27 financial year is being seen by economists as the first major test of the country’s newly launched Development Vision 2050 (Dira 2050), with analysts saying its priorities largely align with the long-term ambition of transforming the economy into an industrialised, knowledge-based upper-middle-income nation.
The budget, the first to be prepared under Dira 2050, targets domestic revenue mobilisation, completion of major infrastructure projects, digital transformation, expansion of productive sectors and improvements in the business environment. It also projects economic growth of 6.3 percent, inflation of between three and five percent, and a budget deficit below three percent of GDP.
Research on Poverty Alleviation (REPOA) Executive Director Dr Donald Mmari said the budget reflects a clear shift towards structural transformation.
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