Mapping Tanzanian critical minerals upstream and midstream progress and investment opportunities
2025
Tanzania demonstrates strong potential to become a regional hub for strategic and critical minerals
It is the 5th largest producer of graphite, and benefiting from a strategic location as a key export gateway for neighbouring landlocked countries, however, the country faces challenges in stakeholder coordination, investment, and infrastructure. Limited exploration, weak financing mechanisms, and fragmented stakeholder engagement risk slowing progress. Without a focused, collaborative approach, opportunities to attract high-quality investment and support the pipeline of 25+ priority projects identified may be missed.
Targeted cooperation between government, private sector, and international partners will be essential to unlock value across the supply chains and strengthen Tanzania’s competitiveness in the global critical minerals markets.
Key Sector / Topic Highlights
Assessing marketing potential
7
High-potential critical minerals identified
Connecting projects and investors
40+
Potential investors in mining projects in Tanzania identified
Streamlining project support
14+
Countries engaged to support the CM value chain
Growth Gateway collaborated with the British High Commission in Tanzania to address these challenges by co-developing materials that highlight investment opportunities in the country’s critical minerals sector. These materials aimed to bring together high-potential projects and prospective investors, catalysing financing and momentum in the sector. In doing so, they supported the Government of Tanzania’s ambitions to accelerate geological surveying, prioritise local value addition, and unlock the sector’s full potential, delivering long-term benefits for the Tanzanian people.
Support Provided
Assessing Market Potential
Growth Gateway developed an outside-in view of Tanzania’s upstream and midstream critical minerals sector, assessing the market landscape, Tanzania’s opportunity potential, and conducting additional bespoke research to identify priority opportunities and their potential impact:
- 1 strategic and 6 critical minerals identified as priority opportunities in Tanzania. Strategic minerals support national interests, while critical minerals enable key technologies and resilient global supply chains
- £6.8 – 9.2Bn potential opportunity through upstream and midstream markets by 2040
- £12.8Bn per year potential GDP boost
- 304,000 potential jobs, including 60,000 for women
- 9 key players identified in Tanzania’s critical and strategic minerals sector
Connecting Projects and Investors
Built an investor pitch deck showcasing promising upstream and midstream minerals investment opportunities in Tanzania and supported planning of a London-based investor event:
- 40+ critical and strategic mineral projects mapped for investment
- 6 high-potential projects prioritized for investment
- 50+ key stakeholders engaged at a London-based investor event, including government officials, private sector investors and key Tanzanian project representatives
Streamlining Development Finance
Co-developed a roadmap for the Mineral Security Partnership in Tanzania across 14+ countries to enhance cooperation and support regulation, improve the enabling environment, and advance project financing to strengthen Tanzania’s critical mineral value chain, including:
- A 12-month roadmap co-developed with government representatives from 7 countries to activate the Mineral Security Partnership in Tanzania
- Guidance on best practices to collaboratively support in-country value addition, develop the enabling environment, facilitate regulatory discussions and boost project financing
Impact Achieved
£7 – 10Bn
Potential unlock identified for Tanzanian critical minerals sector
100+
Stakeholders identified to attend a Tanzania investor event in London
7
Countries engaged directly to improve ODA Financing in Tanzania
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