TAZAMA and Tanzania discuss expanding petroleum transport operations

Tuesday 10th November 2026

By inAfrika Newsroom

Tanzania’s Office of the Treasury Registrar and the Tanzania–Zambia Mafuta pipeline operator discussed expanding the company’s petroleum transport business in Tanzania at a meeting in Dar es Salaam on 9 November. The talks covered possible new sources of revenue and competition from other routes in the region.

Acting managing director Ian Mutale met Treasury Registrar Nehemiah Mchechu on an introductory visit, the Treasury Registrar’s office said. Tanzania holds one-third of TAZAMA through the office, and Zambia owns the rest.

Mutale pointed to Tanzania’s existing infrastructure and commercial relationships as a basis for expanding the business. He identified the Lobito Corridor as one of the emerging routes that could affect how petroleum products move in the region, Business Insider Tanzania reported.

The talks concerned the operator’s business strategy and how it uses its existing assets. Tanzania’s Treasury Registrar called for investment decisions to account for financial sustainability and returns to the two shareholders.

The pipeline links Dar es Salaam and Zambia. It is one of several routes through which the countries are seeking to improve cross-border trade. Officials from both countries recently agreed to address remaining trade barriers at Tunduma and Nakonde in a separate process.

The Treasury Registrar’s account gave no construction timetable, investment amount or approval for a specific expansion.

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