Dar es Salaam, 26 March 2026 — The African Trade & Investment Development Insurance (ATIDI) held its Board meeting in Tanzania, underscoring the country’s strategic importance to the organization and reaffirming its commitment to supporting trade and investment across Africa. Held at a time of growing investor interest in Tanzania, the meeting underscored ATIDI’s role in mobilising capital, mitigating risk and enabling bankable projects that drive sustainable economic growth.
On the margins of the meeting, ATIDI’s leadership engaged with government officials, financial institutions, development partners and private sector stakeholders to discuss opportunities to further strengthen Tanzania’s trade and investment climate and mobilise capital for transformational projects. This included a high-level stakeholder workshop, “Enhancing Tanzania’s Trade and Investment Landscape,” focused on advancing the country’s financial ecosystem.
Discussions highlighted the critical role of risk-mitigation solutions in unlocking private capital, improving project bankability and expanding access to competitively priced financing for strategic sectors that support the country’s economic growth and regional trade integration.
Tanzania holds a special place in ATIDI’s history as one of the organization’s founding member states when it was established in 2001 with support from the COMESA and World Bank. Today, ATIDI has grown into the continent’s largest provider of trade credit and investment insurance, supporting more than USD93 billion (TZS 241 trillion) in investments and cross-border trade across Africa cumulatively over the past 25 years.
As a specialist provider of risk-mitigation solutions, ATIDI works alongside governments, lenders and investors to reduce perceived risks, strengthen investor confidence and enable access to financing for projects that drive sustainable economic development. Since inception, ATIDI has issued more than 200 policies in Tanzania, supporting trade & investments valued at USD7.8 billion, with a gross exposure of nearly USD1.8 billion. The organisation supports investments across key sectors including infrastructure, energy, telecommunications and affordable housing.
Among its flagship engagements is support for the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR), a transformative project strengthening Tanzania’s position as a regional trade and logistics hub. The SGR cuts travel time between Dar es Salaam and Dodoma to less than four hours, reduces CO₂ emissions by about 80,000 tons annually, creates up to 600,000 jobs and connects the Dar es Salaam port to regional markets, strengthening trade and accelerating Tanzania’s path to middle-income status.
Through its partnerships with governments, lenders and investors, ATIDI continues to de-risk investments, strengthen investor confidence and catalyse capital flows into projects that are critical to Tanzania’s long-term development.
Quote from Hon. Ambassador Khamis Mussa Omar, Tanzania’s Minister of Finance
“Unlocking Tanzania’s full economic potential requires strong partnerships that can mobilise capital at scale. ATIDI is a key partner in this regard that helps to reduce risk, crowd in private investment and ensure that high-impact projects move from pipeline to implementation.”
Manuel Moses, Chief Executive Officer, ATIDI, said:
“The real constraint in Africa is not opportunity but risk. Without the right tools to manage it, capital cannot flow at scale. That is the gap that ATIDI aims to fill. As one of our founding member states, Tanzania has been central to our journey over the past 25 years and today it remains a strategic market for unlocking investment and trade across Africa. By reducing risk and strengthening investor confidence, we are helping mobilise capital into the infrastructure, energy and private sector projects that will drive Tanzania’s long-term economic growth and regional trade integration. When risk is properly managed, capital flows – and when capital flows, development accelerates.”
Tusekile Kibonde, Resident Underwriter based in Tanzania, ATIDI, said:
“ATIDI is a specialist provider of risk-mitigation solutions that help unlock investment and enable access to finance across Africa. By helping governments, lenders and investors rethink risk, we support bankable projects that deliver tangible economic impact and strengthen regional connectivity. In Tanzania, these partnerships are translating opportunity into sustainable growth.”
