{"id":41910,"date":"2026-08-08T15:03:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T13:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=41910"},"modified":"2026-08-08T15:03:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T13:03:11","slug":"tanzania-eases-fx-rules-to-allow-all-foreigners-to-buy-government-debt","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/tanzania-eases-fx-rules-to-allow-all-foreigners-to-buy-government-debt\/","title":{"rendered":"Tanzania eases FX rules to allow all foreigners to buy government debt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tanzania has relaxed its foreign exchange (FX) rules to allow all overseas investors to buy \u200cgovernment-issued Treasury bills and bonds, the central bank said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The bank said in a statement that the move was aimed at deepening \u2060domestic financial markets and promoting Tanzania as an investment destination.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Previously, only residents of the East African Community, the Southern African Development Community and the Tanzanian diaspora could participate in the government securities market.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>President Samia Suluhu Hassan&#8217;s administration is \u200clooking \u2060for new revenue sources amid cuts in aid from international partners.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hassan won a disputed election last year, which opponents say \u2060she rigged and was marred by unrest over the exclusion of her main challengers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hassan, \u2060in office since 2021, has rejected criticism of her human rights record \u2060and defended the fairness of the election.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":41911,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[44],"class_list":["post-41910","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Tanzania has relaxed its foreign exchange rules","published_date":"2026-08-08 14:11:23","news_description":"Tanzania has relaxed its foreign exchange rules","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/41910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/41910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41912,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/41910\/revisions\/41912"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=41910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}