Overview
- The 5th Joint Trade Committee held April 29–30 in Dar es Salaam was co-chaired by India’s Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal and Tanzania’s Permanent Secretary Samwel William Shelukindo, with a CII-led business delegation joining a Joint Business Meet.
- The Commerce Ministry said bilateral trade rose to $9.02 billion in 2025–26 from $8.64 billion the year before.
- Officials agreed to pursue local-currency settlement, long-term business visas for Indian businesspeople, and tighter coordination among drug regulators.
- The talks advanced cooperation on digital public infrastructure such as India Stack, real-time payments and DigiLocker, and spotlighted education and skills through the IIT Madras Zanzibar campus.
- India highlighted over $1.1 billion in Lines of Credit for Tanzanian water projects now under way, which are expected to reach more than 6 million people across 24 towns.