Verified closeDSE · BoT · frozen to the covered session7 Aug 2026 verified close
A daily reading of Tanzania’s markets, capital and policy, with regional and global forces when they materially change the read. Information and education, never advice.
Weekly overview; the week in review, frozen at Saturday’s publication and covering the 7 Aug 2026 verified close (the week’s last verified session). Its figures are frozen to that close; for today’s live moves see Markets.
Weekly market scoreboard
2026-08-07 close · change ON THE WEEK · DSE · BoT · NBS
DSE All-Share
4,183.38
▼ -0.17%
DSEI · 7 Aug close · latest verified
Tanzania Share Index
9,169.71
▼ -0.49%
TSI · 7 Aug close · domestic board
USD / TZS
2,644.79
▼ -0.19%
BoT mean · hard-currency lens
BoT rate
6.25%
policy
CBR · policy anchor
91-day T-bill
3.44%
▼ -10bp
BoT WAR · vs prior auction
364-day T-bill
6.74%
▼ -9bp
BoT WAR · vs prior auction
Inflation
4.0%
latest print
NBS · monthly
The read: the Friday close, with the move across the whole week beside it; not the one-session change the daily Brief shows. The implication: the index level alone never says whether the week was broad or carried by a couple of names; breadth and turnover do.
DSE weekly tape check
DSE · 5 verified sessions to 2026-08-07
Sessions
5
verified DSE closes
Weekly turnover
TZS 25.8bn
sum of the week's value traded
Breadth
0 up / 0 down
0 unchanged · counters that moved across the week
Best session
+0.15%
2026-08-05
Worst session
-0.27%
2026-08-06
Peak concentration
67%
NMB carried 2026-08-05
Concentration by session; the top name’s share of each session’s turnover
2026-08-03 · CRDB
50%
2026-08-04 · CRDB
42%
2026-08-05 · NMB
67%
2026-08-06 · CRDB
49%
2026-08-07 · NMB
46%
What the index hid: highly concentrated; the single heaviest name took 67% of one session’s turnover. A week can look active and still be carried by one counter. Each close, fully broken down; After the Bell →
The hurdle rate
Bank of Tanzania · WARs as at 2026-08-12
CBR · policy anchor
6.25%
91-day WAR · the front end
3.44%
182-day WAR
5.18%
364-day WAR · income anchor
6.74%
How to read this: short government paper is the opportunity cost of taking equity risk. Why it matters: the higher the front end sits, the more dividends, earnings growth and liquidity equities must deliver to clear it. Educational; not advice.
The transmission chain
How a weaker shilling reaches the shopping basket
The shilling
USD/TZS 2,645
▼ -0.19%
2026-08-17 · Bank of Tanzania
→
Fuel cap
Diesel TZS 3,978/l
▼ -4.88%
2026-08 · EWURA · monthly cap
→
Food
Maize TZS 77,750/t
flat
2026-07-31 · Wholesale · MIT
→
Cost of living
CPI 4.0%
latest print
BoT MER · June 2026 headline · NBS · monthly
How to read this: each link carries its own authority and its own lag; FX moves daily, fuel caps monthly, food weekly, CPI monthly. Why it matters: this is the chain that turns a currency move into a cost-of-living move. Descriptive, not predictive; the links are shown, not forecast.
KANZA CAPITAL PARTNERSThe Weekly Brief
The DSE week to 7 Aug
DSEI -0.17% · TSI -0.49% · USD/TZS -0.19% on the week
Read: Headline and domestic agreed, the shilling firmed.
Weekly moves computed from verified closes · 2026-08-07kanzacapitalpartners.com · education, not advice
The week card; built to be screenshotted and shared. Every figure is computed from the verified record.
The week in 90 seconds
The indices eased, two banks carried the money, and private credit accelerated
The domestic index lagged the All-Share while Commercial Services moved against the decline
TZS 25.77bn traded across five sessions; and NMB plus CRDB supplied 85.4%
WatchDSE breadth and turnover distributionweek of 10 Aug 2026
The domestic index lagged the All-Share while Commercial Services moved against the decline
Signal
4,183.38 fell 0.17% Friday-to-Friday and 9,169.71 0.49%; Industrial & Allied fell 1.96%, Banks 0.28%, while Commercial Services rose 1.86%.
Why it matters
The positive services move did not turn the broader week higher. The split kept sector composition, rather than one headline index, at the centre of the read.
What to watch
What carries forward: whether the next verified week brings DSEI and TSI back into the same direction through broader sector participation.
Source: DSE · Edition 8 Aug 2026 · Data verified · interpretation: Medium confidence
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Money traded
TZS 25.77bn traded across five sessions; and NMB plus CRDB supplied 85.4%
Signal
Verified session turnover was TZS 7.10bn Mon, 5.06bn Tue, 4.53bn Wed, 3.83bn Thu and 5.26bn Fri, summing to TZS 25.77bn.
Why it matters
NMB supplied TZS 11.34bn and CRDB TZS 10.68bn. Friday's TZS 5.26bn was one session inside the total, not a weekly aggregate by itself.
What to watch
What carries forward: whether ordinary value spreads beyond the two banks after their combined share stayed above 73% in every session.
Source: DSE · Edition 8 Aug 2026 · Data verified · interpretation: Medium confidence
Six of 19 comparable counters rose while the week's extremes stayed far apart
Signal
Friday-to-Friday, six comparable counters rose, nine fell and four were unchanged; MCB gained 51.61% while TCCL fell 14.52%.
Why it matters
The near-flat headline index compressed wide company dispersion. MCB and TOL led the gains; MBP and TCCL recorded the largest declines in the comparable set.
What to watch
What carries forward: whether the extreme counter moves persist with meaningful turnover or breadth gathers around the middle of the board.
Source: DSE · Edition 8 Aug 2026 · Data verified · interpretation: Medium confidence
Private-credit growth accelerated while headline and core inflation moved in opposite directions
Signal
BoT's July review put June private-credit growth at 28.1%, up from 23.2% in May; headline inflation eased to 4.0% while core rose to 3.7%.
Why it matters
Faster intermediation arrived without a headline-inflation break, but the core measure moved higher. The composition matters more than any one aggregate.
What to watch
What carries forward: whether the next official monthly review sustains the credit acceleration and clarifies its sector distribution.
Source: Bank of Tanzania · Edition 8 Aug 2026 · Data verified · interpretation: Medium confidence
Interbank pricing ended near policy while the latest short bill stayed far below it
Signal
BoT's latest seven-day IBCM rate was 6.21% on 5 August, four basis points below the 6.25% CBR; the latest 91-day bill remained 3.3472%.
Why it matters
Near-term interbank pricing converged on policy, while the 91-day bill remained about 290bp below it on a different date. No new bill result reset the curve this week.
What to watch
What carries forward: the next official interbank observation and Treasury-bill result, kept as separate dated tests.
Source: Bank of Tanzania · Edition 8 Aug 2026 · Data verified · interpretation: Medium confidence
The shilling ended modestly stronger across the week despite a small Friday reversal
Signal
BoT's USD/TZS mean fell 0.19% from 2,649.7472 on 31 July to 2,644.7918 on 7 August; Friday alone recorded a 0.03% rise.
Why it matters
The weekly direction marked modest shilling strengthening, while the last daily move went the other way. Neither interval implied a one-way currency break.
What to watch
What carries forward: whether the next official BoT sheets extend the Friday reversal or preserve the stronger Friday-to-Friday level.
Source: Bank of Tanzania · Edition 8 Aug 2026 · Data verified · interpretation: Medium confidence
The Ghost's hypothetical TZS 500m model ledger ended at +8.40% since inception at its 7 Aug mark. Vodacom and the income sleeve added to the bridge while CRDB and Twiga Cement remained negative contributors; this is an allocation-record observation, not a trading signal.
Ghost relevance: how today’s rates, FX, gold and inflation read against a hypothetical model-book; educational, not advice.
How these were chosen: not hand-picked; the name that carried the tape, the week’s biggest gain and steepest fall, then the heaviest remaining names. Educational context only; not a recommendation, and never a price target.
Only six of 19 comparable counters rose, while NMB and CRDB supplied 85.4% of five-session turnover; the next closes test whether participation and value broaden.
next BoT Monthly Economic Review
Next official private-credit publication
June private-credit growth accelerated to 28.1% from 23.2% in May; the next report tests persistence and sector distribution.
next BoT dashboard observation
Next verified seven-day IBCM observation
The latest verified rate was 6.21% on 5 August, four basis points below the 6.25% CBR.
date not announced
Next verified BoT Treasury-bill result
Auction No. 1203 remains the latest verified result, with the 91-day weighted-average yield about 290bp below the CBR.
next BoT publications
Next official reserve and FX publications
Import cover stood at 4.4 months and USD/TZS ended 0.19% lower Friday-to-Friday; the next records test each series on its own cadence.
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Weekly edition; covers all five verified DSE sessions from Monday 3 August through Friday 7 August 2026 and is frozen to verified close (7 Aug 2026). Compiled from public sources for information and education only; not investment advice, a forecast or a recommendation. Equity, index, breadth and turnover figures reconcile to DSE authority files; the TZS 25.77bn weekly turnover is the sum of five verified session tapes, while Friday's TZS 5.26bn is explicitly one session inside that total. Rates and FX use Bank of Tanzania records; credit, inflation, reserves and exports use the July 2026 Bank of Tanzania Monthly Economic Review published on 5 August. The current Wire hand-off was read first: its one primary-grade administrative candidate was deliberately omitted because it did not alter the week's verified market or macro evidence. A verified foreign-flow split and a same-source weekly gold return were unavailable and are not inferred. For live levels, see Markets.