Verified closeDSE · BoT · frozen to the covered session14 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 14 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
2026-08-14 close · change ON THE WEEK · DSE · BoT · NBS
DSE All-Share
4,232.85
▲ +1.18%
DSEI · 14 Aug close · latest verified
Tanzania Share Index
9,331.91
▲ +1.77%
TSI · 14 Aug close · domestic board
USD / TZS
2,645.24
▲ +0.02%
BoT mean · hard-currency lens
BoT rate
6.25%
policy
CBR · policy anchor
91-day T-bill
3.44%
▲ +9bp
BoT WAR · vs prior auction
364-day T-bill
6.74%
▼ -29bp
BoT WAR · vs prior auction
Inflation
4.2%
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 2026-08-14
Sessions
5
verified DSE closes
Weekly turnover
TZS 30.0bn
sum of the week's value traded
Breadth
13 up / 7 down
8 unchanged · counters that moved across the week
Best session
+1.22%
2026-08-13
Worst session
-0.65%
2026-08-11
Peak concentration
76%
CRDB carried 2026-08-10
Concentration by session; the top name’s share of each session’s turnover
2026-08-10 · CRDB
76%
2026-08-11 · NMB
51%
2026-08-12 · NMB
73%
2026-08-13 · NMB
66%
2026-08-14 · NMB
49%
What the index hid: highly concentrated; the single heaviest name took 76% 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 →
Who carried the tape?
DSE · share of turnover, 2026-08-14 session
NMB
49.4%
TPCC
20.8%
CRDB
14.5%
TCCL
8.9%
VODA
1.7%
NICO
1.4%
MCB
1.1%
KCB
0.6%
Other · 12 counters
1.6%
The read: NMB alone was 49% of the session’s value traded. The implication: when one counter carries the tape, the index move says far more about that name than about the market.
The market under the index
DSE · weekly move per counter to 2026-08-14
The read: 13 up, 7 down, 8 unchanged across the week, ordered by how much of the tape each name actually carried. 8 of them carried a price mark into the Friday close without trading; the hatch: a published mark, not liquidity. The implication: a broad week and a bank-led week can print the same index number.
Open the full DSE breadth board →
NMB+0.7%financials
TPCC+3.4%industrials
CRDB+4.2%financials
TCCL+6.5%industrials
VODA+0.0%telecom
NICO+7.6%financials
MCB-13.8%financials
KCB+3.2%financials
AFRIPRISE-2.3%financials
DCB+10.7%financials
TBL-0.7%industrials
TCC+1.6%industrials
MBP+5.0%financials
MKCB+2.5%financials
TOL-0.7%industrials
DSE-0.2%financials
SWIS-4.5%aviation
PAL+11.3%aviation
MUCOBA+3.4%financials
TTP+0.0%industrials
EABL-4.1%industrials
JATU+0.0%other
JHL+0.0%financials
KA+0.0%aviation
NMG+3.8%other
SWALA+0.0%energy
USL+0.0%other
YETU+0.0%financials
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
▲ +0.02%
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 4.2%
latest print
July 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 14 Aug
DSEI +1.18% · TSI +1.77% · Top turnover NMB · 49% of the 14 Aug session · USD/TZS +0.02% on the week
Read: Headline and domestic agreed.
Weekly moves computed from verified closes · 2026-08-14kanzacapitalpartners.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
Both indices rose, but five-session turnover still depended on a few names
Both headline indices rose as Banks carried the strongest sector move
TZS 30.05bn traded across five sessions, with one name taking 49% to 76% each day
WatchDSE breadth and turnover distributionweek of 17 Aug 2026
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Liquidity
TZS 30.05bn traded across five sessions, with one name taking 49% to 76% each day
Signal
Session turnover was TZS 9.75bn Monday, 3.96bn Tuesday, 4.83bn Wednesday, 4.26bn Thursday and 7.25bn Friday, totaling TZS 30.05bn.
Why it matters
CRDB led Monday; NMB led the other four sessions. No session's money map was broadly distributed.
What to watch
What carries forward: whether ordinary value spreads as NMB's scheduled trading interruption approaches.
Source: DSE · Edition 15 Aug 2026 · Data verified · interpretation: Medium confidence
Tanzania Breweries grew Q2 revenue 13% and operating profit 20%
Signal
TBL reported Q2 revenue of TZS 454.87bn, up 13% year-on-year, and operating profit of TZS 108.06bn, up 20%; EPS rose 6%.
Why it matters
Gross profit grew 26% and operating margin widened to 23.8% from 22.3%, while operating cash flow of TZS 153.65bn sat just below TZS 156.09bn of dividends paid.
What to watch
What carries forward: the full-year audited result is the next not-yet-dated test of revenue conversion, margin and cash generation.
Source: Tanzania Breweries Plc via DSE · Edition 15 Aug 2026 · Data as reported · interpretation: Medium confidence
The official USD/TZS mean was nearly flat while local gold rose 2.66%
Signal
The BoT USD/TZS mean moved from 2,644.79 on 7 August to 2,645.24 on 14 August, a 0.02% rise; Mining Commission world gold moved from USD 4,283 to USD 4,397 per ounce, up 2.66%.
Why it matters
The same-date comparison separates a nearly unchanged official exchange-rate mean from a larger move in the official local gold reference series.
What to watch
What carries forward: whether the next same-source observations preserve the gap without mixing providers or vintages.
Source: Bank of Tanzania and Mining Commission · Edition 15 Aug 2026 · Data verified · interpretation: Medium confidence
The Ghost's hypothetical TZS 500m model ledger ended at +9.21% since inception at its 14 Aug mark. NMB, Vodacom and the income sleeve led the positive contribution bridge while Twiga Cement remained negative; this is an educational allocation record, 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.
Thirteen of 28 comparable counters rose, but the leading name still absorbed 49% to 76% of every session's turnover; the next closes test whether value broadens.
19 to 24 Aug 2026
NMB one-for-ten share subdivision
19 August is the last cum-split date, trading is scheduled to pause on 20 to 21 August and subdivided shares are due to resume on 24 August; price continuity must be interpreted on the adjusted basis.
19 Aug 2026
BoT 15-year Treasury-bond auction
The auction is the next official long-end price-discovery event after the week's upward-sloping bill curve.
26 Aug 2026
Next BoT Treasury-bill auction
Auction No. 1204 put the curve from 2.1276% at 35 days to 6.7441% at 364 days; the next result tests the short end on the same official basis.
8 Sep 2026
Next NBS CPI release
July headline inflation held at 4.2%, but transport inflation was 13.8%; the next release tests persistence and component breadth.
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Weekly edition under Convention W. DSE market levels and company closes are frozen to the verified 14 August 2026 session. The TZS 30.05bn figure is the exact sum of the five verified session turnovers from 10 to 14 August; TZS 7.25bn is Friday's session-only turnover and is not described as a weekly aggregate. DSE is the authority for listed-market figures; NBS for CPI; Bank of Tanzania for FX, the CBR and government securities; Mining Commission for the cited gold series; and Tanzania Breweries Plc's DSE-filed statement for company results. The Wire hand-off was read first; it contained no primary-grade candidate, so no unverified Wire claim was promoted. No foreign-flow split is inferred. Information and education only; not investment advice, a recommendation, a trade instruction or a price target.