Um, I'm honored to have had the opportunity to work in beautiful Tanzania with the beautiful people of Tanzania both in mainland and in Zanzibar. Um, it's been one of the highlights of my life. I'm very proud of the work that we have done with the government, with the people, and all stakeholders in Tanzania. We have a very large program in Tanzania that cover my that covers almost all the sectors. Obviously, the sectors where we have placed primary focus over my tenure has been in the human development sectors mainly in education, health, social protection. Those programs have advanced really well. We're very proud of the engagement on the reforms in the health sector and universal health insurance. On in education and the reform into bringing into the different curriculum, improving the curriculum at primary and secondary, and the the establishment of the emphasis on vocational education curriculum and development. Um, I'm also quite happy about many of the reforms that have been undertaken in the infrastructure spaces notably in energy at the at the top. The investments what we've seen in energy access rates over the last several years have been very profound. Likewise, what we've seen in rural water supply and sanitation, and we hope that these will continue to expand. So, I think the Tanzanian Vision 2050 is an excellent opportunity, and the government's focus on youth jobs and private capital is central to the achievement of the Tanzanian Vision 2050. And I And we from our side think that this is an important opportunity to see how to draw in more private capital to support the large-scale infrastructure visions of the country such as the central corridor, the SGR, the development of the port or the different ports. We believe that all of this is very possible, and we believe that it's very possible because Tanzania has one of the most macro stable macroeconomic fundamentals in the continent, which can be a good basis for which private sector can come in and play. And so, for this reason, the continued reforms on the business environment are critical. I think that a lot has happened, but a lot more can be done to ease support for private sector coming in and invest. I think the natural resources that Tanzania has makes it uniquely positioned to really not just serve the economic growth of Tanzania, but also the subregion and the region as a whole. And the connectivity that Tanzania can provide to its neighbors, its eight countries that border it, is a huge asset to be built on. And so, I think that this is really fundamental. I think also the fact that we're thinking about the importance of youth and the role that youth play, this is a primary objective of the World Bank in Africa and the creation of jobs for youth. So, I think these economic corridors can provide a platform by which jobs can be created and the curriculum reform on vocational training that Tanzania has put in place will train and provide better uh job opportunities uh uh and training for the youth of this country, which is absolutely fundamental for the stability of Tanzania and also the stability of the continent. Thank you. So, I think Tanzania [clears throat] is um I say uh uh is very uniquely positioned when you look historically at the fundamentals of macroeconomic management in the continent, Tanzania uh has positioned itself as one of the leaders. It's got uh stability. It's very diligent on debt management. It's very prudent on on spending. But, more can be done and more is being done. I can see in the discussions that we've had with the financing from the World Bank how diligently the debt department is looking at how best to utilize its resources. And now, the emphasis on moving away from public sector funded programs to private sector funded programs, I think is fundamental. I think the continued effort on this on ensuring the governance of uh of projects, both public sector and private sector projects, is fundamental and we appreciate the fact that there's an effort towards looking into this. >> So, I think Tanzania has shown me that public sector can function when it commits to function. Um you know, a lot of times we talk about how implementation is a real challenge in Africa. It is a real challenge in Africa. It is a real challenge in Tanzania. We have seen our projects in certain sectors not performing, but we have seen in other in other sectors and in other ministries, significant performance. What What I have witnessed in the energy sector in Tanzania, what I've seen in rural water supply and sanitation is quite impressive. Tanzania has shown that you can implement in critical sectors to deliver to the citizens of its of the country. And I would hope that this implementation speed that can be done when there's a right political commitment, operational commitment with the and the stakeholders and communities in coordination, I think this is one of the greatest lessons that I can take and hope that Tanzania continues across all the ministries to enhance implementation performance. So, you know, I think that few areas that I think continued focus and attention needs to be placed on is number one. There needs to be much more diligence in engaging citizens in the design and implementation of programs. There needs to be greater transparency and efficiency in which in the way the private sector is engaged. And finally, there needs to to continued effort to advance the issues of governance across the board and all sectors to ensure that the citizens of the country and their interests are well protected and advanced. Thank you very much for that question and today we had the honor of uh visiting with her Excellency the President of the Republic and discussing our expectations of our engagement going forward and I expressed my own personal view on the high economic growth rates in Tanzania and the macroeconomic stability and these two factors really being foundational for what we can see happening on the private sector side and so I think these are two fundamental areas that we will continue to work on. I think for us going forward and this is something we expressed to our Excellency and the government officials that the growth and jobs agenda is something very important and I think to to really get at poverty alleviation you really need to promote not only growth but the jobs agenda and that will help us then tackle the the goal of reducing poverty but also raising living standards for all Tanzanians. But what has to be achieved to do that you really need to focus on foundational infrastructure both human infrastructure and physical infrastructure. So this is education, social protection, and health, but it's also energy, transport, and and so on. And I think that's a very important pillar. The second pillar is enabling the business environment, and this is something that Tanzania has been working on, and we hope to continue to support the government in the mainland, but also in Zanzibar to to promote an enabling environment that will attract the investment necessary to continue pushing the growth rates forward. And then lastly is something that the outgoing division director focused on too, and that's leveraging private capital. We need to do more to support Tanzania to really attract private capital to invest in in critical areas that will transform the economy. As you know, public money now is is diminishing in terms of its overall availability and volume, and that's why it's essential for private capital to come in and complement what public finance can do. So, our expectations is that we continue working closely with the government of Tanzania to grow the engagement, to deepen it, to really focus on this people-centered approach that we have at the moment, and I look forward to doing that in my new role as as division director for northern Tanzania, but also Malawi, Zimbabwe, and Zambia. >> [music] >> Well, as you know, I think education is is a very important sector. Probably it is one sector in which investments really then yield the kind of results that you want, but only over the medium to long term. So, you really need to invest now to see results in 5 to 7 years in terms of of learning outcomes. So, uh the World Bank uh group as a whole invests a lot in the human development sector, so that covers education, social protection, and health. And uh if you remember only a few years ago, Tanzania was host to the human capital uh summit where a spotlight was was shown on on on this sector and what can be achieved. I think still in many countries on the continent, the gaps are wide, but with investments in education, in health, and in social protection, we can start to narrow uh that gap. And uh it's really a question of also of the skills that are needed uh for the labor force of the future. And we will not be able to uh help the countries grow their economies, tackle poverty, raise living standards without improving uh the the learning outcomes and the skills of their of their workforce. So, this is something that we are we are hoping that we can support the government of Tanzania and other governments in the region as well. And in the short term, well, we can invest in uh in health care for sure and social protection because you want to make sure that your human capital is is protected. And as you know, um many times in countries in this continent, um they they do experience external shocks, whether it's climate or external uh economic shocks as we see now at the moment uh flowing from the conflict in the Middle East, uh countries uh on the continent are are suffering. So, making sure that these uh economies are resilient and the households also within the countries are are resilient and they can only be resilient if they're supported through modern social protection systems and if they have access to to quality health services and in that respect I think we're we are proud that we have supported the government of of Tanzania in these areas. >> [music] [music]