Tanzania Government’s Officially Restricted the US Dollar & Foreign Currencies..

Tanzania announced an official ban on the US dollar in local transactions. The Bank of Tanzania (BoT) has put a blanket ban on all foreign currencies in local transactions, and only the Tanzanian Shillings (TZS) is made legal tender. The ban comes after an influx of foreign currencies circulated the market for local transactions, leaving the TZS behind…

Tanzania is inspired by the BRICS agenda of de-dollarization and is striving to keep the US dollar in the back seat. Individuals, traders, business owners, and large corporations in the country are not allowed to use the US dollar for transactions. The ban includes both receiving and sending foreign currencies, making it a legal offense to initiate the payments. Every individual, bank, and business entity must use the Tanzanian Shillings and not foreign currencies.

The ban on the US dollar also includes foreigners who visit the country as tourists making Tanzanian Shillings mandatory. Only a few authorities are permitted to use foreign currencies and the regulation makes it clear that they need to specify the transactions. Those include government contributions to regional organizations, embassies, and transactions by international firms. What BRICS failed to do to the US dollar.