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[QUOTE="Queen, post: 87454, member: 27"]
Zanzibar just rolled out the red carpet for the French capital, and the pitch zeroes in on tourism and the blue economy.

Mwinyi's direct ask to France
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[*]President Hussein Ali Mwinyi invited French firms to park money in Zanzibar's key sectors.
[*]His meeting with Ambassador Anne Sophie went down at the State House on February 27, 2026.
[*]Mwinyi wants investors carrying serious capital who can level up the workforce.
[*]Tourism and blue-economy development sit at the top of his priority list.
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Infrastructure backing the pitch
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[*]Mangapwani Integrated Port is in the works and promises broad investment access once finished.
[*]Road and port upgrades signal that the government is putting money where its mouth is.
[*]Pemba Island got spotlighted as a fresh hub for sustainable tourism.
[*]Sound investment policies keep getting tweaked to sweeten the deal.
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What France brought to the table
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[*]Ambassador Sophie pledged continued French support across multiple sectors.
[*]Health, education, culture, and environmental projects all made the cut.
[*]Old Town development landed on the cooperation agenda.
[*]Blue-economy backing from Paris lines up with Mwinyi's vision.
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