What leaks, and what it could build.
Every year, measurable value drains out of Tanzania’s public economy — uncollected tax, untraceable spending, undocumented land, avoidable waste. A large share is not lost to theft alone but to the absence of systems. This is the ledger, and the share recoverable by leveraging information technology.
Six streams where value drains from the public economy. Select one to read the source and the mechanism that recovers it.
Real-time e-invoicing and automated VAT reconciliation close the gap between what is owed and what is collected.
dimensions of the
public economy
The gap between today and a governed economy is not mystery — it is fiscal integrity, digital government, land security and procurement transparency, each measurable and each addressable with systems Laetoli already builds.
Sources: VAT compliance gap — UNU-WIDER (2024). Illicit financial flows — UNCTAD, Economic Development in Africa Report(2020); the US$88.6bn figure is continent-wide, not Tanzania-specific. Health-system waste — World Health Organization; NHIF claims-rejection marker via TICGL (secondary). Public-expenditure tracking — PETS, Tanzania (1999) and comparators (1990s–2000s), historical and illustrative of tracking value. Land documentation — World Bank Land Governance Assessment Framework; property-tax under-collection via TICGL (secondary). Audit-flagged losses — Controller & Auditor-General annual report. Financial inclusion — FinScope Tanzania (2023). The Prosperity Index, severity weightings and recoverable-share estimates are an illustrative synthesis for demonstration and are not an official national statistic. © 2026 Laetoli (T) Limited.