Prices in Tanzania

What a price page shows

Each row of a price table gives the item, the unit of sale, the price in TZS as the source states it, the seller with a link, the city and the date checked in DD/MM/YYYY form. Two kinds of source qualify: a manufacturer’s published price list, or a seller’s own page where the price and unit are visible. When a row can no longer be confirmed, it comes off the table rather than staying with an old figure.

Two kinds of price page

Ten of the pages also show Kitovu’s own price, in a price panel, for a product held in stock in Zanzibar: floor tiles, porcelain tiles, toilets, HDPE dam liner, geotextile, waterproof cement, bitumen primer, APP bitumen membrane, rebar spacers and rebar, where the panel is for plastic rebar chairs rather than the bars. Where no seller publishes a price for the same material, the panel stands on its own.

The other eight list seller prices only, because Kitovu does not stock those materials: water pumps, roofing sheets, gypsum board, plywood, wire mesh, water tanks, marine board and kitchen sinks.

What is left out

Search snippets, social media posts, forum threads, private classified ads, prices quoted over the phone and prices from other countries are not used. There are no averages or “from … to” ranges of our own making. A page may state the lowest and highest of its listed rows, and then it says how many rows there are and when they were checked. The wider rules are on how we research.

Kitovu’s own prices

Prices for the items Kitovu stocks are on their cards, each with its unit and check date, and the stock list shows them all. The WhatsApp button on each card opens an order for that exact item.