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AllAfrica.com
March 30, 2018
The report shows that Tanzania Breweries Limited transacted largest value of shares with Sh4.5 million obtained by selling 300 shares at Sh15,000 per share in three deals followed by CRDB Bank which transacted 23,720 shares valued Sh4.3 million in eight deals. Other active counters were VodacomÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
March 30, 2018
Kenyan herders, whose cattle was sold in neighbouring Tanzania for grazing across the border, have received big relief after the Kenyan government released a Ksh53 million ($530,000) compensation package for the loss. The 22 livestock keepers from the border Kajiado County lost 1,325 animals afterÃâà...
RTE.ie
March 30, 2018
Up close and personal: Cheetah surprises family on safari. Updated / Friday, 30 Mar 2018 09:36. The animal was described as more curious than aggressive (Pic: Peter Heistein / Grand Ruaha Safaris). A curious cheetah surprised a family by jumping into their safari vehicle in Serengeti, Tanzania last week. The passengersÃâà...
Cyprus Mail
March 30, 2018
Less than a year ago, when three Cypriots left for Nepal to donate shoes and clothing to children and monks, they announced that their next goal was to raise money to building a school for Maasai children in Tanzania. The three of them – 32-year-old lawyer Socrates Rossides and brothers Nicolas andÃâà...
TechCabal
March 30, 2018
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Boulder Daily Camera
March 30, 2018
The Maji Safi Group primarily exists to spread awareness of water-related hygiene issues in the east African nation of Tanzania, but Pelz does some of the organization's work in Boulder. "It's mainly fundraising and administrative support," he said. "We believe it's important to give back, so we have youngÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
March 29, 2018
According to ZGPPA Director General, Mr Mohamed Suleiman Khatib, thanks to increased efficiency in service delivery, the agency, currently, attracts more customers from both Zanzibar Island and Mainland Tanzania. With massive investment, the agency, he added, was now able to stand on a firm groundÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
March 29, 2018
With 12 cryotherapy machines already distributed, the five machines were handed over here yesterday to Ilemela, Sengerema and Kwimba districts in Mwanza regions, whose HIV prevalence has increased from 4.2 percent in 2011/2012 to 7.2 percent according to Tanzania HIV Impact Survey conducted inÃâà...
Christian Science Monitor
March 29, 2018
March 29, 2018 —Tanzania: Oxford University's Ruaha Carnivore Project has enlisted Barabaig and Masai lion hunters in its Lion Defenders program. The tribes have hunted lions for generations, giving them a wealth of knowledge about lions and their habits. Now, as the lions face the threat of extinction,Ãâà...
The Standard
March 29, 2018
NAIROBI, KENYA: The start of a mega road project connecting Kenyan and Tanzanian coastal towns faces delay as Kenya drags its feet in moving the project forward. The two countries plan to build a 412km road between Malindi and Bagamoyo that is expected to ease movement along the two countries'Ãâà...
AllAfrica.com
March 29, 2018
The main opposition party's national chairman, Mr Freeman Mbowe Dr Vincent Mashinji (Secretary General), Mr John Mnyika (Deputy Secretary General for Mainland), Mr Salum Mwalimu (Deputy Secretary General for Zanzibar), Rev Peter Msigwa (Member of Parliament, Iringa Urban) and Ms EstherÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
March 29, 2018
ABOUT a week ago members of the business community and government institutions from Zanzibar and Mainland Tanzania converged at the former chamber of the House of Representatives in Zanzibar to participate in the business forum organised by Tanzania Standard (Newspapers) Limited (TSN).
The Straits Times
March 29, 2018
A group of tourists who were on a safari in Tanzania got more than they bargained for when a cheetah hopped into their vehicle for a closer look. In a video captured by photographer Peter Heistein, the curious cheetah is seen on a back seat in the vehicle, sniffing around and checking it out. The man in theÃâà...
Travel+Leisure
March 29, 2018
Nothing can top the romance and magic of a safari in Tanzania, a destination marked by its rolling hills and expansive plains, and home to elephants, wildebeest, zebra, lions, and more. Indeed, this East African country has a remarkable diversity of wildlife, seen up close in the stunning Ngorongoro Crater,Ãâà...
Reliefweb
March 28, 2018
Unable to afford her own furniture, Burundian refugee decides to take up carpentry classes and excels at it. By Winnie Itaeli Kweka in Nduta Camp, Tanzania | 28 March 2018. Wood shavings fall softly to the ground as Maritha moves a plane swiftly over a plank of wood. Her brow is furrowed in deepÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
March 19, 2018
Beijing — RE-ELECTION of the incumbent Xi Jinping as China's President renews hope for the cemented bilateral relations between Dar es Salaam and Beijing, Tanzania's Ambassador to China, Mr Mbelwa Kairuki, has remarked. In an interview with the 'Sunday News', Amb. Kairuki said Tanzania andÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
March 19, 2018
Dar es Salaam — The use of domestically produced natural gas in Tanzania has resulted in Sh8 trillion in savings to the economy over the last three years alone. This brings to Sh23.14 trillion the savings that have been made since the country started to use natural gas in industrial production and energyÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
March 19, 2018
Arusha — Tanzania's Sh537 billion ($240 million) pigeon pea industry is on a sharp nosedive after India banned import of the legumes from Tanzania in August last year. The unanticipated restriction is now wreaking havoc on hundreds of pigeon pea farmers and traders across the country who are holdingÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
March 19, 2018
Last week on Tuesday, three Tanzanian NGOs filed a case at the East Africa Court of Justice (EACJ) over a 2016 law that they say violates press freedom. The Media Council of Tanzania, Legal and Human Rights Centre and Tanzania Human Rights Defenders Coalition argue that the law "violates"Ãâà...
AllAfrica.com
March 19, 2018
Dar es Salaam — A new report on the Dimensions of Inequality in Tanzania was released Monday in Dar es Salaam by the Social Development Policy Division (SDPD) of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and REPOA, a Tanzanian independent research institution. With a Gini coefficient of 0.43,Ãâà...
Face2Face Africa
March 19, 2018
Rwanda and Tanzania have decided to use electric trains for their 1,320km standard gauge railway (SGR) line which will link to the East African regional line which passes through Kenya and Uganda. Transport ministers of the two countries met in Kigali over the weekend to review designs and feasibilityÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
March 19, 2018
Addressing the sixth TSN Business Forum held in Zanzibar on Friday, the Minister for Trade and Industries, Ambassador Amina Salum Ali, urged investors from Mainland and outside Tanzania to take advantage of business and investment opportunities offered on the Indian Ocean semi-autonomousÃâà...
africanews
March 17, 2018
State-run Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation's (TPDC) managing director James Mataragio and four other executives were charged with abuse of public office. They awarded a $3.24 million airborne mining survey contract to U.S firm Bell Geospace without authorisation of the TPDC board,Ãâà...
ITWeb Africa
March 16, 2018
Talks have started between the Tanzanian government and India's Bharti Airtel over the ownership of Airtel Tanzania. The Tanzanian government has initiated a move to repossess Airtel Tanzania at the directive of President John Magufuli over claims that there were irregularities in switching the shares ofÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
March 16, 2018
PRESIDENT John Magufuli has assured tobacco farmers of reliable market and reasonable prices for their produce, thanks to the inauguration of a third cigarette making factory at an investment of 65bn/- in Morogoro by Philip Morris Tanzania (PMT), through a manufacturing agreement with MansoorÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
March 16, 2018
GOVERNMENTS of Tanzania and France have agreed to cement existing bilateral relations by fostering partnerships and strategies between higher learning institutions and research entities from the two countries as a winwin strategy. Through the arrangement, France would provide scholarships forÃâà...
ReliefWeb
March 16, 2018
Does anyone care about Tanganyika Province? Far from the attention of the media and humanitarian agencies, the people in this part of the south-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo are struggling to survive. The latest clashes between communities have destroyed crops and left people thereÃâà...
Hyperallergic
March 16, 2018
Officials from the nation of Tanzania have joined an international movement demanding the return of skeletons stolen from Africa by German colonists. Tanzanian activists, and at least one government official, want Germany to repatriate the skull of Chief Songea Mbano, a leader who rebelled against theÃâà...
ReliefWeb
March 16, 2018
Zanzibar, 13-15 March 2018: Today, we are challenged by a variety of epidemics and health emergencies. A robust health system that is effective, inclusive and a well-coordinated multisectoral approach is essential to protect human and animal health; and ensure national development goals are notÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
March 16, 2018
Zanzibar — THE business community in Zanzibar is today expected to converge at the former chamber of the House of Representatives, to attend a business forum organised by the Tanzania Standard (Newspapers) Limited (TSN). Today's forum becomes the fifth occasion following similar ones held inÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
March 15, 2018
TANZANIA Cigarette Company (TCC) profit plummeted 34 per cent in 2017 due to weak export performance and increased operating expenses. The cigarette maker said in their financial statement made public this week that the profit for the year declined from 68.7bn/- in 2016 to 45.4bn/- as exports to DRÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
March 15, 2018
Dar es Salaam — The government yesterday approved five herbal medicines, which will now be formally used in public hospitals for treating various diseases. One of the medicines include "Ujana", which is renowned for treating sexual dysfunction in men who experience erectile dysfunction (ED).
AllAfrica.com
March 15, 2018
Dar es Salaam — The Dar es Salaam Police Special Zone yesterday disclosed yesterday that they are still holding the chairman of the Tanzania Students Networking Programme (TSNP), Mr Abdul Nondo for allegedly faking his abduction. The Dar es Salaam Special Zone Police Commander, Mr LazaroÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
March 15, 2018
The main cassava-producing regions in Tanzania are the Coast Region, Kigoma, Lindi, Mara, Mtwara, Mwanza, Ruvuma, Shinyanga, Tanga and Zanzibar - listed here strictly in alphabetical order! According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation Corporate Statistical Database, Tanzania produced 5.4Ãâà...
AllAfrica.com
March 15, 2018
He was speaking to the 'Daily News' ahead of the first 'Zanzibar Business Forum,' organised by the Tanzania Standard (Newspapers) Limited (TSN), in collaboration with the Isles Vice-President Office, the Ministry of Trade and Industries and Urban West regional administration. "It is unfortunate that weÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
March 15, 2018
Nairobi — The Kenyan government has kicked off an exercise to re-affirm its territorial border with neighbouring Tanzania by replacing dilapidated and missing beacons and developing a vista along the common border. Kenya shares a 769km border with Tanzania covering Narok, Kajiado, Migori,Ãâà...
The Economist
March 15, 2018
A BIT like President Donald Trump, Tanzania's president, John Magufuli, likes to fire employees on television. In November Mr Magafuli used a live broadcast from a small town in the north of the country summarily to dismiss two officials after they failed to remember instantly details in their budgets.
AllAfrica.com
March 15, 2018
Zanzibar — The Zanzibar Food and Drug Agency (ZFDA) has destroyed 48 kilos of meat that was imported from South Africa illegally. The meat, which was the property of Qamar Company of Vingunguti in Dar es Salaam, was seized at Abeid Karume International Airport in the Isles last week. SpeakingÃâà...
The Economist
March 15, 2018
Until recently Tanzania's political stability drew investors and donors, spurring one of the fastest sustained streaks of economic growth in Africa. But John Magufuli, an authoritarian and erratic president in his third year in office, threatens to undo much that Tanzania has achieved over the past few decades.
