Tanzania is advancing its plans to launch the country’s first communications satellite, with new strategies unveiled to regulate radio spectrum and guide national space ambitions. Speaking in Dar es Salaam, Dr. Jabiri Bakari, Director General of the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA), said guidelines are now in place for satellite filings under Tanzania’s name. He...
Tanzania has been ranked 78th globally and named the most improved country in Africa in the 2025 Chandler Good Government Index (CGGI), reflecting steady gains in governance and reform over the past five years. The country rose from 82nd in 2021, with notable progress in Leadership & Foresight, where it ranks 40th worldwide. Tanzania’s overall...
A new government-owned ferry, MV Bukondo, was launched on September 16, 2025, in Ukerewe District, Mwanza Region, to enhance transport across Lake Victoria’s islands. Built at the Songoro Marine Workshop in Ilemela at a cost of nearly TZS 28 billion, the vessel is one of five ferries under construction to ease marine transport challenges. Speaking...
More than 1,650 residents of Kisangiro and nearby hamlets—Stesheni, Mforo and Kichwang’ombe in Mwanga District, Kilimanjaro Region—are set to benefit from a new water project designed to end decades of scarcity. The initiative, known as the Kisangiro Water Project, is an extension of the larger Same–Mwanga–Korogwe scheme, completed in June 2024, and is being implemented...
The Energy and Water Utilities Regulatory Authority (Ewura) is intensifying regulation and oversight of Tanzania’s natural gas sector, prioritizing household connections as part of the National Clean Cooking Strategy 2024/34. Data from the Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) shows strong progress. In Dar es Salaam, 880 households are now connected to piped gas, while Lindi...
Mashirika ya ndege yaliyoandikishwa nchini Tanzania yanatarajiwa kurejea tena kwenye safari za Ulaya baada ya kukamilisha masharti yaliyowekwa na Umoja wa Ulaya (EU). Hatua hiyo inakuja kufuatia jitihada mbalimbali zilizochukuliwa na mamlaka za usafiri wa anga nchini, kuhakikisha ndege, wataalamu na mifumo ya usimamizi wa anga inakidhi viwango na taratibu za kimataifa vinavyotakiwa na EU....
Airlines registered in Tanzania are expected to soon resume flights to European destinations following significant steps taken by local aviation authorities to align with European Union (EU) standards and regulations. The state-owned Air Tanzania Company Limited (ATCL) will be the first to re-establish flights to Europe a move expected to boost trade and tourism in...
Pembezoni mwa Mkutano wa Pili wa Wakuu wa Nchi na Serikali wa Nchi za Afrika kuhusu Tabianchi jijini Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, viongozi na wadau mbalimbali wa nishati safi ya kupikia Afrika, ikiwemo Tanzania wamekutana kujadili mbinu na mahitaji mbalimbali ya Bara la Afrika katika kuongeza matumizi ya nishati safi ya kupikia. Akifungua mjadala wa Mkakati...
Tanzanian politician Humphrey Polepole recently suggested on social media that a 15-kilogram cylinder of cooking gas in Cuba costs just 2,000 Tanzanian shillings (around 75 U.S. cents). The claim, while striking, sits uncomfortably against mounting evidence that Cuban households are enduring one of the island’s most severe energy crises in decades. Reports from Havana Times...
Tanzania imejiwekea lengo la kufikia uchumi wa USD trilioni 1 ifikapo mwaka 2050, ikitoka kwenye USD bilioni 85.42 mwaka 2024, huku ikipandisha kipato cha kila mtu hadi USD 7,000, kutoka USD 1,277 mwaka 2023. Hadi sasa, taifa limepiga hatua kupitia ukuaji wa uchumi wa wastani wa 6.2% kwa mwaka, kupunguza umasikini uliokithiri kutoka 36% hadi...