Author: Mkufi Dindai (Mkufi Dindai)

Air Tanzania kurejesha safari za Ulaya baada ya kukidhi masharti ya Umoja wa Ulaya
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Air Tanzania kurejesha safari za Ulaya baada ya kukidhi masharti ya Umoja wa Ulaya

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....

Tanzania set to resume flights to Europe after meeting EU safety standards.
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Tanzania set to resume flights to Europe after meeting EU safety standards.

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...

Zaidi ya dola bilioni 2 zinahitajika kutekeleza Mkakati wa Nishati Safi ya Kupikia Afrika.
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Zaidi ya dola bilioni 2 zinahitajika kutekeleza Mkakati wa Nishati Safi ya Kupikia Afrika.

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...

Polepole’s claim on cheap Cuban Gas clashes with reality of severe shortages
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Polepole’s claim on cheap Cuban Gas clashes with reality of severe shortages

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 kuelekea uchumi wa dola trilioni 1 ifikapo 2050.
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Tanzania kuelekea uchumi wa dola trilioni 1 ifikapo 2050.

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...

Tanzania Signs USD 105.6 Million Contracts to Connect Kagera Region to National Grid in 24 Months.
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Tanzania Signs USD 105.6 Million Contracts to Connect Kagera Region to National Grid in 24 Months.

The Tanzanian government has signed USD 105.6 million contracts to connect Kagera Region to the national grid for the first time. The project includes a 220 kV transmission line from Benako to Kyaka and a 220/33 kV substation, ensuring reliable electricity for over 3 million residents across multiple districts. The project involves the construction of...

United States Appreciates Tanzania’s Repatriation of Displaced Persons from Northeast Syria
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United States Appreciates Tanzania’s Repatriation of Displaced Persons from Northeast Syria

With U.S. government assistance, Tanzania repatriated one woman and three children from the Roj displaced persons camp in northeast Syria on Monday, August 11. Approximately 14,500 individuals from more than 70 countries outside Syria remain in the al-Hol and Roj camps, most of whom are children under the age of 12. The only durable solution...

Over 2,000 jobs up for grabs in Tanzania’s Standard Gauge Railway project.
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Over 2,000 jobs up for grabs in Tanzania’s Standard Gauge Railway project.

Dar es Salaam. The Tanzania Railways Corporation (TRC) has announced plans to recruit 2,460 employees under the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) project, covering two sections from Dar es Salaam to Makutopora. These positions come on top of more than 115,000 jobs already generated by contractors working across the first six phases of the project. According...

Tanzania’s economy shifts rapidly towards cashless transactions.
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Tanzania’s economy shifts rapidly towards cashless transactions.

Dar es Salaam. Tanzania’s economy is rapidly transitioning towards a cashless system, with mobile money, merchant payments, and point-of-sale (POS) transactions posting double-digit growth, while traditional payment methods such as cheques and cash withdrawals via ATMs continue to lose ground. Data from the Bank of Tanzania’s (BoT) National Payment System Annual Report 2024 show that the...