A ban on Tanzania’s bitter gourd exports to the European Union (EU) countries has lifted, clearing the way for the fruit to access its sprawling markets. EU Commission in Nov 2022, reported had detected an incidence of quarantine pest hosted in Tanzania’s Momordica Charantia (bitter gourd), warranting a blanket ban on the bitter gourd crop...
The newly released Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey and Malaria Indicator Survey (TDHS-MIS) 2022 by NBS reveals that the Total Fertility Rate (TFR) for all of Tanzania, the urban and rural estimates including Tanzania mainland and Zanzibar decreased from 5.6 children per woman in the 1999 TDGS to 4.8 in the 2022 TDHS-MIS. The trend...
The National Bureau of Statistics has released The 2022 Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey (2022 TDHS-MIS) which is the 7th DHS survey in Tanzania conducted through the DHS program. The main objective of the 2022 TDHS-MIS is to obtain current information on health or inform policies at the global, regional, and national levels and to...
In the efforts to fight the deadly Malaria, scientists in Tanzania have proposed the use of cow urine odour to prevent the transmission of parasites that transmit the deadly disease. The proposal was submitted by six scientists, among them from Tanzania and outside the country including Dr. Nicodem Govella, Godfrey Katusi, Samwely Makayula from Ifakara...
The Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitution, Geophrey Pinda, stunned members of parliament after revealing that 75% of women who are being detained in Njombe Prison murdered their husbands. This means the greater case in the region was orchestrated by women who kill their husbands over matrimonial matters. Mr Pinda was responding to a question...
Tanzania and Morocco are set to finalize their talks next week for the construction of a fertilizer blending facility to be established at Kisarawe, Coastal Region. The discussion about that goal started way back in 2016. Progress has been slow until recently when President Samia Suluhu Hassan visited Senegal, where she also met with and...
The number of internet subscribers in Tanzania has grown from 23.8 million recorded in 2018 to 31.1 million in 2022 according to the latest report by the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA). According to the report, the annual internet subscription during the past five years has grown at an average growth rate of 17% per...
The number of mobile money transactions rose from 378.3 million In November 2022 to 410.7 million In December 2022 with its value similarly rising to 13.88trn/- from 12.86trn/- recorded in November according to the latest Tanzania Communication Regulatory Authority (TRCA) report. According to the report, Vodacom still commands the larger market share accounting for 39%...
The government is set to start importing fertiliser from Tanzania in July in a bid to enhance agricultural output and decrease the cost of food production, according to Agriculture and Livestock Development Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi. During a visit to Itracom, the manufacturer of Fomi fertiliser in Tanzania, the CS noted that by importing fertiliser...
The value of exports of goods and services in Tanzania increased to $12.0 billion during 2022 from $9.87 billion recorded in 2021, driven by non-traditional exports, particularly manufactured goods and minerals and services receipts from tourism according to the Bank of Tanzania (BoT) Monthly Economic Review for January 2023. “The increase in exports of manufactured...