Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) has given the go-ahead to 20 companies to build Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) stations as part of a larger initiative to deliver cleaner and more affordable energy. TPDC’s Oil and Gas director Dr. Wellington Hudson disclosed this during a news conference here yesterday. He stated that some companies are entirely...
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...
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...
In a bold move towards economic unity, the East Africa Community (EAC) has announced plans to implement a single currency within the next four years, despite the pushback by a technical working group that the deadline should be moved to 2031. He also revealed that the Council of Ministers representing the EAC is expected to...
Cargo handled by Tanzanian ports increased by 14.9% to 19.8 million tonnes in the last financial year as businesses rebounded from the COVID-19 outbreak in the wake of improved port infrastructure. According to the Bank of Tanzania (BoT), cargo handling at sea and lake ports in the country amounted to 19.8 million tonnes in the...
The Bank of Tanzania’s (BoT) latest Monthly Economic Review (MER) for November 2022 has put Tanzania’s stock of external debt – for both the public and private sectors – at $27.482 billion as at the end of October 2022. While the amount symbolises a $140.4 million increase compared to what it was at the end...