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TDPC set to construct a huge Compressed Natural Gas plant at UDSM
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TDPC set to construct a huge Compressed Natural Gas plant at UDSM

Executive Director of the Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC), Dr James Mataragio, said, “By March 2023, the Corporation will have completed the construction of four compressed natural gas (CNG) filling stations and started working on cars and homes. TPDC revealed the plan on June 8, 2022, during the signing of an agreement between TPDC and...

Tanzania receives a high-performance award from Uganda 
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Tanzania receives a high-performance award from Uganda 

Uganda Investment Authority has awarded TDPC for its remarkable role in ensuring the successful implementation of the crude oil deal (EACOP) between the two East African Community members. According to TPDC Director Dr James Mataragio, Tanzania has contributed over 60% to the deal’s success with Uganda, which he confirmed yesterday at the award-receiving ceremony in...

Tanzania vows to embrace refugees. 
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Tanzania vows to embrace refugees. 

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation, Amb. Liberata Mulamula has assured the international community that Tanzania will is committed to embracing the voluntary repatriation of refugees since it heeds to human rights principles and the dignity of the people who are forced to flee their native countries for different reasons.  Amb. Mulamula...

How will Tanzania’s LNG $30b gas scheme propel people’s economic development?
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How will Tanzania’s LNG $30b gas scheme propel people’s economic development?

Since its Independence, Tanzania has never come close to signing a record-breaking contract as it signed with Shell and Equinor on LNG extraction in Lindi, one of Tanzania’s southern regions. The project will cost 70 trillion, the biggest since Independence. What does this project mean to Tanzania’s economy and development in individual lives?  Tanzania will...

Hear me out: The untold story about Ngorongoro disputes
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Hear me out: The untold story about Ngorongoro disputes

In the past week, pictures and video clips showing scenes of the injured Maasais in Ngorongoro conservation area in northern Tanzania, bordered by Kenya, circulated online and sparked a wide controversy amongst activists calling for an end to the allegedly forceful eviction of the Maasai by the police from the area.  Unfortunately, the flood of...

AIRTEL installs telecom tower for newly arriving Maasai Community
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AIRTEL installs telecom tower for newly arriving Maasai Community

As the Maasai evacuation from Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA) continues under the government’s assistance to Msomera village in the Handeni District of the Tanga region, the government wants to ensure that the Maasai community gets all the needed services while living on their new residents.  Under the government’s directives, Airel, the leading telecom company, camped...

Makamba refutes rumors of electricity price increase.
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Makamba refutes rumors of electricity price increase.

Unconfirmed news about an increase in electricity price per unit has caused controversy across social media in the last two days.  Today June 10, 2022, the Minister for Energy, Hon January Makamba, cleared the air after he refuted the information saying it is untrue and people should ignore them.  Hon Makamba made those remarks when...

You will be amazed, here are 5 African countries with the best roads
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You will be amazed, here are 5 African countries with the best roads

Africa is one of the fastest-growing continents in the world. The continent has been bedevilled with infrastructure projects, but some African countries are currently bent on developing by investing heavily in infrastructural projects. Some infrastructural development includes roads. The citizens know how essential roads are to access quality and important services such as health care,...

These are the world’s leading wildlife export and import countries.
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These are the world’s leading wildlife export and import countries.

Tanzania on Sunday reversed its decision to lift a controversial ban on wildlife exports a day after the move triggered an uproar in the East African nation. The ban imposed in 2016 was to safeguard the country’s protected animals and birds who were illegally being shipped abroad. On Saturday, however, wildlife authorities announced they would...