Mobile money services are growing faster than previously anticipated worldwide, particularly in Africa, according to the annual State of the Industry Report on Mobile Money 2023 by the GSMA, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The report reveals that the adoption rates are even quicker than predicted, with registered mobile money accounts growing...
The construction of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) has been challenged in court by the Kampala-based Centre for Food and Adequate Living Rights and three other organizations. The 1,445-kilometre pipeline, which runs from Hoima in Uganda to Tanga in Tanzania, is being contested because it is environmentally unsound and violates the East African...
In April 2021, Ghana began rolling out a new malaria vaccine known as RTS, S. This vaccine was developed by the pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline and has been developing for over 30 years. The rollout of this vaccine is a significant milestone in the fight against malaria. This disease kills over 400,000 people annually, with most...
According to the latest International Monetary Fund (IMF) World Economic Outlook report, East African economies are facing challenges in their growth projections. While Tanzania’s growth projection for 2023 remains unchanged at 5.2 percent, Kenya’s projection has been revised upward from 5.1 percent to 5.3 percent. However, the IMF has downgraded growth projections for Rwanda, Uganda,...
Tanzania has once again proven to be an attractive destination for investment, with the country receiving a total of $1.2 billion from 93 projects in the first three months of this year. This investment is expected to create over 16,400 job opportunities in the country. The Tanzania Investment Centre (TIC) reported that this investment represents...
From around 2019, Mr. Didier Mlawa, a Tanzanian national, gained notoriety and a big online following in the country for his Twitter protest of undemocratic tendencies of the previous regime. His online activism under the name Kigogo2014 made him enemies in high places. Sooner, he fled the country and gained asylum in the UK. He...
The US Vice President Kamala Harris’ visit is expected to create further business and investment avenues for Tanzania. The VP is coming at a time when data shows that Tanzania’s exports to the US increased by 67.5 percent to 164 million US dollars last year, and from 97.9 million US dollars in the previous year,...
The Director-General of the Tanzania Railway Corporation (TRC), Masanja Kadogosa, has said that the construction project of the Morogoro-Dar es Salaam section of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) has reached 97.93 percent and that the remaining work is to build overpasses for cars and pedestrians. The overpasses being built are somehow delaying full completion as...
For the past six days, Tanzania’s scientists have struggled to identify the deadly pathogen that killed five people in Tanzania’s north-western Kagera region. Today, at an impromptu press called upon by the ministry of health under Hon. Minister Ummy Mwalimu, the government revealed the virus after a series of scientific laboratory experiments. The minister of...
In collaboration with various partners, the College of Information and Communication Technology (CoICT) of the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) is implementing a project through which 300 secondary schools in Tanzania will be connected to the internet to help students access learning materials online. The school connectivity project is in its third phase and...