Tanzania’s minister for Agriculture Hon, Hussein Bashe, has stated that Tanzania is not ready for GM crops. However, Tanzania has allocated funds for two high-end labs to research and understand GM crops before taking any further steps. “We first want to understand GMOs through research and then educate our farmers before we start using them”,...
The Zanzibar Revolution, which occurred on January 12, 1964, was a significant event in the history of Zanzibar and East Africa. The revolution saw the overthrow of the Sultan of Zanzibar and the establishment of a socialist government. The revolution was led by the Afro-Shirazi Party (ASP), a political party that had been formed by...
Verification was designed to protect innocent consumers against fraudulent and fraudulent online activities. Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) said over two million unverified Subscriber Identification Modules (Sim cards) could be misused for criminal offences. In collaboration with mobile network operators, the regulator is verifying Simcard registration by ensuring the subscribers’ fingerprints match those in the...
A few days after President Samia Suluhu lifted the ban on political rallies in Tanzania that her late predecessor placed in 2016, oppositional leaders around the country have praised the move, calling it the restoration of Tanzania’s democracy. Chadema’s oppositional leader and the former Tarime MP, John Heche, has praised President Samia’s historic decision and...
Tanzania’s economy grew at 5.2 percent in the third quarter of 2022 compared as 5.5 percent attained in the third quarter 2021, according to the latest National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) figures. The Third Quarter (July – September) Gross Domestic Product 2022 report released by the statistics body further shows that during the third quarter...
January can be a dark, miserable, and very long month after the festive fun of Christmas. Some of us may have eaten too much, drunk too much, or spent too much (and maybe all three)?! The start of the year can be pretty challenging sometimes. Many people experience financial hardships in January as many life...
President Samia Suluhu has lifted the ban on political rallies placed by her predecessor’s decree back in 2016. Speaking at the historical moment at the Jakaya Kikwete Conference Hall at the State House in Dar es Salaam, President Hassan humbly pleaded with politicians to conduct politics that abide by the country’s laws, regulations and our...
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...
President Samia Suluhu’s 4Rs philosophy, which includes Reconciliation, Resiliency, Reforms, and Rebuilding, seems to sit well with Chadema’s supreme leader, Freeman Mbowe, as he believes to be the cornerstone toward resolving contemporary issues affecting the country’s social, political and economic issues. Chadema national chairman Freeman Mbowe has revealed his party’s decision to continue holding discussions...
From Moroccan-based rule of Iberia to a Portuguese fortress in the Maghreb, the two former foes share a bloody past. After a sensational victory over Spain in the last 16, Morocco will take on Portugal in the World Cup quarter-final on Saturday. The match against the Spanish, which the Atlas Lions won in a penalty shootout, was layered...