In the coming academic year, the government has allocated a total of Tsh 573/- billion set to be disbursed among 205,500 students as loans and scholarships under the Higher Education Students Loans Board (HESLB). President Samia Suluhu’s government, to enhance imperativeness and the importance of science and technology to the country’s development, the government has...
Somalia has renewed its bid to join the East African Community (EAC) trade bloc, after the country’s newly elected President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud arrived in Arusha to attend the ongoing 22nd Ordinary East Africa Community Heads of State Summit. ”I am here to make a formal bid for Somalia to join the East African Community,” Mohamud said....
For the past few days, business stakeholders have been pleading the government not to offer a new contract to the Tanzania International Containers Terminal Services (TICTS) following its poor performance at the Dar es Salaam port causing unnecessary container congestion leading to shipment delays and expensiveness in conducting business. The wails of the stakeholders have...
Following the sluggish clearance of consignments at the Dar es Salaam Port by Tanzania International Container Terminal Services Ltd (TICTS), the business stakeholders have unanimously called on the government to halt renewal of the contract with the company citing its ineffectiveness and inefficiency at handling containers leading to a lot of unnecessary problems. The company...
Coal in Tanzania has become essential in transforming energy production. Tanzania’s coal reserves at estimated to be 1.9 billion tonnes. Tanzania coal is now exported to foreign markets. Tanzania’s Mchuchuma coal deposits has around 540 billion tonnes of reserves. Mining in Tanzania is one of the most vital sectors in the country Tanzania’s mining has...
Tanzania’s Cereals and Other Products Board (CPB) is set to spend US$8.7 million to finance the construction of 3 flour manufacturing plants. The first processing unit will be set up in the city of Mwanza and is set to accommodate a daily production of 125 tons of flour mixtures made from maize and cassava. The second,...
NASA’s administrator Bill Nelson recently expressed concerns over China’s aims in space and, in particular, that China would, in some way, claim ownership over the moon and other stop other countries from exploring it. In an interview with the German newspaper, Nelson cautioned, “We must be very concerned that China is landing on the moon...
The veteran oppositional leader and long-serving chairperson for Tanzania Labor Party (TLP), Augustino Mrema, has said that the new constitution is not a solution to all people’s problems. Mremba made those controversial remarks in Dodoma before the special committee appointed by President Samia Suluhu to collect opinions that will be used to sharpen and strengthen...
A form Two student of Malava Girls’ Secondary School in Kakamega County has allegedly committed suicide after her transfer request was rejected. The 15-year-old student, Dorothy Kageha, allegedly took poison on Tuesday, July 12, at her parents’ home in Kimang’eti Village, Malava Sub-County. She’d been taken to Kimang’eti Health Centre, where first aid was administered...
Energy Minister January Makamba will begin a 21-day tour of 14 regions to bring services to the people and explain the ministry’s plans to address the sector’s challenges. Speaking before the press yesterday, Hon Makamba revealed that he plans to break down the Tsh.500 billion allocated by the government in this 2022/23 financial year to...