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 Ports Authority is currently implementing a 5-year strategic plan to overhaul all ports in the country. The Deputy Minister of Works, Engineer Godfrey Kasekenya, said the plan was implemented from 2021/22 to 2025/26. The government revealed its zeal to improve ports around the country when the CCM MP, Ms Tunza Malapo, raised the question...
President Samia’s visit to Oman set a benchmark for a better business environment for Tanzanian producers and services providers. Her trip to Oman makes her second trip to the Middle East this year, saying her government is setting a feasible environment for investors to enter the local market and Tanzanians to benefit from investment and trade...
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...
The United Republic of Tanzania and the Sultanate of Oman have joined and agreed to establish a joint investment fund to invest in projects of joint feasibility in several sectors, including agriculture, fisheries and mining. The agreement by the two countries was reached on the sidelines of the official visit of President Samia Suluhu Hassan...
Oman and Tanzania have enjoyed close relations developed over thousands of years of shared cultural history and trade exchanges. The visit of President Samia Suluhu Hassan of the United Republic of Tanzania to the sultanate, starting Sunday, is expected to play a crucial role in bolstering relations further. President Samia’s visit to Oman is essential...
Tanzania is one of the countries positioned in Sub-Sahara Africa that encounters a severe shortage of clean & safe water. According to reports, over 23 million people do not have access to clean drinking water and almost twice as many do not use improved sanitation facilities. However, things have been swiftly changing over time as people...
One of the most pressing problems lingering the Dar es Salaam is the delay in clearing consignments. The underlying factor to taking a long time to clear cargo at Tanzania’s largest port is red-tapism. Philanthropists dispatching donations to Tanzania have decried the long time their containers have taken at the Dar port due to lengthy...
Cameroonian President Paul Biya tops the list of African leaders with an annual salary of $620,976. Mr Biya is followed by Morocco’s King Mohammed and South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa, with an annual salary of $488,604 and $223,500. The data was data scoured from country websites and data from organisations such as the International Monetary Fund...
Place the phone several feet away from your bed if you’re not going to switch it off. It has become a trend, especially for young people, to sleep with their phones next to them. And most times, beneath the pillow seems to be the ideal spot to keep the phone as it makes it easy...