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President Samia promises bright future to artisanal miners.
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President Samia promises bright future to artisanal miners.

The minister for minerals, Hon Doto Biteko, under President Samia Suluhu, has announced a big favour for small miners all over the country.  A grace that is going to liberate them in life completely. This step has come after it was seen that the small miners and the entire mining sector had contributed significantly to...

The government allocates Tsh 3bn/- for 500 scholarships to science students.
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The government allocates Tsh 3bn/- for 500 scholarships to science students.

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...

Prime Minister calls an emergency meeting over truck drivers’ boycott.
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Prime Minister calls an emergency meeting over truck drivers’ boycott.

Following the ongoing truck drivers’ boycott, the Prime Minister has called an emergency meeting at his office in Tanzania’s capital Dodoma today, July 26, 2022. The minister who attended the meeting includes the minister for internal affairs, Hon Hamad Masauni, TAMISEMI minister, Hon Innocent Bashungwa and the state minister for work, youth, employment and people...

Somalia Renews proposal to Join the EAC Trade Bloc
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Somalia Renews proposal to Join the EAC Trade Bloc

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....

Tanzania set to inject 150MW of solar energy into national grid as Samia eyes to revolutionize the energy sector. 
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Tanzania set to inject 150MW of solar energy into national grid as Samia eyes to revolutionize the energy sector. 

Tanzania aims to generate 6000MW of renewable energy by 2025 as Tanzania seeks to fast forward the diversification of the energy mix to ensure energy security. The 6000MW renewable energy milestone will involve various sources, including hydropower, solar and wind. President Samia made that revelation on her US tour in April 2022.  The achievement of...

ACT Wazalendo: The government should not offer a new contract to TICTS.
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ACT Wazalendo: The government should not offer a new contract to TICTS.

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...

Tanzania sets aside 400,000 hectares of land for wheat cultivation.
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Tanzania sets aside 400,000 hectares of land for wheat cultivation.

The government of Tanzania has earmarked a total of 400,000 hectares of land for wheat cultivation, a move aimed at ending crop shortage in the country. Hussein Bashe, the Minister of Agriculture, said the 400,000 hectares of land would be cultivated with wheat in wheat-growing regions within three years, beginning in 2022. According to the...