Citizens of the United States have been advised not to visit Tanzania alongside Andorra, Portugal, France, Cyprus, Liechtenstein, and Jordan over COVID-19 related risks. The U.S Centers for Disease Control (CDC) told their citizens to avoid traveling to Tanzania and where necessary to ensure they are vaccinated before the journey. “Because of the current situation...
Webometrics Ranking of World Universities released its 2021 top universities rankings featuring over 10,000 universities across the world and top 100 universities in Africa. The universities were ranked in terms of their academic excellence, openness, impact, and other related fields. Tanzania universities did not make it to the top 1000 universities worldwide as the top...
Forbes has released its list of The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women 2021 featuring CEOs, heads of states, and women in different sectors making the most of it. The United Republic of Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan was also inked in the list on number 94 as the country’s first female president since the passing...
The Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH) has started conducting bone marrow transplantation ahead of other hospitals in East Africa. The medical treatment has been a piercing issue for a while as patients had to be sent abroad for treatment at a higher cost sometimes not able to attain. Last month Benjamin Mkapa Hospital in Dodoma announced...
Seven residents of Msuka Taponi, Micheweni District in Pemba, Zanzibar died from eating the meat of a poisonous turtle while 24 others are still fighting for their lives at a hospital in Pemba. The President of the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar, Hussein Ali Mwinyi has shared his grievances with the families of the deceased via...
It is that season again we are coming to the end of 2021, ready to refresh before the new year arrives with new plans and goals in people’s minds. Tanzania has a lot of tourist attractions and sites worth visiting for foreigners and locals. There are areas that if shown to a Tanzanian person they...
Tanzania has adopted concrete poles for electricity distribution, leaving pine and eucalyptus tree farmers and stakeholders under pressure for the loss they might encounter as the wooden poles will be replaced with concrete ones. Most investors in eucalyptus production were solely aiming for TANESCO as their main customers not knowing there are other ways to...
Approximately 400 people die from motorcycle accidents yearly while 800 others survive with severe injuries, President Samia Suluhu Hassan told the public who attended the launch of Road Safety Week in Arusha on November 23, 2021. She further said that 90% of road accidents could be avoided if people carefully observed road safety rules. The...