The volume of cargo handled at major sea and lake ports in Tanzania increased by 26 per cent to 6.5 million tonnes in the first quarter of this year from 5.1 million tonnes recorded during a similar period last year, according to the Bank of Tanzania (BoT), Consolidated Zonal Economic Performance Report for the quarter...
Kenya’s President William Ruto has unveiled an ambitious plan to lease and revitalize five critical ports through a public-private partnership (PPP) worth $1.4 trillion. The initiative aims to enhance the country’s maritime industry and improve competitiveness along the northern corridor. Under the proposal, the Kenya Development Corporation (KDC), a development finance institution, has confirmed that...
Exciting prospects lie ahead as the Tanzanian Parliament gears up to discuss and endorse the Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) between Tanzania and Dubai for the development of Dar es Salaam Port. This revelation, brought to light by The Citizen, marks the beginning of a new chapter in the collaboration between the Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA) and...
The Kikagati-Murongo hydropower project, a joint venture between Tanzania and Uganda, has its roots in a historical background of regional cooperation and shared energy resources. The idea for harnessing the hydropower potential of the Kagera River, which forms the border between the two East African countries, dates back several years. Recognizing the immense benefits of...
De-dollarization is an increasingly important issue in the global economy, with a growing number of countries seeking to reduce their dependence on the US dollar. There are several reasons why de-dollarization is essential, including concerns about the stability of the US dollar, the desire to reduce dependence on the US economy, and the need to...
Kuanzia mwaka 2019, jina Kigogo2014 lilijipatia umaarufu mkubwa na wafuasi wengi wa mtandaoni nchini Tanzania. Kigogo2014 ambaye jina lake halisi ni Didier Mlawa alijizolea umaarufu huo kwa machapisho yake ya utetezi wa demokrasia, haki za binadamu na ubadhirifu chini ya utawala wa Rais John Magufuli. Uanaharakati wake huo ukamjengea maadui wakubwa kwenye utawala wa Magufuli...
President Samia Suluhu Hassan has ordered the Tanzania Ports Authorities and Tanzania Revenue Authorities to meet and fix their systems to correspond to each other. The Head of State issued the instruction on Wednesday at the State House in Dar es Salaam shortly after receiving a report from the PCCB Director General, Salum Hamdun, that...
The Saint Augustine University of Tanzania (SAUT) has revoked the conferred degrees to 162 Medical Doctors who graduated at St Francis University College of Health and Allied Sciences (SFUCHAS)from 2015-2019. A Public notice issued in the Daily Newspaper on Monday (27th March 2023) said the 162 graduates deliberately refused to return academic transcripts issued to...
The Director-General of the Tanzania Railway Corporation (TRC), Masanja Kadogosa, has said that the construction project of the Morogoro-Dar es Salaam section of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) has reached 97.93 percent and that the remaining work is to build overpasses for cars and pedestrians. The overpasses being built are somehow delaying full completion as...
For the past six days, Tanzania’s scientists have struggled to identify the deadly pathogen that killed five people in Tanzania’s north-western Kagera region. Today, at an impromptu press called upon by the ministry of health under Hon. Minister Ummy Mwalimu, the government revealed the virus after a series of scientific laboratory experiments. The minister of...