AD Ports, Hong Kong operator, and port investor Hutchison Ports will work together to expand operations across the GCC, Asia and Africa. Dar es Salaam Port The two organizations will partner in Tanzania to explore further opportunities to enhance the market competitiveness of ports across the country, including Dar es Salaam Port. Areas of opportunity include...
The National Irrigation Commission of Tanzania has announced plans to develop 13 irrigation schemes for agriculture in Mbeya region to improve crop yields. The new facilities will be spread over 24,550 hectares of land in the districts of Mbarali, Kyela, Rungwe. According to the director of National Irrigation Commission, Raymond Mndolwa, the 13 irrigation schemes...
In efforts to diversify the country’s electricity mix to power its own growing economy, the government has set aside 5bn/- to execute geothermal projects, including Kiejo-Mbaka project in is Mbeya which is expected to generate 200MW by 2025. Tanzania’s main source of energy is hydropower whereby due to climate change and increased demand, the government...
Following the allocation of Tsh 150bn/- in the agriculture budget 2022/23 to subsidize fertilizer prices, the government plans to increase the amount of fertilizer in 2022/23 up to 500,000 tones. In the agricultural season of 2021/22, Tanzania utilized 360,000 tones of fertilizers. According to Dr. Ngailo, the Tanzania Fertilizers Regulatory Authority (TFRA), the farmer’s fertilizer...
A 33-year-old woman who died three weeks after she arrived in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, is believed to have died during a botched operation to remove one of her kidneys by her employer. Her husband, Abdulrazik Juma, claims that his wife, Rose Atieno, had made her last distress call to inform him that her employer had...
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 has allocated Tsh 150 billion to cover fertilizer subsidies that will be distributed to farmers in the country to provide relief to the farmers in fertilizers price that has been fluctuating in the world market. President Samia Suluhu Hassan is expected to launch a fertilizer subsidy program at the peak of the Nanenane...
The terrible performance of TICTS in handling containers at the Dar es Salaam Port over the past 20 years has spillover effects on the vast economic arrays of Tanzania’s economy. The underperformance of the Dar es Salaam port has cost the government trillions in loss of revenues as there has been reported exodus of local...
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 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...