The value of exports of goods and services in Tanzania increased to $12.0 billion during 2022 from $9.87 billion recorded in 2021, driven by non-traditional exports, particularly manufactured goods and minerals and services receipts from tourism according to the Bank of Tanzania (BoT) Monthly Economic Review for January 2023. “The increase in exports of manufactured...
President Samia Suluhu Hassan has announced a new commission to assess the performance of Tanzania’s embassies abroad. She made the revelation on Tuesday at the Chamwino State House in Dodoma when launching the commission for Criminal Justice Institutions tasked to assess and recommend how to improve justice. She said after two or three weeks, the...
Tanzania is among a few African countries whose economies are forecasted to excel this year. The five top-performing economies in the continent are expected to grow by over 5.5 per cent during 2023/24. “They will reclaim their position among the world’s ten fastest-growing economies,” the African Development Bank (AfDB) said. Tanzania’s economy is projected to...
The prominent Hollywood megastar Idris Elba plans to invest in a major film studio in Tanzania, the Director of Presidential Communication, Zuhura Yunus revealed upon briefing journalists on Monday about the outcome of President Samia’s recent trip to Davos Switzerland. Idris Elba and his wife Sabrina Elba encountered President Samia at Davos in Switzerland at...
President Samia Suluhu has lifted the ban on political rallies placed by her predecessor’s decree back in 2016. Speaking at the historical moment at the Jakaya Kikwete Conference Hall at the State House in Dar es Salaam, President Hassan humbly pleaded with politicians to conduct politics that abide by the country’s laws, regulations and our...
The report revealed that the Police Marine unit at the nearby Bukoba port was informed about the Precision Air crash 15 minutes after the crash. Still, its patrol boat arrived at the scene more than two hours later, and divers could not perform rescue duty for a lack of oxygen in the bottles. Dar es...
Tanzania’s President Samia has presented $18 billion plan to build renewable power generation in southern Africa at talks in Egypt as leaders from the continent seek to increase climate finance in the region. Under the proposal, a bloc of 12 countries in the region would increase generation by about 8.4 gigawatts from sources such as...
Zitto Kabwe, an outspoken opposition leader and the leader of the fledging oppositional party ACT Wazalendo in Tanzania, has praised the underway political reconciliation strategy pioneered by Her excellency President Samia Suluhu. President Samia’s political reconciliation strategy aims to create a congenial political environment in Tanzania that would leverage socio-economic and political development. At Lake...
President Samia’s 4-day visit to the western region of Tanzania Kigoma has witnessed the launching of several crucial development projects such as hospitals, roads, electricity transmission projects and ports. One crucial and strategic project for which President Samia Suluhu laid the foundation is Kibirisi port’s expansion. The expansion involves improvements to the three ports of...