Tanzania’s government has allocated an additional Sh195.65 billion towards its fertilizer subsidy program, bringing the total expenditure to Sh345.647 billion as of April 2023. The move was prompted by high demand from farmers. President Samia Suluhu Hassan first introduced the program in the 2022/23 season and aims to increase productivity and efficiency in the agricultural...
Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has witnessed the signing of agreements that will provide telecommunication services to 8.5 million people who currently have no access to network services. Under the state-run Universal Communications Service Access Fund (UCSAF), five telecommunication companies will partner with the government to build 758 new towers worth Sh265.3 billion in 713...
Leaders from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) came together on May 8, 2023, at an Extraordinary Organ Troika Summit (EO-OTS) in Windhoek, Namibia, to discuss the prevailing security situation in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Attendees included Heads of State and Government from Angola, DRC, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zambia....
The newly released Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey and Malaria Indicator Survey (TDHS-MIS) 2022 by NBS reveals that the Total Fertility Rate (TFR) for all of Tanzania, the urban and rural estimates including Tanzania mainland and Zanzibar decreased from 5.6 children per woman in the 1999 TDGS to 4.8 in the 2022 TDHS-MIS. The trend...
The Mtwara port in the south of Tanzania, famously for exporting tons of cashew nuts, is now crowded with vessels from Europe grappling to load coal to Europe to counter the prevailing energy crisis. Traditionally, Tanzania exports coal to its neighbouring countries in East Africa. Sending it further afield was out of the question, as...
Work is set to start on the third phase of the country’s water sector development programme, priced at $6.5bn (over 15trn/-). Water Minister Jumaa Aweso said when launching the programme. He said WSDP III is intended to ensure sustainable availability of water distribution across the country. The five years project scheduled for 2022 to 2026...
Tanzania is expected to expand its economy by nearly 15trn/- in 2022, to 177.1trn/- ($74bn) at current market prices, from 161.5trn/- recorded last year, a European think tank has suggest. FocusEconomics, a Spanish consensus forecasts for 132 countries in Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americans based in the Catalona, said the Tanzanian economy will predominantly...
Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB) in Singida region is investigating development projects worth over Ts 7.2bn/- due to various implementation defects, including procurement procedures violations. Announcing the bureau’s performance report for April – June, Regional PCCB chief, Mr Mzalendo Widege, said the investigation included 17 health, education, and water sector projects after discovering...
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...
On behalf of the minister of sports and culture, Hon Mohammed Mchingerwa, Ms Consolota Mushi, the managing director of Kiswahili Council in Tanzania (BAKITA), has said avoidance or negligence of the use of Kiswahili in performing official activities in Tanzania is punishable by law. Ms Consolata said the minister does not emphasize anything odd but...