Tanzania’s Headline Inflation Rate Falls Slightly to 4.7% in March 2023, National Bureau of Statistics Reports. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has reported a slight fall in Tanzania’s annual headline inflation rate to 4.7% in March 2023, down from 4.8% in February 2023. The overall index, however, increased from 107.09 in March 2022 to...
IMF World Economic Outlook: Mixed Growth Projections and Inflation Challenges for East African Economies
According to the latest International Monetary Fund (IMF) World Economic Outlook report, East African economies are facing challenges in their growth projections. While Tanzania’s growth projection for 2023 remains unchanged at 5.2 percent, Kenya’s projection has been revised upward from 5.1 percent to 5.3 percent. However, the IMF has downgraded growth projections for Rwanda, Uganda,...
Tanzania Attracts $1.2 Billion Investment in Q1 2023, Creating Over 16,400 Job Opportunities
Tanzania has once again proven to be an attractive destination for investment, with the country receiving a total of $1.2 billion from 93 projects in the first three months of this year. This investment is expected to create over 16,400 job opportunities in the country. The Tanzania Investment Centre (TIC) reported that this investment represents...
KIGOGO2014 (DIDIER MLAWA): KUTOKA UANAHARAKATI WA MTANDAONI HADI UTAPELI
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...
Kigogo2014 (Didier Mlawa): How an online activist became an extortionist
From around 2019, Mr. Didier Mlawa, a Tanzanian national, gained notoriety and a big online following in the country for his Twitter protest of undemocratic tendencies of the previous regime. His online activism under the name Kigogo2014 made him enemies in high places. Sooner, he fled the country and gained asylum in the UK. He...
Samia urges TPA, TRA to fix system complications
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...
What US VP, Kamala Harris visit to Tanzania means for investment, business
The US Vice President Kamala Harris’ visit is expected to create further business and investment avenues for Tanzania. The VP is coming at a time when data shows that Tanzania’s exports to the US increased by 67.5 percent to 164 million US dollars last year, and from 97.9 million US dollars in the previous year,...
SAUT repeal degrees awarded to 162 medical doctors
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...
Top 10 African countries with the highest number of female representation in government
Business Insider Africa presents the top 10 countries with the highest number of female representatives in government. This list is based on the data in the Inter-Parliamentary Union’s database, which shows that Rwanda is the most politically progressive country in the world. The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) is a data platform for authoritative data on the...
Dar to become industrial hub for the African market, Elsewedy
Elsewedy Electric is in the process of making Tanzania its main hub for the production of some of its main products, including transformers and electric cables. Speaking at the factory during the permanent secretary for Investment visit, the Managing Director of Elsewedy Electric Tanzania Eng. Ibrahim Qamer said, “we are committed to ensuring Tanzania feeds...