The World Bank (WB) has hailed the government initiative to promote the private sector, saying it is optimistic that if the pace is retained, Tanzania’s GDP growth will hit 6% in a few years. The World Bank Country Director to Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, Mr. Nathan Belete, said it was evident that programs carried...
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...
The government intends to recruit more teachers to address challenges brought about by the increased number of students in public schools. More students have been enrolled this year thanks to the increased number of classrooms in primary and secondary schools, colleges, and universities. This was stated yesterday by the Assistant Director of Education in the...
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...
In collaboration with various partners, the College of Information and Communication Technology (CoICT) of the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) is implementing a project through which 300 secondary schools in Tanzania will be connected to the internet to help students access learning materials online. The school connectivity project is in its third phase and...
East African Community common currency has long been waited by the people. Unfortunately, dreams and hopes to achieve it seems to fade away as the entire plan is projected to take much longer to come to reality. The establishment of the EAC common currency will now be achieved by 20231 following revised timelines set out...
Two years have gone by since President Samia Suluhu Hassan took office on March 19, 2021, by a constitutional provision following the unprecedented death of the late President John Magufuli, who passed away on March 17, 2022, from a complication related to heart failure. President Hassan is the first female to serve in the position...
Williamson Diamond mine in Tanzania a subsidiary of Petra Diamonds located 23 kilometers northeast of Shinyanga in Tanzania is scheduled to restart planned operations during the first quarter of the financial year 2024 its parent company Petra Diamond has said. Petra’s Williamson diamond mine’s operations in Tanzania remain suspended following a tailings dam breach on...
Tanzania continues to improve the investment climate through regulatory reforms. During the month of February 2023, the government has tabled before the Parliament a bill to amend the Public-Private Partnership Act through GN No. 2 of 2023. The bill proposes to amend the PPP act, Cap 103 [RE 2018] by removing the obligation for a...
The Tanzania Investment Centre (TIC) registered 41 projects worth $339.2 million last month being 128 per cent increase as compared to 18 projects registered in February 2022. Out of 41 projects registered in February 2023, 34 per cent are fully owned by Tanzanians while 42 per cent are fully owned by Foreigners and 24 per...