His mother was a slave. Sheikh Abeid Karume was the son of a slave woman from Ruanda-Urundi who moved to Zanzibar when the boy was young. Abeid Karume was not born in Zanzibar The first President of Zanzibar, Sheikh Abeid Karume, was born in Nyasaland, now Malawi, on August 05, 1905. Karume hated and feared...
William Rutto, 55, Kenya’s Deputy President for the past ten years, is contesting for the presidency of East Africa’s largest economy, Kenya. Being the marginal favourite winner of the coming general elections in August, Ruto draws his inspiration from the late Julius Nyerere, the first President of Tanzania. Ruto told The Economist that Julius Nyerere inspires him...
WHATSAPP might seem easy enough to use – but are you making some big mistakes? We’ve rounded up some of the most superficial errors to watch out for. There are some mistakes you need to avoid: WhatsApp lock Locking your WhatsApp separately from your iPhone is very important. It means people who are using your...
In the bid to revive Tanzania’s national air carrier, the government has already purchased another five new planes. While reading his budget speech in the parliament in Dodoma, Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa, today, April 6, 2022, has said that, until February 2022, the government has already paid an advance for the purchase of five new...
On Tuesday, April 5, 2022, the Tanzania Center for Democracy finally managed to hold its conference in the capital of Dodoma after two consecutive failures due to logistical challenges. The TCD Dodoma conference, with a theme of justice, peace and reconciliation, was attended by multiple pro-democracy stakeholders across factions such as political parties, diplomatic communities,...
President Samia has said that Tanzania was neither built by a single person nor one party but by all Tanzanians. President Samia made those remarks today, April 05, 2022, in Dodoma while addressing during the opening of the Tanzania Center for Democracy (TCD) meeting. TCD meeting, which convenes democracy and multiparty stakeholders, shall discuss about...
It has been a month since Russia was heavily sanctioned following its aggressive invasion of Ukraine. Sanctions led to a sharp fall of ruble, but since Russia declared to sell its oil using the ruble, Russia’s currency has bounced back up against the dollar to the levels last seen before the invasion of Ukraine. The...
Sometimes we all feel worth a pay rise. This solely depends on the hard work we put in when it comes to delivering according to the expectations of the organisations or company. Are you under-appreciated, overworked, and worth your gold weight, yet paid stipends? If so, what are you waiting for instead of knocking on...
The Tanzania National Roads Agency (Tanroads)agreed to implement a Tanzanian in the diaspora’s proposal to build durable tar roads using craps from mining sites and red soil as long as it delivers what was presented. A few days ago, Joseph Katallah, a Tanzanian living in Canada, introduced the possibility of using aluminium and glass waste...