In the bid to tackle the crisis of unemployment in Tanzania, President Samia’s government has been strenuously seeking viable solutions to mitigate the surging problem facing many youths comprising over 60% of Tanzania’s population. Responding to the problem, President Samia’s government has launched the program to build vocational training institutions (VETA) in different parts of...
he World Bank predicts Tanzania’s economy to expand between 4.5% to 5.5% this year compared to 4.3% in 2021, as a rollback of coronavirus-related restrictions in many countries boosts tourism and trade, its country director said on Tuesday. After initially downplaying the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic under the late President John Magufuli, Tanzania changed...
Masdar, a leading renewable developer based in UAE, has inked an agreement with Tanzania Electric Supply (Tanesco) to develop renewable energy projects in the East African country. The MoU was signed the Masdar’s CEO Mohammed Jameel Al-Ramahi and Maharage Chande, Managing Director of TANESCO. This is the second agreement Masdar has signed in the past...
The situation in Ukraine is getting worse; with the Russian army advancing into Ukraine, keeping more cities under siege, the Tanzanian government released a statement to more than 300 Tanzanians living in Ukraine. The statement released by the Tanzania Foreign Ministry asks more than 300 Tanzania citizens in Ukraine to seek refuge in Romania and...
Tanzania’s fledging Political Party, ACT Wazalendo, had made a press release that calls for an immediate evacuation of Tanzanian citizens living in Ukraine amid ongoing Russia’s aggressive invasion into the former soviet state. ACT released the letter through its sectorial spokesperson for foreign affairs on 25 February 2022, decisively calling the government to take the...
Veteran American rapper Da Brat has tied the knot with her partner Judy Dupart. The couple walked down the aisle on Tuesday, February 22, 2022, at the Horse Mansion in Fairburn, Georgia. According to People, the event was attended by one hundred close friends and family members of the couple. It was a beautiful ceremony...
Transparency International released its annual report on corruption worldwide in January 2022. The report shows that the corruption situation is getting worse in developing countries; however, developed countries have problems too. The author’s recommendations include strengthening anti-corruption agencies, advocating for transparency in public spending and cracking down on financial crime. Some countries have taken a...
In the process of building capable leaders, Mwalimu Nyerere Leadership School was inaugurated in Tanzania to start polishing up Southern Africa leaders starting March this year. The institution was established n honour of Tanzania’s founding father, Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere, aiming to provide comprehensive training to political party leaders and train youths to be patriots....
Understanding diplomacy is not as complex as understanding rocket science. It’s simply the government’s methods and tools to engage with other governments. I presume you must have come across the term diplomacy. Etymologically, it comes from the Greek word diplōma, meaning “an object folded in two”. At the beginning of the 18th C, the use of...
As the fate of the Maasai’s living in Ngorongoro remains undecided, the government has vowed to compensate those who will voluntarily leave the park. The Prime Minister, Hon Kassim Majaliwa, made those remarks on Friday 18, 2022, at the Parliament in Dodoma. Last week the Ngorongoro issue had stirred an intense debate in the parliament...