Agricultural Non-State Actors Forum (ANSAF)
Agricultural stakeholders have resolved to produce popular simplified versions of Warehouse Receipt System Act 2005 and Cooperative Societies Act 2013,...
Agriculturalists to release Acts in lay language
Saturday, January 31, 2015
Friday, January 30, 2015
Unlocking the Potential of the Tourism Industry for Tanzanians
More than 1 million tourists visited Tanzania’s world-class tourist attractions in 2013, including Mount Kilimanjaro, the wildebeest migration in Serengeti and the warm beaches of Zanzibar, making...
The Delegation of the European Union Issues the Following Statement
The government decision of January 23rd to suspend the circulation of "The East African", a long-established regional newspaper, gives rise to concerns about freedom of press in Tanzania.
It...
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
World is ‘Dangerously Unprepared’ for Future Pandemics
World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim
Saying the world was “dangerously unprepared” for future pandemics, World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim today laid out a vision...
Immunization Saves Millions of Kids
President Jakaya Kikwete has hailed the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) for its initiatives on immunization, saying the move has made immunization possible to 370 million...
Human rights activists again appeal to government to amend Marriage Act
LHRC Executive Director, Dr Hellen Bisimba
Human rights activists have called on the government to amend section 13 of the Marriage Act, 1971 saying it is toothless and enhances the increase...
Monday, January 26, 2015
Exim Bank donates sanitary facilities to Kigoma municipality
Kigoma Regional Commissioner Lt. (rtd) Issa Machibya (centre) cuts a ribbon to officially open one of the dust bins donated by Exim Bank – Kigoma Branch for them to start being used on keeping...
Friday, January 23, 2015
This is why there aren't more women at Davos
This year only 17% of Davos participants are women. That number doesn’t reflect how bad gender diversity in global leadership really is.
As the world’s most formidable leaders prepare to gather...
BRN ‘success’ in education queried
Inadequate number of teachers in both primary and secondary schools; lack of learning and teaching materials in public schools; no in-service teacher training opportunities; no staff houses; low...
Private sector, ‘care economy’ will be key engines of job creation for next 5 years
Private sector services, such as business and administrative services, and real estate, as well as related industries, will employ more than a third of the global workforce over the next five years,...
Thursday, January 22, 2015
Act on child marriage crisis, Graca challenges Dar varsity
The widow of former South African President Nelson Mandela yesterday urged...
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
New York Times Gives Dar 'Gold Medal
TANZANIA has been named among 52 places to go this year by the 'New York Times', in a new development that gives a further boost to the country's growing tourism industry.
The American daily newspaper...
Youth to Get Training On Project Proposals Writing
The government is to train all cooperative officers in the country on how to write project proposals so that they can in turn train youth groups in the country.
Deputy Minister for Information, Youth, Culture and Sports Mr Juma Nkamia made the remarks when the Parliamentary Committee on Community...
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Dr Bilal, policy makers to discuss youth matters
Vice President, Dr Mohamed Gharib Bilal
Vice President Dr Mohamed Gharib Bilal will tommorrow host a discussion on youth with the country’s policy makers. The aim of the discussion is to...
Govt moves to curb attacks on albinos
Home Affairs minister Mathias Chikawe addresses a news conference in Dar es Salaam yesterday. With him is Inspector General of Police Ernest Mangu
The government has banned witchcraft-related...
