Dar es Salaam: Tanzania Breweries Limited (TBL) has introduced a policy that seeks to make the brewer achieve high levels of water and energy efficiency. The brewer will reduce the use of water and electricity in its plants across the country, while increasing the output. The efforts involves educating workers to be use water and energy efficiently at the…
Dar es Salaam: The number of women engineers in science and technology field is expected to rise, on the basis of a plan to increase enrollment at three institutes of technology, thanks to Italian International Development Agency support. Total funding committed by the agency is Tsh5.4 billion spread over three years (2010-2013) for the Dar es Salaam Institute of…
World Bank: Developing countries wanting to use market instruments to scale up their mitigation efforts will soon have access to financial and technical support arising from a new global partnership launched today. World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick announced the establishment of the Partnership for Market Readiness at an event on the sidelines of the UN Framework Convention…
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Engineers, doctors, teachers, preachers, reporters, scholars, all and sundry, we can help in filling up the holes that characterize our everyday experiences by doing quality jobs that will speak volumes to posterity. By Francis Ndegwa As the majority of local tourists travelled to the coast and other towns for the Easter Holidays, I preferred the bounty of the Rift…
Dar es Salaam: The hotel industry in Tanzania has been hit hard by the ongoing power crisis, says a statement issued by Hotel Association Tanzania (HAT) today (27th July 2011) in Dar es Salaam. According to Damasi Mfugale, Chairperson, Hotel Association Tanzania, hoteliers’ long term goals have been thrown into disarray by the power crisis. “The hotel industry, just…
UNCTAD has launched World Investment Report (WIR) 2011. Below is brief Highligh by BAN Ki moon – GS UnGlobal foreign direct investment (FDI) has not yet bounced back to pre-crisis levels, though some regions show better recovery than others. The reason is not financing constraints, but perceived risks and regulatory uncertainty in a fragile world economy.The World Investment Report…
By Byase Luteke : Tanzania Tourist Board (TTB) has been going places recently. In 2008 the tourism body launched a major marketing campaign worldwide particularly in the United States of America (USA). In the third quarter of 2008 the government through TTB launched an aggressive promotion of Tanzania on CNN and world channel of ABC Television. The message was…
* * *(London, 25 July 2011)* Following an emergency meeting of the UN’s food agency in Rome on the drought crisis in the Horn of Africa, **** ** ** Soren Ambrose from Action Aid says:**** ** ** *“The world should not have to wait until there are starving children on TV before action is taken on hunger. * *…
Mallen Baker: Every successful endeavour is built on a history of failure. That is pretty much universally true throughout human history. But we have become intolerant of failure – and that is a big problem. Prof Yotaro Hatamura at the University of Tokyo is the founder, of all things, of the Association for the Study of Failure. Rather handily,…
*TAARIFA KWA VYOMBO VYA HABARI KUTOKA FEMACT: * * * Sisi Muungano wa Asasi za Kiraia zinazotetea Usawa wa jinsia, haki za binadamu, demokrasia na ukombozi wa wanawake kimapinduzi (FemAct) tumepokea kwa mshtuko, mshangao na masikitiko makubwa, tuhuma kuwa Katibu Mkuu, Wizara ya Madini na Nishati, ameandaa mpango mahususi wa kukusanya pesa kutoka idara na wakala walio chini ya…
Francis Muguro: Of all cases of abuse, none is more saddening than child abuse. With all tender feelings people have towards children, one wonders why an adult would succumb to such beastly act as molesting a child. The world is racing fast towards civilization yet with all this advancement, we daily hear horrifying incidents of child maltreatment. Every day…
Ellen Manyangu: NISHATI ni mhimili mkuu wa maendeleo ya uchumi wa nchi yoyote duniani. Kwa karne nyingi mafuta asilia (petroli na dizeli) yamekuwa vyanzo vikuu vya nishati katika sekta za viwanda, usafirishaji na kilimo. Matumizi ya nishati asilia yanakabiliwa na changamoto mbalimbali zikiwemo kusababisha kwa kiasi kikubwa mabadiliko ya tabia nchi na uchafuzi wa mazingira utokanao na hewa za…
Deogratias Sarufu: Chanzo cha mufumuko wa bei hapa nchini ni chakula. Wataalamu wa uchumi wa Benki kuu ya Tanzania wanasema iwapo bei ya chakula itapungua, mfumuko wa bei nao hupungua. Ukweli huu unaambatana na ukweli mwingine kwamba taifa hili asilimia 80 ya watu wake ni wakulima wadogo wanaokabiliwa na changamoto nyingi zinazosababisha kuzalisha nafaka kidogo na hivyo kuleta uhaba…
By Bilal Abdul-Aziz: IT’S still long before dawn. Yet Tatu Tunduguru, a young mother of two, is already painstakingly trudging a bush track separating her grass-thatched mud-and-pole house and the other side of the village, where she owns a farm.For Tatu, just like other villagers in Mzenga, Kisarawe in Coast Region, this happens daily, if one has to keep…
By Anthony Tambwe: A few years ago, Othman Mrushid would show up each morning at his clinic in a tiny rugged Matemwe village,Unguja, Zanzibar, to find a group of shivering villagers waiting for his services. After checking the patients, majority would be suffering from malaria. It used to be a daily routine. How things have changed! Malaria was ravaging…
By Angel Navuri: DOUBLE taxation is likely to slow down sunflower production in the country if the current trend of heavy taxes to farmers continues. There is need of shifting some burden to other players along the value chain, namely agro-processors and consumers. A survey carried out by this paper sponsored by PANOS Eastern Africa on the theme of…
By Abraham Makinda: It is a curse and a blessing for women villagers at Bweleo, Mjini Magharibi District in western Zanzibar. Seaweed farming binds the women together into a vicious cycle of poverty. Yet for the majority, the crop is the only assured means of livelihood. For a few, it is also offers a hope to entering the world…
Francis Muguro: In making decisions, everything, including falsehood and half truths have an important role to play. But more often than not, people are overwhelmed by domineering negative trivialities at the expense of truth. Is it that human nature is so innately pessimistic that it always focuses on negativity? I watched a televised documentary on tetanus immunization at the…
* * * * *(Kenya, 16 July 2011) *ActionAid has today warned that women in Kenya are resorting to the life-threatening practice of binding their stomachs as hunger in East Africa escalates. The revelation comes as the UN announces that 11 million people have been affected by one of the worst droughts in 60 years.**** The women say that…
Faraja Mgwabati: ATUL Mittal, an agro-processing businessman, represents many of the victims of the politics of Africa’s special Economic Zones (ASEZ). Mr Mittal, the owner of Arusha based Mount Meru Millers Limited, quit business under EPZ after what he calls, “Two years of frustrations and problems with TRA and local authorities.” The company had invested over 15 million US…
Na Grace Mkojera : Nchini Tanzania kuna watu zaidi ya milioni mbili ambao wanaishi na virusi vya ukimwi huku wengine wakiwa bado hawajajitokeza kupima ili kutambua afya zao. Aidha, Takwimu mbalimbali za mwaka 2003 zinaeleza kuwa watu wapatao milioni 25 waliokufa kwa Ukimwi katika Afrika, zaidi ya asilimia 90 wanatoka katika familia maskini sana. Pia, zinaeleza kuwa vijana wa…
MNAKU MBANI : In previous years – before 2009, when people heard a blast or a crash, whether it was a gunshot, car crash or tyre bursts, they would run towards the area of the incident, to see what was happening. They would rush to the incident, as they believed it was not deadly, keeping in the mind that…
By ORTON KIISHWEKO,:AS the 2011/12 cotton buying kicked off in the Western Cotton Growing Zones last week, expectations were that the cash crop producers would pocket at least 300bn/- by the end of the season. There was news to celebrate about as the farm gate price has almost doubled from 600/- per kilogramme last season to 1,100/- this year….
*Machungu wanayajua, matamu wanasimuliwa tu Na Tumaini Makene Mzee Wasiwasi wa Kijiji cha Mtunduaro, ni mmoja kati ya mamia ya wananchi wa mitaa miwili katika Kijiji cha Mtunduaro, Kata ya Ruanda, wilayani Mbinga, Mkoa wa Ruvuma, ambao mpaka sasa hawana uhakika na maisha yao ya baadae, mara uzalishaji wa makaa ya mawe katika eneo la kijiji chao utakapoanza kufanya…
Sikika Press statement, Tuesday 19 July 2011: The withdrawal of the Ministry of Energy and Minerals’ budget during the Parliamentary debate is evidence that the responsible Parliamentary Committee either intentionally or unintentionally, did not perform their prerogative role of scrutinizing the budget well. An independent investigation inquiry should be set up to look into the possibility that Parliamentary Standing…
* * * * * * *Over 3.5 million health workers urgently needed to end crisis of “healthcare deserts” – say 250 organisations for the launch of coalition campaigning activities on 20 July* Last Friday, 15 July Tanzania Midwives Association (TAMA) joined the massive action and started with distribution of the petition asking their colleagues across Tanzania to take…
Ludacris Headlining Tanzania’s Serengeti Fiesta 2011 LUDACRIS Hiphopwired: *Ludacris To Perform In East Africa* *Ludacris* is scheduled to headline Tanzania’s annual*Serengeti Fiesta 2011*, taking place July 30. The event, held at Leaders Club Grounds, Kinondoni, Dar es Salaam, marks the 10th year of the Fiesta. *“All preparations…
*By Emmanuel Kihaule: *“THE people of East Africa should not be denied the right to deliberate on the federation. Leaders come and go, but the people will always be there.” This is how President Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania cautioned about the fast-tracking exercise of the East African Political Federation during the 7 th Summit of the East African Community…
Age is not often associated with speed. But Africa, the world’s oldest continent, now has more of the world’s fastest-growing economies than any other. Over 2000-2009, 11 African countries grew at an annual rate of 7% or more – a rate sufficient to double the economy in 10 years. This is a big shift from the 1980s and 1990s,…
The Royal Commonwealth Society will hold a Malaria Youth Summit in Dar es Salaam on Wednesday 20th July. The Summit will take place at the British Council and be attended by 30 secondary school students. The event will include a panel discussion, featuring a wide range of speakers from organisations working on the malaria prevention programme in Tanzania, a…
*By Hebron Mwakalinga: * Everyone is complaining about Dar es Salaam port, I think what is happening at the Port has two important causes: – – Lack of or weak accountability system – Limited infrastructure capacity. Everyone contends that investment in the expansion of the Port has not kept pace with economic expansion of the Region espacially backhaul operations…
The Embassy of Italy in Tanzania is glad to announce the inauguration of a “Deaf-Blind Unit Construction Project”, called UHURU MCHANGANYIKO, at the Uhuru School located in ILALA MUNICIPALITY, Dar-es-Salaam. The school is opposite Tanzania Breweries, along Uhuru road, Kariakoo Area and the inauguration ceremony will be held on July 20th at 10.30 a.m. at the presence of Government…
BAJETI YA MWAKA 2010/2011 NA MAKADIRIO YA MATUMIZI YA WIZARA YA NISHATI NA MADINI KWA MWAKA WA FEDHA 2011/2012 UTANGULIZI Mheshimiwa Spika; awali ya yote namshukuru Mwenyezi Mungu kwa kuniwezesha kuwasilisha maoni haya ya kambi rasmi ya upinzani kuhusu makadirio ya matumizi ya Wizara ya Nishati na Madini kwa mwaka wa fedha 2011/2012 kwa mujibu wa kanuni za Bunge…
*Press Release No:*021/MNA *WASHINGTON, July 14, 2011* – Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the Middle East and North Africa are key to driving employment for millions of young citizens but businesses on the smaller end of the scale in this region have some of the lowest levels of access to finance in the world. Today’s approval of…
By Jackie Karanja: The budget has many interesting aspects, but one that I believe was most commendable was the minister indicating that they would be taking a confessional loan of 127bn/- from the financial markets in Tanzania for infrastructure developments is an indication that the financial markets have growth commendably that they can provide such assistance to government. It…
Drs. Camillus D. N. Kassala: The recent tenth edition of the 2011 *African Economic Outlook* claims to find that the African continent is on the rebound and expects its growth performance in the next years to resume at pre-crisis levels. The focus of this 2011 Outlook is Africa’s Emerging Economic Partnerships, presenting a comprehensive review of Africa’s expanding economic…
* By Michael Mjinja:* * * Social security is very important for the well-being of workers, their families and the entire community. It is a basic human right and a fundamental means for creating social cohesion… It is an indispensable part of government social policy and an important tool to prevent and alleviate poverty. The right to social security…
*By Emmanuel Kihaule : *IF there is anything that amuses me most about my beloved country Tanzania is the manner in which authorities react immediately after a problem has occurred such as an accident in which many lives were lost. The following day the police will call a press conference in which they will enlist a windful of measures…
*By Emmanuel Kihaule: *How much has Africa benefited from development aid from donors? Is Africa anyhow better now than it was say fifteen or twenty years ago? These are questions which normally dominates discussions on the state of poverty in Africa versus development aid. To some people, including myself nothing much, in terms of development, has been recorded out…
The only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small, uninhabited island. He prayed feverishly for GOD to rescue him, and every day he scanned the horizon for help, but none seemed forthcoming.* * Exhausted, he eventually managed to build a little hut out of driftwood to protect him from the elements, and to store his new…
Tanzania National Parks and Game Reserves Tanzania is home to some of the best National Parks in the world. The primary role of Tanzania National Parks is conservation. There are 14 National Parks in Tanzania, which form the core of a much larger protected ecosystem that has been set aside to preserve the country’s rich natural heritage, and to…
TBL boosts Lugarawa community in Ludewa THE community around the Lugarawa secondary school would have no reason but a smile after the construction of water reserve tank with a storage capacity of 50,000 cubic litres financed by the Tanzania Breweries Limited (TBL) in Ludewa. This is a part of TBL’s Without Water There Is No Life project in which…
Who do visitors keep on coming back to Mount Kilimanjaro? Some say a climb of Mount, which takes one through the mists of equatorial jungle to reach the snows and breath-taking views from the summit, is one of the most exciting adventures in Africa. The Mount located at the north/eastern tip of Tanzania, with elevation: 19,335.6 ft (5,895m) has…
By AM To begin with let me state that yours truly by all means, is not a racist neither an African bigot nor a rich fish (Fisadi) or a poor monkey. Yet, usually, he does not accept free gifts offered by George Bushians and Gordon Brownians. For your information, a rich fish can be translated into many things like…
By Anthony Muchoki : A time comes when one has to call it quits at the regular work place, or to use the language of the queen, the time to say goodbye to formal employment. Some only retire due to old age, others when they go to the grave while the bright chaps do it because they want to…
By Anthony Muchoki: Yes. God hears the voice of a woman more than a man’s. After all, women are mothers. Secondly, the sins that are committed by men in terms of magnitude, they reduce women’s sins into nothing. A man will go to church, even a priest – look up in the skies and say father forgive me. But…
*By John Ulanga* *Executive Director,* *The Foundation for Civil Society, Tanzania* *A paper presented at the Annual Meeting of MS Tanzania,* February 19, 2008, MS TCDC Arusha, Tanzania 1 INTRODUCTION Over the last couple of years there has been a lot of discussions on the importance of the role of civil society organizations in the development processes. Attempts have…
Bank M (Tanzania) Limited has reported a huge pre-tax profit increase of 75 per cent for the six month period ended June, 2011, growing to TZS 2.83 Bln., as compared to TZS 1.61 Bln. for the corresponding period ended June 2010. The bank mainly attributed the increase in profitability to the growth in loan assets from TZS 98.87 Bln….
The CcM member of parlament (special seats), Pindi Chane,witnesses the cutting of the tape to launch a water reserve tank in Lugarawa, Iringa recently. On her left is TBL’s public relation’s officer, Doris Malulu.
Zantel improves youth lifestyle at affordable costs Youth are likely to enjoy a certain higher standard of lifestyle at an affordable rates following one of the telecom operators move of forming a youth club. Zanzibar telecommunication – Zantel – is these weeks launching a youth preposition that will enable the youth celebrate a certain life like going to clubs,…
CONSUMERS in the country will continue to feel pain in their day to day activities as prices of petroleum products, especially kerosene, have been slightly reduced. Dar es Salaam Regiom seems to be enjoying the EWURA decision as the price of kerosene has plummeted from Tsh2,086 to Tsh1,940 per litre while that of petrol has now been set Tsh2,206…
Reasons for depreciation of the Tanzania shilling stated Written by Yakobe Chiwambo Friday, 08 July 2011 05:28 ECONOMISTS say there are many reasons why the Tanzania shilling has been depreciating relentlessly over the past four years as indicated in recent Delloitte&Touche report on the East African economies.According to economists who spoke to Business Times at the 35th Dar es…
Tanzania: experts question reliance on foreign investors for economic growth Written by YAKOBE CHIWAMBO Friday, 15 July 2011 05:16 TANZANIA’S economy is projected to see strong real growth in the next two years, growing at 6.5 per cent in 2011 – and 6.6 per cent in 2012. Apparently, the growth is driven by foreign investments. However, local economists have…
sexual child abuse still a major challenge AS it has several times been reported in the media especially at local level, it is evident that child sexual abuse is among the challenges that face children in Tanzania. Bearing in mind that last month, it was World’s Child Day, Business Times reporter YAKOBE CHIWAMBO, held an interview with Director for…
More needs to be done to fight children sexual abuse YAKOBE CHIWAMBO Unlike other types of abuses like physical or psychological torment, child sexual abuse in most cases happens secretly. This makes it difficult for culprits to be made answerable. In the first place, it is difficult to find data about children sexual abuse. Children exposed to being abused…
This way, Kilimo Kwanza is just another useless song By Saumu Jumanne Once again the country runs the risk of suffering acute food shortages. That is why from April, the Government of Tanzania (GoT) halted food exports, especially maize. According to the Minister for Agriculture, Prof Jumanne Maghembe, the ban runs from April to June this year. The good…
Era of big shame for Tanzania, thanks to irresponsible leaders By Saumu Jumanne We have become a nation that expects too much for investing too little in productive actions. We want to lead luxurious life for no hard work. Students want excellent exam results from total neglect of studies! And good heavens sometimes it happens. The trend goes on…
Downtrodden motherhood, little prospects of economic freedom Mother – a truly magical word that have made poets of all ages go gaga. Our mothers bear us in blood, sweat, and tears. For our fathers, we come from the pleasure of sex and no physical pain for them afterwards – supporting the expectant mother is an option. A man can…
Our girls, education and lost dreams in mire of poverty Every other girl that you see has a dream -an aspiration for a better life- for her own and the larger family. The most ultimate thing that can make those dreams come true is education, and unfortunately, after primary school, few of our girls go ahead, and they are…
Innovation, not complaints will take us there Saumu Jumanne If there was a gold medal for complaining many Tanzanians from the lowest to the highest echelons would be potential winners. Grumbling have become so embed in our national psyche almost becoming a way of life. In parliament, at public rallies, in the offices, classrooms and even at pubs, it…
After giving the hawkers a loaf of bread made of stones, NSSF should stop whining By Saumu Jumanne Do you want to eat a loaf of bread made of stones? It seems that is exactly what the authorities in Dar es Salaam could be asking hawkers to do. That is, by forcing them to operate exclusively at the magnificent…
Mkulo’s sweat and the poor man’s sweat…the big difference By Saumu Jumanne Unlike our Finance Minister Brother Mustapha Mkulo, who is a so well versed in matters to do with finance and economic sector- having worked his way up for many years, I have very limited know how on the same. And so are the majority Tanzanians. However, as…
The Loliondo miracle, collapsed health systems and traditions Saumu Jumanne In Tanzania an academic doctor, a medical doctor and an illiterate villager, once a goat thief turned into a witchdoctor – are all, merrily called doctors. Actually deep in the rural villages, the children grow up calling the village witchdoctor, ‘daktari,’ the Kiswahili equivalent of a doctor. They learn…
By correspondent Ernest C. Ambali. Believe this and you will rise to success!! Forsake it, you will fall into the gaping abyss!!. That is: you must have a strong, positive vision of success – and you will succeed. You will not need Albino’s body parts or a chain talisman. In other words, there is nothing like luck. You create…
By Correspondent Ernest C. Ambali “It is the customer who has the power to change the profit or loss figures in an annual report. Only by listening to the customer can one hope to make a solid, lasting and profitable change in business. “By focusing on the customer, one is really concentrating on serving and satisfying the customer’s needs….
By ERNEST C. AMBALI 1. The world has nothing for nothing The dollar on the road you picked Is something for something. Had you not to the road walked You would have had nothing for nothing. 2. The world has nothing for nothing. Even charity given to the needy Is not something for nothing. Had the giver not seen…
By Correspondent Ernest C. Ambali The Tanzania Investment Bank (TIB) is now assured of nearing to its envisioned zenith—“to be the premier development bank that promotes economic growth by offering complete financing solutions to clients”. The assurance follows the recent one billion/- in the National Assembly meeting in Dodoma by the Deputy Minister for Finance and Economic Affairs, Mr…
By Correspondent Ernest C. Ambali The commanding colour of the CRDB Bank, the bank that listens, is green. Those who are educated in colour significance as given by Dr. Marx Lüscher in his book, “The Lüscher Colour Test”, this colour means “self-preservation”. Writing in short on the origin of colour significance, Lüscher who was Professor of Psychology at Basle…