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Sikika Press Release: The availability or ‘unavailability’ of medicines for suffering patients in Tanzania is many times the distance between life and death especially for those living upcountry. It is a fact that the lack of a highly cohesive countrywide medicine & supplies distribution system continues to afflict public health facilities and could be leading to preventable suffering and…
Chama cha Madaktari nchini (MAT) kimesema tiba inayotolewa na Mchungaji Mstaafu wa Kanisa la Kiinjili la Kilutheri Tanzania (KKKT), Ambilikile Mwasapila, kwa njia ya kikombe kwa ajili ya kutibu magonjwa sugu, imeleta maafa makubwa kwa wagonjwa. Makamu wa Rais wa MAT, Dk. Primus Saidia, alitoa tamko hilo wakati akizungumza na waandishi wa habari kuhusiana suala zima la magonjwa yasiyoambukiza…
ANZISHA PRIZE FINALIST FOR TANZANIA Frederick Swai, Tanzania The Dreamer Center City: Mbeya Age: 19 Industry: IT Services Quote: “I got the idea for the Center when I was seventeen. It has been a dream come true to see it finally here. But this is just the beginning.” During secondary school Frederick Swai often noticed his neighbors’ frustration when…
*EIGHT INNOVATIVE YOUNG AFRICAN ENTREPRENEURS SELECTED AS FINALISTS FOR THE INAUGURAL ANZISHA PRIZE* :Press release: African Leadership Academy and The MasterCard Foundation are proud to announce the finalists for the inaugural *Anzisha Prize* ( www.anzishaprize.org), the premier award for Africa’s young entrepreneurial leaders. These remarkable young entrepreneurs, hailing from eight nations across the continent, will converge in Johannesburg on…
By Rawlings Otieno (standardmedia.co.ke) The Government has been urged to set aside funds for the development of Kiswahili language, which is rapidly gaining popularity in East and Central Africa . Academy for African Languages (Acalan) has lauded Kenya for elevating Kiswahili to an official language and entrenched it in the Constitution. It challenged the Government to make available funds…
* *By YAKOBE CHIWAMBO (Businesstimes.co.tz) * * HITHERTO, both local and international investors had been making a beeline for long-term bonds – mainly because of their relatively higher yields and secure nature as an investment. That scenario is rapidly changing, with prospective investors now sitting on their money and furiously reading signs of the (economic) times. Observers attribute this…
> *Addis Ababa, Ethiopia*.*18 August 2011 *– The African Union (AU) and the > NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency, convened a special consultation of > the Steering Group of the Africa Food and Nutrition Security Day as part of > a plan to firm up the implementation of activities that will lead up to the > continent-wide commemoration of…
*AWARD announces winners of 2011 fellowships 70 top African women agricultural scientists from 11 countries chosen * * *NAIROBI, KENYA (AUGUST 18, 2011)—As discussions of drought and famine in the Horn of Africa continue to dominate global headlines, it is clear that ensuring the continent’s food security will require mobilizing the best minds from every discipline, including women agricultural…
Bernard Baha Kususu Mjadala wa Bajeti ya Ardhi: Nimefuatilia kwa karibu mjadala wa Wizara ya Ardhi Nyumba na Maendeleo ya Makazi na hasa kilio cha wabunge walio wengi kuhusiana na mashamba yaliyotelekezwa na ama ambayo wawekezaji au wanaoitwa wawekezaji badala ya kuyaendeleza sasa wanayakodisha kwa wananchi jirani na mashamba haya ambao bila shaka wangekabidhiwa wangeyaendesha pasi na shaka. Nimefuatilia…
*TAARIFA KWA UMMA* *MAELEZO KUHUSU MAKALA ILIYOTOLEWA NA GAZETI LA MWANANCHI KUHUSU UBOVU WA MAJENGO UDOM TAREHE 12 AGOSTI 2011* Gazeti la Mwananchi la tarehe 12 Agosti 2011 ukurasa wa 8 liliandika makala kuhusu Chuo Kikuu cha Dodoma yenye kichwa cha habari:*Ubovu wa Majengo UDOM; tatizo linalohitaji kumulikwa haraka *na mwandishi Habel Chidawali.**** Katika makala hii kuna mambo ambayo…
By Victor Bwire: Tanzania’s human rights records come up for review by the United Nations Human Rights Council under the 12th session of the newly established mechanism called the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on 3rd October, 2011 in Geneva. Through the UPR mechanism, a country’s holistic achievement or violation of human rights is addressed and Government’s asked to give…
* HOTUBA YA MSEMAJI MKUU WA KAMBI YA UPINZANI BUNGENI WIZARA YA ARDHI NYUMBA NA MAENDELEO YA MAKAZI MHE. HALIMA JAMES MDEE (MB) KUHUSU MAPITIO YA UTEKELEZAJI WA BAJETI YA MWAKA 2010/2011 NA MAKADIRIO YA MATUMIZI YA WIZARA YA ARDHI, NYUMBA NA MAENDELEO YA MAKAZI MWAKA WA FEDHA 2011/2012** * * UTANGULIZI** Mheshimiwa Spika* , napenda kuchukua nafasi hii…
* HOTUBA YA MSEMAJI MKUU WA KAMBI YA UPINZANI BUNGENI WIZARA YA ARDHI NYUMBA NA MAENDELEO YA MAKAZI MHE. HALIMA JAMES MDEE (MB) KUHUSU MAPITIO YA UTEKELEZAJI WA BAJETI YA MWAKA 2010/2011 NA MAKADIRIO YA MATUMIZI YA WIZARA YA ARDHI, NYUMBA NA MAENDELEO YA MAKAZI MWAKA WA FEDHA 2011/2012** * * UTANGULIZI** Mheshimiwa Spika* , napenda kuchukua nafasi hii…
By Yakobe Chiwambo (www.businesstimes.co.tz) DESPITE the rapid growth of telecommunication technologies the world over in the area of money transfers, many Tanzanians still prefer to send money to relatives, friends and other dependents by passenger bus countrywide – the ready availability of other methods such as bank transfers, money grams/Western Union and mobile telephony transfer services notwithstanding! The reason(s)…
LONDON, August 15, 2011 – The inaugural meeting of the Board of Directors of the CTO Ventures endorsed the launch of a low-cost `borderless Commonwealth’ mobile data roaming service for its member countries and beyond. CTO Ventures is a commercial subsidiary of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation initiated to develop, expand and enhance CTO’s existing operations to facilitate transactional business…
WASHINGTON, August 15, 2011−Global food prices are at high levels and when combined with continued volatility, put the poorest people in the developing world at continued risk, according to the World Bank Group’s Food Price Watch released today. While the emergency in the Horn of Africa was triggered by prolonged droughts, especially in areas struggling with conflict and internal…
DAR ES SALAAM, Aug 14 (Reuters) – Tanzania’s mobile phone subscribers rose 20 percent to 21 million last year, but low tariffs due to a vicious price war are expected to diminish the appetite for investment in the telecoms sector, industry officials said. East Africa’s second biggest economy’s communications sector has grown at an average annual rate of nearly…
MABONDIA wa ngumi za kulipwa Ramadhan Shauri na Bakari Dunda wataoneshana kazi katika pambano lisili la ubingwa litakalofanyika Septemba 4 mwaka huu. Pambano hilo ambalo litakuwa la raundi nane litasindikizwa na burudani kutoka katika kundi la \’Makhirikhiri wa bongo\’ huku likitanguliwa na mapambano manne ya utangulizi ambapo yatafanyika katika ukumbi wa CCM Mwinjuma wa Mwananyamala Dar es Salaam. Akizungumza…
Comrade, Once again, millions of African citizens face famine and the destruction of their livelihoods. At this moment, 12 million men, women and children in Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia are in dire need of food, clean water and basic sanitation. Tens of thousands of Somali children have died in the last 90 days and over 500,000 are now at…
Dear Leaders, As a responsible citizen who wants to see quick development of his country and prosperity of its people I feel constrained to air my views and offer advice on any public issue that concerns the development of this country and its people. On 18th July 2011 a very serous event took place in Parliament during its debate…
This was shortly after President Kikwete was elected for a second term; Q. Judge Bomani you have been involved in public affairs for nearly half a century, what would your comments be at this stage of Tanzania’s political life? A. Thank you very much for giving me this opportunity to air my views on some of the burning issues…
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, 9 August 2011 – The results of a pioneering survey led by the Government of Tanzania released today reveal an urgent need to address violence against children across all sectors and in settings where children spend most of their time, particularly in their homes, communities, and schools. “I am so pleased that Tanzania is taking…
By Lilian Msambichaka: Help me! Someone help me please! My child is dying, please someone help me! A woman holds her convulsing son outside a café a few steps from the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The café is frequented by patients and their family members and MUHAS staff. I…
The Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO), in conjunction with the Tanzanian Ministry of Communications, Science and Technology and the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority will be holding the sixth annual Connecting Rural Communities Africa Forum in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on 24 – 26 August 2011. With a milieu of ICT organisations such as Ericsson and Helios Towers Nigeria, the event…
Balozi Morwa : Why is Tanzania shilling depreciating- I suspect, among other things is a a loose control from the government on the currency trading in the interbank foreign exchange market (IFEM) as one of great source for the dwindling shilling! There should be an inevitable monitoring of the government on IFEM as some local foreign banks have been…
Geneva, Switzerland, 8 August 2011 – The World Economic Forum has announced that Elsie Kanza, the Personal Assistant (Economic Affairs) to President Jakaya M. Kikwete of Tanzania, is to become the Forum’s new Head of Africa. Kanza will visit Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, later this month in preparation for the 2012 World Economic Forum on Africa. “After six fruitful years…
Mkemimi Mungi, Dar es Salaam: Entrepreneurship entails establishing a business and managing it in order to make profit. Most of the Tanzanians, fortunately, are quite industrious and have positively embraced doing business. They earn their livelihood and that of their children from it. Starting or running a business successfully, however, is not as easy as it sounds. Just like…
Byase Luteke IPP Executive Chairman, Reginald Mengi has made a high spirited call to the Government of Tanzania (GoT) to make Precision Air (PW) the national/flag carrier. Mr. Mengi made this plea at a function where he was the guest of honour at the launching of PW’s brand new ATR72-500 aircraft on 21 September 2010 which took place at…
MOSES MATHEW, MWANZA: Complicated formalities and lack of public education on investment in Tanzania are major impediments that trivialize investment promotion and economic development. Recently the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in collaboration with the Tanzania Investment Center (TIC) conducted a workshop in Mwanza on an investors survey where participants deprecated existing red tape. Tobias Abwaro, the finance…
Emmanuel D Tayari: During the election time, we always speak ill of politicians and even various policies that they have put forward. Ethics play a great role on how people analyze how politicians have used their roles for personal gain or misconduct. However, firstly let us ask ourselves, what is the relationship between ethics and politics? Ethics and Politics…
Dar eS Salaam: THE Maasai youths have become a trademark of urban security. Wherever you go in most urban centres in Tanzania you will find the man at the gate of an affluent home either a Maasai watchman or a security guard from one of the security companies. This is a sign that there is growing insecurity around today…
JOHN KIMBUTE NOT many people realize that Tanzania is standing at a prophetic moment of the eclipse and collapse of the traditional edifice of thought that is generally characterized with founding father Julius Nyerere, repeated over airwaves repeatedly during this election period. A relentless drift of opinion towards voting many opposition MPs and even a reasonable chance of winning…
Hourglass Tanzania last June\’s supported Dar Fashion Festival using transformative technology and community powered support to enable business in the Apparel & Garment Sector, to IMPACT Africa. Dar Fashion Festival (DFF) kicked off with a series of events on Sunday the 19th June staring with WEBS (Women’s Empowered Business Summit) which was held at the 5-Star Mbezi hall. Present…
Dar es Salaam: In Tanzania Sim card vendors just before the close of 2009 feared that by January 2010 their businesses would automatically die come January 2010. Almost two years later, this was never to be. In December 2009, Tanzania Communication Regulatory Authority (TCRA) communication officer, Innocent Mungy talking of then, the ongoing mobile phone registration exercise, said: “All…
By Tusekile Mwambetania and Nora Muchaki, Dar es Salaam: Accessibility and availability of adequate health care and HIV & AIDS services is vital not only for People Living with HIV (PLHIV) but also health service users whose lives are endangered once they lack these key services. It is, however, unfortunate that these important services are difficult to access for…
Will a Harvard Professor\’s New Technology Make College Lectures a Thing of the Past? LIZ DWYER – Education Editor Another sign that the college lecture might be dying: Harvard University physics professor Eric Mazur is championing the \”flipped classroom,\” a model where information traditionally transferred during lectures is learned on a student\’s own time, and classroom time is spent…
CHELU MATUZYA: High levels of poverty, dependence on rain-fed agriculture and poor infrastructure make African countries including Tanzania to feature prominently as more immediately vulnerable to climate change. A new report published by the International Food Policy Research Institute(IFPRI) says that negative effects of climate change on crop production are especially pronounced in Sub-Saharan Africa, as the agriculture sector…
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iQu4n98xpFc/Tj0svKaMVGI/AAAAAAAAAC4/c7wH-Aer-Rs/s320/OLDIE.JPG FROM LEFT: Filbert Bayi ( World 1500m Champion) ; Gidamis Shahanga ( Commonwealth Marathon Champion) ; Emmanuel Mlundwa ( Africa Flyweight Champion) ; Lucas Msomba ( Africa Light Welterweight Champion ) ; Suleiman Nyambui ( Africa 10,000m Champion ). OOOOps this website still in beta, cannot post photos
Dar es Salaam: Kocha maarufu wa mchezo wa ngumi nchini, Rajabu Mhamila ‘SUPER D’ aliyeamua kutumia njia ya DVD kuwafundisha watu mbalimbali kujua na kutambua sheria za mchezo huo ameachia kazi nyingine tatu mpya. Kazi hizo tatu zinausisha mapambano kadhjaaa ya nyota na mabingwa wa ngumi za kulipwa Duniani, ziliachiwa sokoni zaidi ya wiki moja sasa. Akizungumza na waandishi…
* * * * *Dar es Salaam: *IN concerted efforts to promote exports, the Export Processing Zones Authority (EPZA), working in collaboration with other relevant institutions and stakeholders in Tanzania, has earmarked thousands of hectares of land in14 Regions countrywide for the main purpose of boosting industrial processing for export. With the exception of the Bagamoyo Zone in the…
by Elizabeth Bennett – Anna came home from school with a note. It said: Dear Parents, A child in our class has come down with chickenpox. Please watch your children for symptoms and keep them home if they get sick. Thanks! Mrs. Cheng “Uh-oh,” said her mom. “One of your friends has chickenpox. I wonder if you will catch…
Special correspondent: Bagamoyo – LIFE here is similar to Hell, no fish, since yesterday, no credit, my family depend on me, life is becoming harder day after day. That is what Mr. Mgunda Rashid, thinks during an interview with Panos team. He says, the lives of many fishermen here around Bagamoyo are miserable, as for those who are using…
LAND ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT LAUNCHES WEB PORTAL TO MONITOR LAND GRABS (Dar es Salaam, 4 August 2011) ActionAid Tanzania in collaboration with the Tanzania Land Alliance (TALA) under the Land Accountability Project (LAP) launches a web-based land portal to aid in accessing information and discussion of land related issues in Tanzania. The project will also establish a system for women…
Dar es Salaam: More than 100 people including the Guest of Honour, the Honourable Prof. Jumanne Maghembe, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Cooperatives will be present at the launch of the Partnership for Nutrition in Tanzania (PANITA), a coalition of 90 civil society organisations across Tanzania. On the 4th of August Partnership for Nutrition in Tanzania will be formally…
Na John Kimbute BADO mjadala unaendelea kuhusu hatua ya wakuu wa majeshi ya ulinzi na usalama kutoa tamko rasmi kuwa hakuna atakayeruhusiwa kukataa matokeo, tamko ambalo limepata upinzani mkubwa kutoka kwa vikundi tofauti vya jamii, na kupelekwa malalamiko balozi mbalimbali. Inavyoelekea mabalozi au ofisi za kibalozi zilizopelekwa malalamiko hayo walipendelea kuwatuliza waliolalamika, wakiainisha matazamio yao kuwa uchaguzi ujao utakuwa…
Mkataeni kabisa Dk. Slaa, mwambieni JK aanze kurekebisha uchumi Na Anil Kija KUFANYIKA kwa kongamano la kutoa mwelekeo wa uchaguzi mkuu lililopangwa wiki ya kuelekea uchaguzi mkuu wenyewe wiki inayofuata, linakumbusha usemi wa Kiingereza kuwa ‘he who laughs last laughs best,’ hivyo itakuwa ni siku ya kura ya turufu nani mshindi wa uchaguzi mkuu. Tayari maelekezo na ishara zote…
Sikika, Dar es SalaamTanzania : The electricity shortage pushes domestic production below its potential causing the loss of numerous jobs. This could lead to social unrest if the situation is not addressed soon. As the government struggles to cut down unnecessary expenditures and seeks for ways to re-allocate its budget to address the ongoing electricity crisis, Sikika provides an…
*****Dar es Salaam******, 1 August 2011.* Seeds of local crop varieties must be included in relief-seed packages distributed to small-scale farmers after natural calamities if indigenous agricultural diversity is to rebound faster. Agricultural relief efforts should also capitalize on existing social networks to distribute seeds more effectively and efficiently. These are among the findings of a recent study looking…
MJADALA umezuka kuhusu uwezekano wa kuapishwa kwa mgombea urais wa Chadema Dk. Wilibrod Slaa endapo anashinda katika uchaguzi mkuu hivi karibuni, wakati anaishi kinyumba na mwanamke mwenye ndoa halali. Tatizo lilianza pale makuhani waandamizi wa makanisa tofauti (na hata imamu mwandamizi wa jiji la Dar es Salaam) walipofika ofisini kwake, makao makuu ya Chadema, wakatoa rai ya kusafisha –…
The Ministry of Industries, Trade and Marketing has issued directives on people involved in the food products industry and buyers to seek out information given by the ministry in order to ensure that they make no errors in sales and purchasing decisions. The Communication Department of the ministry says it has prepared information for use by traders in city…
Theo Mushi Tanzania has adopted “Kilimo Kwanza” strategy to modernize the agricultural sector in order to increase the production of cash and food crops. It targeted to give priority to five regions which lead in production of grains which include Mbeya, Ruvuma, Iringa and Rukwa Corridor and the National Food basket. It will enable Tanzania to meet one of…
Access to information has been a big challenge to journalists around the world. CHELU MATUZYA interviewed a number of members of the fourth estate who participated in a short course on Media Responsibility in Hamburg, Germany concerning the issue. This is what they said… GRACEY CHURUMANZU Journalist, The Zimbabwean Newspaper; Zimbabwe Journalists need a lot of support because they…
THIS IS HOW AIRLINE SEASONS CAN IMPACT ON YOUR TRAVEL PLANS Byase Luteke In my previous discussion I gave readers of this column an insight on the dynamics of airline scheduling and its implications thereof on the travelers’ plans. In this discourse I would like to shed some light on airline seasons in terms of weather changes and how…
JOHN KIMBUTE: THERE is an expression among the coastal people in Tanzania, arising from a more fatalistic outlook in religion than is usually the case in Christianity, mixed with Greek scepticism and American probability in its centuries long formation of attitudes, that ‘payment is right here in the world.’ This view tallies with what most Scriptures contain, but clergy…