JOHANNESBURG, South-Africa, March 26, 2014/ *– *Data from this year’s Anzisha Prize (http://www.anzishaprize.org) applications reveal a potential shortage of young entrepreneurs who are women, are from North and Central Africa or involved in renewable energy ventures. “We are hoping that our application data reflects weaknesses in our outreach strategy, rather than the reality on the ground. If our sample…
Mr Strive Masiyiwa is AGRA’s New Chair as Mr Kofi Annan takes up AGRA Chair Emeritus Role. From 1 January, Strive Masiyiwa, Chairman and CEO of Econet Wireless and hitherto AGRA Board Vice Chair, and a founding Board Member, became the AGRA Chair as Mr Kofi Annan became AGRA’s first Chair Emeritus. Stated Mr Annan: “It has been a…
CIUDAD OBREGÓN, MEXICO (26 MARCH 2014)–Wheat farmers in East Africa and the Middle East are on alert after a damaging strain of a plant disease called stem rust decimated more than 10,000 hectares of wheat in southern Ethiopia, the largest wheat producer in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), according to a report discussed today at an international gathering of the world’s…
Microsoft will stop providing technical assistance to Microsoft Windows XP as from April 8, 2014. As a result there will be no automatic updates that help protect your PC. Microsoft will also stop providing Microsoft Security Essentials for download on Windows XP on this date. (If you already have Microsoft Security Essentials installed, you will continue to receive anti…
*Dar es Salaam, 16 March 2014.* Five countries which are severely affected by two deadly viral diseases threatening to wipe out cassava in East and Southern Africa, have joined efforts to tackle the problem by sharing their top five varieties with tolerance to the two diseases. The 25 varieties in total will then be evaluated in each country to…
*Engineers from across Tanzania in all disciplines urged to submit entries* *Friday 14th March 2014* Engineers from Tanzania and other sub-Saharan countries are invited to enter a major new prize which rewards innovation and entrepreneurship in engineering. The Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) has announced the launch of the first *Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation* and is calling for…
On 11th March, 2014, the Government of Japan and the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania signed Exchange of Notes for the Japanese Grant Projects “The Project for Development of Malindi Fish Landing and Marketing Facilities in Zanzibar”. The grant which will be provided from the Government of Japan amounts to ninety hundred and thirty five million Japanese…
Dar es Salaam, 12 March 2014. Agricultural experts from the world’s leading partnership for agriculture research, CGIAR, will come together in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 17 to 22 March, for its biannual board meeting hosted by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA). The meeting brings together the Consortium Board and Director Generals of all 15 international centers that…
By : Veneranda Sumila: Young Tanzanians are finding it difficult to start businesses due to many challenges that characterize the business environment in the country. Limited access to finance is consistently mentioned as the most pressing barrier by almost three quarters of SME’s in different surveys. This, according to reports is attributed to low capacities of SMEs to develop…
New system to allow investors to register companies – and, progressively, to obtain investment certificates, work permits and tax exemptions on-line. ************************************ MAIN stakeholders who are directly involved in the startup of company procedures have been urged to strengthen cooperation and make sure that the Tanzania Investment Window Project helps the country improve in the international business environment rankings…
International Lions Clubs District 411B governor Wilson Ndesanjo (L) and IPP Executive Chairman Dr Reginald Mengi hold International Order of the Lions Award at grand banquet in Dar es Salaam on Tuesday night. The International Association of Lions Clubs has honoured IPP Executive Chairman Dr Reginald Mengi with the International Order of the Lion, the highest award it bestows…
Feed the Future | Newsletter| When the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition was launched in 2012, President Obama and others pledged to leverage technology’s transformative potential by taking innovation to scale. To accomplish this goal, they committed to a series of measures to promote the adoption of agricultural technologies, including setting yield targets that support country-defined agricultural…
Zanzibar: The United Republic of Tanzania is doing well in consolidating the green revolution drive and the future of agriculture is very bright, no wonder in 2013/15, the mainland had surplus maize for export and Zanzibar had Cassava. This was the verdict of The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) delegation that visited Zanzibar in February 24-…