Summary Tanzania and the EU have developed very cordial relations since President Hassan assumed office in March 2021 Dar es Salaam. Over 600 investors and business leaders from the 27-member European Union (EU) are lined up for a mega business forum in Dar es Salaam next month as they seek to capitalise on Tanzania’s current pro-business policies to boost…
The ‘Girls Trip’ sequel starring Regina Hall, Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Tiffany Haddish will be taking a trip to West Africa. The ‘Girls Trip’ sequel starring Regina Hall, Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Tiffany Haddish will be taking a trip to West Africa. Writer-director-producer Tracy Oliver, who co-wrote the original 2017 romp, joined the Variety Studio…
The disruption of grain deliveries from Ukraine can be a chance for African countries to step up food production at home, the African Union’s Commissioner for rural economy and agriculture, Josefa Sacko, told EURACTIV in an interview. While pressures on global food prices had relaxed somewhat by the start of this year according to data from the UN’s Food…
Heads of African Investment Promotion Agencies, businessmen and women as well as academia will meet in Accra on Wednesday, January 25, to strategise on how African nations can add value to natural resources through Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to boost their economies and create jobs. The discussions will be held during the First Assembly of African Investment Promotion Agencies…
Two-and-a-half billion dollars: that’s how much funding the UN World Health Organization (WHO) will need across its operations this year, it said on Monday, to help a record number of people facing disease and starvation. In its appeal, the WHO said that a staggering 339 million people now need humanitarian assistance globally. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the UN agency’s Director-General,…
Summary Top EAC exports to Africa included precious stones, coffee, tea, cement, animal fats, mineral oils and iron and steel. Exports from the East African Community (EAC) bloc to Africa soared to $7.9 billion in 2021 in spite of Covid-19 impact. They comprised 42 percent share of the region’s total exports of goods to the world which was $18.7…
United States top diplomat to United Nations Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield is set to visit Kenya on Wednesday Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield is expected to receive briefings from the UN country team on humanitarian programs, including the regional drought response and assistance to refugees. Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield will also meet with refugees pending resettlement in the United States and highlight the Joe Biden’s…
Berlin’s museum authority announced this week that it was ready to return hundreds of human skulls from the former colony of German East Africa, after studying the remains to establish to which present-day countries they belong. Scientists examined 1,135 skulls at Berlin’s Museum of Prehistory and Early History, assigning 904 to areas that are now part of Rwanda, 202…
When in Zanzibar, forget your worries. The island’s daily mantra is the phrase “Hakuna Matata”, made famous by the characters Timon and Pumba from Disney’s Lion King. As soon as you land at Abeid Amani Karume International Airport at Unguja, whatever stress you have, forget it because you’ve entered a different dimension where worry is a thing of the…
Elon Musk’s satellite Internet firm Starlink announced it will launch in Kenya in the second quarter of this year, posing competition to other players in the industry including Safaricom and Zuku. The billionaire technology entrepreneur’s company announced it is “pending service coverage or regulatory approval”. Kenyans, however, can order and deposit an amount of Ksh12,260 ($99) which is fully…
THE first Managing Editor of the Standard and Sunday News, now the Tanzania Standard (Newspapers) Limited (TSN), Dr Frene Ginwala, has passed away. South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa announced Dr Frene’s death through his statement availed to the media yesterday. According to the statement, Dr Ginwala passed away at her home on Thursday night aged 90, after suffering a…
President Cyril Ramaphosa has just announced that Dr Frene Ginwala, founding Speaker of South Africa’s democratic Parliament has passed away at the age of 90. Dr Ginwala passed away at her at home on Thursday night following a stroke two weeks ago. She was the Speaker of Parliament for a decade, from 1994 until 2004. The Presidency statement says,…
As a parliamentary committee sits to decide whether the disgraced former PM lied to the Commons, it is not only Johnson on trial but the integrity of the entire UK political system Boris Johnson can be usefully understood as the British manifestation of a global phenomenon: part of a coterie of populist and far-right leaders who won power using…
APM Terminals, Apapa notified exporters that with effect from January 1st, 2023, Renomination Fee for export cargoes at APM Terminals, Apapa will now be N30,000 per container from the initial N10,000 per container Nigeria – Exporters at the Lagos Ports Complex (LPC) have expressed lamentations over the increment of Renomination Fee for export cargoes by Nigeria’s largest container terminal…
Former Zambia international Philemon Mulala, who died following an attack by his own dogs in Lichtenburg, South Africa, is being mourned by the country’s football community. Zambia has been in mourning since the news of Mulala’s death was confirmed on Monday, with the 60-year-old mauled to death by his three dogs in the garden of his residence in the…
Summary The five-year timeframe will be crucial for indigenous operators to more suitably and strategically get ready to compete equally with other African major airlines. Dar es Salaam. Foreign airlines will have to wait for at least five years to start carrying passengers from Tanzania to another country while en-route to/from a home country, as the government demands more…
The founder of the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA), Peace Anyiam-Osigwe, pronounced dead. A statement from her family confirmed the tragic incident on Tuesday morning. They, however, didn’t reveal the cause of her death. Describing the late filmmaker as an epitome of creative transcendence, the Emmanuel Onyechere Osigwe Anyiam-Osigwe clan said Peace was an outstanding personality, trailblazer, titan, pathfinder, go-getter,…
American rapper Meek Mill has apologised after sparking an uproar in Ghana over a music video filmed in the country’s presidential palace – also called Jubilee House. Local media had reported that people were enraged over what they viewed as the “desecration” of the presidency by Meek Mill and the security issues regarding the filming of a music video…
Source | Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa, AGRA (Nairobi) Tanzania will host the AGRF 2023 Summit, the announcement was made by Her Excellency Samia Suluhu Hassan, the president of the United Republic of Tanzania and H.E Hailemariam Dessalegn, the Chair of the AGRF Partners Group on the sidelines of the U.S. Africa Leaders’ Summit currently taking place in…
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania – Iris Executive, the leading human resource performance and management training organization in Tanzania, is excited to announce its annual leadership masterclasses calendar. These interactive classes, led by a team of regional and global experts, provide customized learning experiences to enhance the strategic capabilities of teams at all levels, from the most senior executives to…
With inflation on the rise you are probably noticing how a little more of your salary goes into things like food and fuel every month. In fact, South Africa’s monthly inflation rate has consistently been above the upper limit of The Reserve Bank’s three to six percent target range since April this year, peaking at 7.8% in July. Those…
*50 Potential Outcomes for Tanzania The AGRF Food Systems Forum will take place in Tanzania in 2023. John Muchoki and John Beda will examine the potential outcomes of the Summit on agriculture in Tanzania, building on the efforts made by various stakeholders to improve the sector. The Summit seeks to advance the progress of the Malabo Declaration and prioritize…
Tanzania will host the AGRF 2023 Summit, the announcement was made by Her Excellency Samia Suluhu Hassan, the president of the United Republic of Tanzania and H.E Hailemariam Dessalegn, the Chair of the AGRF Partners Group on the sidelines of the U.S. Africa Leaders’ Summit currently taking place in Washington, DC. The AGRF, Africa’s Food Systems Forum, is the…