Africa Matters

Barrick Gold pledges Sh70bn to expand education infrastructure in Tanzania

Summary Called ‘The Barrick-Twiga Future Forward Education Program”, the objective is to build 1,090 classrooms, 1,640 ablution blocks and 270 dormitories across 161 schools nationwide Barrick Gold is pledging $30 million (about Sh70 billion) in support of the government’s plan to expand the education infrastructure in Tanzania. The affirmation was reached during yesterday’s meeting between Barrick president and chief…

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Is Tanzania becoming East Africa’s best investment destination?

Summary Investment in Tanzania brings a much wider scale of benefits to the economy especially after the government reshuffled the investment sector Tanzania is one of the most attractive investment destinations LNG is one of Tanzania’s hot investment pockets Tanzania-Uganda are now oil economy partners Tanzania is one of the most attractive places for investors in Africa including East…

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