Tanzania: Like ATCL, PW is also a national carrier

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…

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Destination Tanzania not rosy as investment slogan

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…

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Ethics and politics: the line between the good and the bad

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…

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Nyerere: The last ‘good leader’ before real reforms start

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…

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Hourglass Tanzania IMPACT Africa project taking shape

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…

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Mobile phone in Tanzania: Fear that never was

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…

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Will a Harvard Professor\’s New Technology Make College Lectures a Thing of the Past?

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…

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Will a Harvard Professor\’s New Technology Make College Lectures a Thing of the Past?

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…

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