TANZANIA Bureau of Standards (TBS) has signed an agreement with TradeMark East Africa (TMEA) worth 9bn/- to help traders do business basing on standards for easy access to the market. Speaking after inking the deal, TMEA Country Resident, Ms Monica Hangi said the agreement targets to ease business and solve challenges caused by business impediments and non-tariff barriers. She…
TANZANIA Bureau of Standards (TBS) has signed an agreement with TradeMark East Africa (TMEA) worth 9bn/- to help traders do business basing on standards for easy access to the market. Speaking after inking the deal, TMEA Country Resident, Ms Monica Hangi said the agreement targets to ease business and solve challenges caused by business impediments and non-tariff barriers. She…
Promising recent resource finds in Mozambique and Tanzania bode well for Africa’s future. Exploration is being pursued with renewed vigour, and the world’s energy companies are keenly eyeing the continent. Mozambique and Tanzania have signed two cooperation agreements in Maputo, focusing on combating terrorism and fighting crime. Mozambique is currently fighting Islamist militants in the country’s gas-rich northern Cabo…
Promising recent resource finds in Mozambique and Tanzania bode well for Africa’s future. Exploration is being pursued with renewed vigour, and the world’s energy companies are keenly eyeing the continent. Mozambique and Tanzania have signed two cooperation agreements in Maputo, focusing on combating terrorism and fighting crime. Mozambique is currently fighting Islamist militants in the country’s gas-rich northern Cabo…
Youngsters in the townships are drawn to the promise of quick riches with cryptocurrencies, but risk losses and becoming victims of scams. John first heard of cryptocurrency three years ago, when the teenager came across slick YouTube videos and Facebook posts of other South Africans claiming to have become wealthy overnight with bitcoin. Inspired, the then 14-year-old downloaded a trading app,…
Youngsters in the townships are drawn to the promise of quick riches with cryptocurrencies, but risk losses and becoming victims of scams. John first heard of cryptocurrency three years ago, when the teenager came across slick YouTube videos and Facebook posts of other South Africans claiming to have become wealthy overnight with bitcoin. Inspired, the then 14-year-old downloaded a trading app,…
The cast of the hit struggle movie Sarafina has reunited after 30 years…and right in time for Heritage Day! The two leading ladies of the movie – Whoopi Goldberg and Leleti Khumalo – alongside producer Anant Singh met in New York And joining the crew was Prince Albert of Monaco who is married to South African-raised royal Princess Charlene….
Egypt has imposed a 15% and 10% increase in transit fees on all vessels passing through the Suez Canal The hike is a result of the global inflation The hike is set to affect Sub-Saharan African traders who depend on the canal for its exportations On Saturday 17th of September 2022, Egypt announced that it would increase the transit…
A Tanzanian film has been shortlisted for an Oscars award – ending the country’s two-decades wait for an entry in the awards. Vuta N’kuvute film – Swahili for tug of war – has been shortlisted in the 95th Oscars’ Best International Film category. Released in Swahili and with a majority black cast, the film tells the story of a…
THE United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Vodafone Foundation have committed 15 million US dollars (about 34.9bn/-), to expand maternal health emergency transportation systems in Tanzania. The funds are a direct response to President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s request for collaboration in expanding the programme, to ensure hospital transit for women across the country. The commitment was…