Tanzanians should adequately prepare to pitch their agribusinesses in a novel platform that will connect investment-ready agricultural companies and projects to financiers, business services, and ecosystem partners from around the world. The remarks were made by the Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture, Prof Siza Tumbo in Dar es Salaam, 10/08/2020, at a preparatory meeting for the…
EPHLINE OKOTH tells you more about Paul K. Mwangi, a Waiter at the Kenya School of Government Embu Campus. Get to know more about him from the excerpts below. Q What motivates you to work hard? A. I subscribe to the philosophy that service to man is service to God. Hence the fact that I am under the sun…
By MRS. LYNETTE OTWORIPRINCIPAL LECTURER AND TRAINER IN MANAGEMENT COMMUNICATION Excellent public speaking is a desired merit for staff across all cadres. For years, the manuscript method of presentation was preferred by most people. In recent times, however, talking points version has been popularized and is now quickly being replaced in terms of preference by the extemporaneous method of…
By Charles Mwangi, cmmwangi85@gmail.com The Coronavirus epidemic has disrupted the education system worldwide in an unprecedented manner. In Eastern Africa all educational institutions from baby classes to universities have been closed. As a student, I am thankful that we are in the age of the world wide web (internet), and we can be able to access a huge…
Tanzania after attaining food self-sufficiency for over a decade is in the race to increase production, develop markets, and multiple agriculture-based industries in the road to fully make agriculture one of the most viable business sectors for pushing up the country to upper-middle-income status, the Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture, Prof Siza Tumbo, has said. For…
By Charles Mwangi Healthy lifestyle is essential to all especially in this era of COVID-19, enlightenment to people on proper lifestyles will aid in controlling the rates of the infected. Eating the proper foods and exercising builds up one’s body and even improves metabolisms that will help in making the body energetic. Simply using junk food and drinks will…
The African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) and Ecobank Group announce the key focus areas of their joint initiative to support Africa’s Micro Small and Medium Enterprises Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) are critical to the African economy as they account for almost 85% of all private sector employment LOME, Togo, May 27, 2020/ — AUDA-NEPAD (the African Union…
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DAR-ES-SALAAM, – February 14, 2020– For the fourth consecutive year, the Citi Foundation in partnership with the Tanzania Association of Microfinance Institutions (TAMFI) have launched the 4th Citi Micro-entrepreneurship Awards(CMA) which seeks to recognize the extraordinary contributions that individual micro entrepreneurs who have made to the economic stability of their families as well as their communities across Tanzania. According to Citibank…
DAR-ES-SALAAM Microfinance Institutions play an effective role in poverty alleviation, social empowerment, and economic development within the broader context of financial inclusion. The assertion was made by Bank of Tanzania Deputy Governor, Dr. Bernard Kibesse in an event where 18 winners of the 3rd Citi Microentrepreneurship Awards (CMA) in Tanzania collectively won USD 37,500. He declared that the…