Rest In Peace, great maestro Dar es Salaam: The George Otieno alias ‘Tyson’ who died in a car crash last Friday evening near Gairo in Morogoro, will get a heroic send off at the leaders club grounds wednesday in Dar es Salaam. Later, he will be flown to Nairobi, Kenya according to the wishes of his parents. Tyson will…
World Bulletin/: Egypt has welcomed a call by Tanzania for a review of the 2010 Comprehensive Framework Agreement signed by upstream Nile Basin countries, known as the Entebbe Agreement, to consider Egypt’s water needs. In a statement, Egyptian Foreign Ministry spokesman Badr Abdel-Ati hailed the Tanzanian stance as “an important step towards the return of Nile Basin countries to…
Tanzania’s exports to the EAC partner states has increased by 82 percent between 2012 and 2013 owing to growth in industrial sector and traders’ positive response to ever growing EAC market. According to provisional data for the year 2013, released by Minister for East African Cooperation Hon. Samuel Sitta in the Parliament, the value of Tanzania’s exports was US$…
The Minister for East African Cooperation Hon. Samuel Sitta has said that Tanzania is not a stumbling block to East African Community’s (EAC) integration process as some people claim. He said Tanzania is perceived as a slow member in the EAC because of its attitude of being careful and serious when it comes to dealing with all matters of…
PARIS, France, May 26, 2014/ *– *After the CTIC incubator in Senegal and the Ebène project in Mauritius, Orange (http://www.orange.com) announces the opening of the first start-up incubator in Niger. Orange Niger and its local partners* have helped to set-up CIPMEN, a small- and medium-sized business (SME) incubator designed to encourage the creation of new and innovative companies in…
MIKI TASSENI: REVIEWERS and seasoned analysts have for a few weeks been occupied with rendering account of a new book on the US market with a title that always sends a shiver down the spine of every bourgeois interest group when it is mentioned: Capital. A French economist whom a few know as a philosopher, Thomas Piketty, has done…
The forthcoming West African Mining and Power Exhibition (WAMPEX) in Accra will host a large contingent of Indian companies, including construction machinery specialist Delco Automotive India. WAMPEX takes place from 28 to 30 May at Accra Convention Centre in Accra, Ghana. Delco Automotive India plans to showcase the range of Indian-manufactured light construction and road building machinery, concrete processing…
Today, the Orange Group (http://www.orange.com) announced that it has signed an agreement with Africell Holding for the sale of its majority stake in Orange Uganda. The transaction is subject to approval from the relevant authorities. It will enable the company in Uganda to continue its development. This transaction marks a new step in the Orange Group’s asset portfolio optimisation…
By Ali A. Mufuruki: I have been telling myself to refrain from the urge to respond to what is in my view the worst insult ever made to our honour as a nation and as a people since we freed ourselves from colonialism a little over half a century ago. This insult was uttered by none other than one…
Babati, May 14th 2014 – Tigo today opened a new customer care branch in Babati that is expected to reduce inconveniences encountered by the residents who previously had limited direct access to the company’s customer services. Present during the inauguration was Babati District Commissioner, Khalid Mandia, who commended Tigo for bringing its services closer to the people of the…