By Anthony Muchoki=: Prof. Sanchez who co-chairs the Hunger Task Force of the Millennium Project of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals observes that what rural African farmers need is empowerment. They need the right quantity and quality of fertilizer at the right time, credit support to enhance and expand their holdings, efficient crop processing capabilities to add value…
*Project to take 4 years; starting 2014; Complete road will reduce travel time from 45 to 15 minutes* NAIROBI, Kenya, November 19, 2013/ *– *The Board of the African Development Bank (http://www.afdb.org) on Wednesday November 13th approved US$120 million financing for the Nairobi Outer Ring road project which involves the improvement of the existing single carriageway road to a…
Issued by Richard O Rugimbana Executive Secretary Tourism Confederation of Tanzania (TCT) Dar Es Salaam: Tourism Confederation of Tanzania (TCT), a Tourism Private Sector Apex body, appeals to the Government to reconsider its decision to suspend indefinitely the two month old Anti – Poaching Campaign – Operation Terminate (Operation Tokomeza) on grounds of human rights abuse and violation –…
Dar es Salaam: The Business Incubation and Investment Facility (BIIF) is designed T by t he Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship Development (IMED to support talented and ambitious youth with innovative business ideas to develop, launch and grow their enterprises. BIIF TARGET GROUP The BIIF targets youth (not older than 35 years) with ambition and talent to create and…
CAPE-TOWN, South-Africa, — Sandvine, (TSX:SVC) (http://www.sandvine.com) a leading provider of intelligent broadband network solutions for fixed and mobile operators, today released its Internet traffic trends report, entitled “Global Internet Phenomena Report 2H2013” ( https://www.sandvine.com/trends/global-internet-phenomena), based on data from a selection of Sandvine’s 250-plus service provider customers spanning North America, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Caribbean and Latin America and…
The EAGC – Africa Grain Summits have grown in leaps and bounds over the years. The summit is recognised at the highest levels as the only forum for addressing the challenges and expounding on the opportunities of grain trade among the private sector in Africa. EAGC was privileged to host key guests and dignitaries from Kenya and the EAC…
A mission from the International Monetary Fund, led by Paolo Mauro, visited Dar es Salaam from October 23 to November 5, 2013; it conducted the biennial Article IV discussions, assessed performance under the Standby Credit Facility (SCF), and began discussions on a possible new Policy Support Instrument (PSI) program.1 The mission met with Hon. Dr. William Mgimwa, Minister of…
Nairobi: *Winners of **the Empowering People Award **will be announced at the Award Ceremony on October 30th, 2013 in Nairobi and will receive a total prize money of 100,000 EUR*** ** ** An affordable, easy-to-use system that converts livestock waste into energy – biogas – is seeing Tanzanian smallholdings spend less on fuel and yield bigger, better crops. ****…
Nairobi: Innovators, social entrepreneurs and development agencies from around the world are arriving in Nairobi to hear who has won a global innovation competition – winner to be announced at the Nairobi Hilton on Wednesday 30 October. Among them are the 23 finalists of the Siemens Stiftung’s (foundation) Empowering People Award. There are five African finalists – from Rwanda,…
* * * * By Dr *REGINALD A. MENGI, TPSF Chair * *1.0 **INTRODUCTION* We all agree on the necessity for local participation in the emerging oil and gas industry in Tanzania. The critical question we need to ask ourselves is what will pave the way for such participation? In the view of Tanzania Private Sector Foundation, it must…