Access to water: call for long-term approach and incorporation of new technology

2 September 2013 – At the start of World Water Week, a group of field experts in water resource management are calling for a new approach to optimising the use of water in developing and disaster-struck regions. The group – which is exhibiting at AidEx, Europe’s leading humanitarian and development aid event – is calling for a long-term approach…

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Open Government Partnership- Statehouse seeks stakeholders’ views

*CALL FOR STAKEHOLDER VIEWS ON THE GOVERNMENT SELF ASSESSMENT EXERCISE ON IMPLEMENTATION OF OPEN GOVERNMENT PARTNERSHIP* Year, 2011, the government of Tanzania joined the global initiative of Open Government Partnership that aims at promoting transparency, empowering citizens, fighting corruption and encouraging use of new technologies to improve governance. The Government started implementing its OGP commitments which were translated to…

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Crucial African body appoints Tanzanian a board member

*Dar es Salaam, Sunday 25th August 2013:* One of the senior most legal consultants in Tanzania, Dr Eve Hawa Sinare has been appointed as a member of the Management Board of Tunisia based African Legal Support Facility (ALSF). The facility, which is hosted by the Africa Development Bank (AfDB), assists African governments in the negotiation of complex commercial transactions…

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Minister promises openness to the media

*Na Tulizo Kilaga* *Waziri wa Maliasili na Utalii,* Mhe. Balozi Khamisi Kagasheki amewataka wahariri wa vyombo vya habari nchini kupanga utaratibu wa kukutana na viongozi wa wizara kwa shabaha ya kuuliza ama kupata uhakika wa mambo yaliyojitokea ndani ya wizara. Mhe. Kagasheki aliyasema hayo katika mkutano na wahariri wa Jukwaa la Wahariri uliofanyika jijini Dar es Salaam leo, kuhusu…

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Mwakyembe to Open Next Month’s 4 th East & Central Africa Roads & Rail Infrastructure Summit 2013

1. Singapore, 24 July 2013 – Hon. Dr. Harrison G. Mwakyembe, Tanzania’s Minister of Transport, will take the lead once again at the commencement of the 4th East & Central Africa Roads & Rail Infrastructure Summit 2013 on August 20-21 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. 2. Minister Mwakyembe will deliver the keynote speech to open this fourth edition of…

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Youth told: Capital lies in knowledge, skills use

Youths have been challenged to apply their knowledge and skills in finding solutions to the current social and economic challenges facing the country. Speaking yesterday at a ‘Dr Reginald Mengi Tweet Poverty Eradication Competition’, the winner for July, Tony Alfred a graduate from the University of Dar es Salaam argued that one’s ability to solve social and economic challenges…

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TAMFI loan portfolio tops 800 billion

TAMFI members’ institutions loan portfolio tops 800 billion The microfinance institutions associated with TAMFI are serving about 1,000,000 customers with loans of over 800 billion, it has been disclosed. This was disclosed at Tanzania Institute of Microfinance Institutions (TAMFI) General Meeting at Ubungo Plaza yesterday (Thursday 1st August). TAMFI chair Mr. Edmund P. Mkwawa said “when we met here…

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Will the new law counter counterfeits menace?

By Veneranda Sumila, The Citizen Reporter, *Dar es Salaam:* 15th June 2012 President Jakaya Kikwete signed into a law Business laws (Miscellaneous Amendment) Act. Among the many laws amended by the act , also was the Merchandise Act (CAP.85). The new law describes “counterfeit goods” as “goods that are a result of counterfeiting and includes any goods generally known…

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