The Africa CEO Forum launched at the AfDB Annual Meetings in Arusha

ARUSHA, Tanzania, June 7, 2012/ — The Africa CEO forum (ACF) was officially launched by Tim Turner, AfDB private sector operations Director, and Amir Ben Yahmed, Vice President of Groupe Jeune Afrique and founder and executive producer of the event, at the Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB) (http://www.afdb.org) in Arusha, Tanzania. The Africa CEO Forum is…

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Press Release Tanzania Forest Services Agency (Kiswahili)

MKAKATI WA KUDHIBITI BIASHARA YA MAZAO YA MISITU KINYUME CHA SHERIA PAMOJA NA KUBORESHA UKUSANYAJI MADUHULI 1. UTANGULIZI Wakala wa Huduma za Misitu Tanzania (Tanzania Forest Services Agency) –TFS- umeanzishwa kwa kuzingatia Sheria ya Wakala wa Serikali Namba 30 ya 1997 iliyorejewa 2009). TFS ilianza kazi rasmi Julai 1, 2011 ikiwa na lengo la kutekeleza majukumu ya kiutendaji ya…

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Tanzania still suffers a deficit of 67% blood, please help

Dar es Salaam: In the month of June the World celebrates World Blood Donor Day. Today Tanzania still suffers a deficit of 67% blood requirements. The main consumers of blood transfusions are children under five years (50%), women during pregnancy as well as women who bleed post delivery (30%), accident victims (15%), other diseases like Cancer and Sickle Cell…

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Miki Tasseni: massive infusion of capital, long leaseholds of land needed to revamp agricuture

Written by Miki Tasseni – First published in Business Times, Dar es Salaam Former Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa has been making rounds in various institutions to address what appears to be an urgent problem: the European Union’s stance on stalled partnership agreements with African countries. While most other ACP (Africa, Caribbean and Pacific) countries have initialled such accords, Africa—except…

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African Guarantee Fund launched to help SME’s grow

> *ARUSHA:* > > The African Guarantee Fund (AGF) will provide guarantees for loans taken > by SME’s in commercial banks, effectively providing the much needed > breakthrough for the small entrepreneurs in the continent to grow at a > faster pace. > > Addressing the media during the launch in Arusha, Tanzania, Chief > Executive Officer Felix Bikpo…

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More than one billion USD invested so far in Airtel network DRC

KINSHASA, Dem. Rep. of Congo (DRC)** May 31, 2012/ *–* Airtel ( http://www.airtel.com), the largest telecom network in DRC, is the first operator to be visited by the new Telecommunications & ICT Minister in the country – his Excellency Tryphon Kin-Kiey MULUMBA. The visit was part of the newly appointed Minister’s familiarization program to understand the realities that the…

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Tanzania ni Salama kwa Watalii – Waziri

Kufuatia vitendo vya vurugu zilizozuka hivi karibuni katika maeneo kadhaa ya Mji wa Zanzibar baada ya mitandao ya kimataifa imekuwa ikiripoti taarifa za kuwepo kwa hali ya wasiwasi kwa watalii wanaotaka kuja kutembelea Visiwa hivyo. Kama Waziri mwenye dhamana ya masuala ya Utalii, ningependa kuwahakikishia wageni, ambao tayari wako nchini, na wale ambao wanajiandaa kuja, kuwa vurugu hizo ambazo…

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Sharp rise in community land rights in tropical forests, Africa lagging

*WASHINGTON, DC (30 MAY 2012)*—New research released today by the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) shows that hundreds of millions of forest peoples in tropical nations have, in the last 20 years, quietly gained unprecedented legal rights to the land and resources owned under customary law. The research also finds, however, that more than one-third of the rules governing…

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Tanzania: Apply for a fully funded course in Investigative Business Journalism

Investigative Business Journalism Course :: St. Augustine’s University Tanzania ::::: Background ::::::: SAUT in collaboration with BEST-AC and ANSAF is offering a fully funded course in Investigative Business Journalism for the experienced journalists in Tanzania. :::::::::::::::::::::::::: The course aims to equip journalists with the knowledge to successfully report on the business environment effectively and efficiently. At the end of…

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