Kenyan woman takes over as AGRA president as Dr Namanga Ngongi retires

NAIROBI — Kofi Annan, Chair of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), announced today the appointment of a renowned African business leader from Kenya, Ms Jane Karuku, as the new president of the organization. Ms Karuku was selected after an exhaustive international search process. She joins AGRA from Telkom Kenya a subsidiary of France Telecom-Orange where…

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Vodacom Customers to enjoy free incoming calls while roaming in East Africa & South Africa

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, April 10, 2012/ — Vodacom Tanzania customers can expect huge roaming savings when travelling to 9 African countries where Vodacom ( http://www.vodacom.com) and it\’s various Partners operates. These countries include South Africa (Vodacom), Mozambique (Vodacom), Lesotho (Vodacom), DRC Congo (Vodacom), Ghana (Vodafone), Kenya (Safaricom), Rwanda (MTN), Uganda (MTN), Uganda (UTL) and Burundi (UCOM). Customers can…

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Tanzania kuhamia teknolojia ya dijitali ifikapo tarehe 31 Desemba, 2012 saa sita usiku

JAMHURI YA MUUNGANO WA TANZANIAWIZARA YA MAWASILIANO, SAYANSI NA TEKNOLOJIATANGAZO LA USITISHWAJI WA MATANGAZO YA TELEVISHENI KWA KUTUMIATEKNOLOJIA YA ANALOJIA NA KUHAMIA TEKNOLOJIA YAUTANGAZAJI YA DIJITALI: Nchi yetu itasitisha rasmi matumizi ya teknolojia ya utangazaji ya analojia na kuhamiateknolojia ya dijitali ifikapo tarehe 31 Desemba, 2012 saa sita usiku.Lengo la kufanya hivyo ni kuendana na kasi ya ukuaji wa…

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Global Information Technology Report Highlights Emergence of a New Digital Divide

*New York, USA, 4 April 2012* – Despite efforts over the past decade to develop information and communications technologies (ICT) infrastructure in developing economies, a new digital divide in terms of ICT impacts persists, according to the latest rankings of *The Global Information Technology Report 2012: Living in a Hyperconnected World*, released today by the World Economic Forum. Sweden…

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Nafasi Art Space presents ART CLASSES for Adults and Children

Dar es Salaam, Mikocheni: Adult Beginners Art Class Time: Friday afternoon 14.00-16.00 starting in April 2012 Subjects: Still life drawing Figure drawing Water colours And other techniques Price: 25.000 per lesson or 200.000 for ten lessons 10 weeks, 2 hours per class Paper, charcoal, pencils provided Paints, brushes by participants Minimum 5 people Teacher: Paul Ndunguru, is a painter,…

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Tanzania: 2010 international visitors\’ exit survey report

*Dar es Salaam: *In order to sustain development in the tourism industry, availability of reliable tourism information for policy formulation and decision making is crucial. – Realizing this importance, participating institutions namely; the Ministry of National Resources and Tourism, Bank of Tanzania, National Bureau of Statistics, Immigration Department, the Zanzibar Commission for Tourism and Tourism Confederation of Tanzania; agreed…

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Tanzania: 2010 international visitors\’ exit survey report

*Dar es Salaam: *In order to sustain development in the tourism industry, availability of reliable tourism information for policy formulation and decision making is crucial. – Realizing this importance, participating institutions namely; the Ministry of National Resources and Tourism, Bank of Tanzania, National Bureau of Statistics, Immigration Department, the Zanzibar Commission for Tourism and Tourism Confederation of Tanzania; agreed…

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Knowledge innovations in making indigenous poultry keeping an important economic venture

Dar es Salaam, 1st April 2012: MUVEK Development Solutions launch of Research Into Use (RIU) Programme knowledge outputs on 28th and 29th March, 2012 has been very successful. At the launch Prime Minister Honourable Miz engo Pinda commended RIU knowledge innovations in making indigenous poultry keeping an important economic venture that could play key role in poverty eradication.He said…

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Franchise Ownership

SAUMU JUMANNE: To venture into business it’s a basic requirement to decide on which type of ownership to adopt. Purchasing a franchise is one of the several avenues to becoming an entrepreneur. A franchise is basically a legal agreement that gives an individual the right to market a company’s product or services in a particular geographical area. A person…

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