SONGWE AIRPORT: Time wasted is money going down the drain.

Byase Luteke (Business Times): What is supposed to be Tanzania Mainland’s fourth international airport is yet to materialize more than ten years since it started! The Songwe International Airport project construction was initially started in 2001 in line with the government initiative to improve efficiency and safety of air transport in the country. Tanzania Mainland already boasts of three…

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Statoil $1.2 Billion Tanzania Find: What next?

Statoil ASA and Exxon Mobil Corp.\’s largest gas discovery off Tanzania may hold crude oil or natural-gas liquids, opening a new “play” in East Africa, Norway\’s biggest oil producer said. Statoil announced on February 17 that the partnership had encountered indications of natural gas in the Zafarani exploration well in the Block 2 licence offshore Tanzania. The logging results…

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Tanzania: Fake malaria drug still on sale

Dar es Salaam: TAARIFA KUHUSU UWEPO WA DAWA BANDIA YA KUTIBU UGONJWA WA MALARIA IITWAYO ELOQUINE (Quinine Sulphate 300mg USP). Mamlaka ya Chakula na Dawa (TFDA) ni wakala wa Serikali iliyo chini ya Wizara ya Afya na Ustawi wa Jamii yenye jukumu la kudhibiti ubora, ufanisi na usalama wa vyakula, dawa, vipodozi na vifaa tiba ili kulinda afya ya…

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Airtel to offer fastest mobile internet with its new 3.75G Service launch in Kenya

NAIROBI, Kenya, February 24, 2012/ — Airtel Kenya today announced the introduction of the fastest mobile internet in Kenya with the launch of its 3.75G platform in the country. • First 3.75G network in Kenya• Latest technology, same as that being rolled out in Europe and USA, to offer world-class 3G experience to consumers• 3G capability will allow users…

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Agizo la serikali kwa wakaguzi wa ndani wa hesabu

Na Tiganya Vincent-MAELEZO-Dar es salaam: Serikali imewaagiza wakaguzi wa ndani wa Sekretarieti za mikoa na Mamlaka za Serikali za Mitaa kuhakikisha kuwa hesabu za miradi yote ya maendeleo katika maeneo yao ya kazi inakaguliwa ili kuhakikisha kuwa inatoa matokeo mazuri yanayolingana na thamani ya fedha kwa matumizi yanaliyofanywa. Kauli hiyo ilitolewa jana jijini Dar es salaam na Katibu Mkuu…

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First Global Conference to Address Gender Inequality in Agriculture March

Next month, hundreds of participants, including ministers, World Food Prize Laureates, farmers, gender experts, leading scientists, community development organizations and innovators will gather in New Delhi, India for *the first international conference to comprehensively address the gender gap in agriculture.* Though women comprise 43 percent of the agricultural labor force of developing countries, they face rampant restrictions on their…

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