Na Zitto Kabwe: (Nimeandika makala haya nikiwa katika Benchi la Hospitali ya Mnazi Mmoja hapa Zanzibar. Mniwie radhi kama kuna spelling mistakes kwani nilitaka hisia zangu ziwe as raw as possible -Zitto Zitto and not Zitto a politician). Jana asubuhi tarehe 10 Septemba 2011 Taifa liligubikwa na habari za kushtusha za maafa. Mwanzoni taarifa zilisambaa kwamba zaidi ya watu…
DAR ES SALAAM, Sept 9 (Reuters) – Tanzania said on Friday it had agreed to sell 10,000 tonnes of maize to Kenya immediately from government reserves and offered to export more food to its drought-hit neighbour in the coming weeks. The decision was reached following talks between the leaders of the two countries in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, on…
Geneva, Switzerland, 7 September 2011 – Switzerland tops the overall rankings in The Global Competitiveness Report 2011-2012, released today by the World Economic Forum. Singapore overtakes Sweden for second position. Northern and Western European countries dominate the top 10 with Sweden (3rd), Finland (4th), Germany (6th), the Netherlands (7th), Denmark (8th) and the United Kingdom (10th). Japan remains the…
DAR ES SALAAM: In Tanzania knowledge of ship design is limited. The expensive solution is to bring in foreign experts. A new joint venture between Danish Johs. Gram-Hanssen A/S and Tanzanian shipyard Songoro Marine Transport is bringing state-of-the art technology and ship-building know-how to Tanzania. The Mwanza-based shipyard’s portfolio includes ferries, fishery inspection vessels, and various patrol boats, as…
From ambdaressalaam.um.dk Tanzania is once again by the country that receives most development assistance from Denmark, according to the recently published Danida Annual Report. In 2010 Tanzania received more than $140 Million from Denmark. DAR ES SALAAM: For the third year in a row, Tanzania is the country in the world that receives the most assistance from Denmark. This…
By Byase Luteke: When the Government of Tanzania (GoT) decided to built Kilimanjaro International Airport (KIA) in the 1970s it had one major objective on its mind; to have an infrastructure that will directly cater for tourism in the northern tourism circuit regions of Kilimanjaro and Arusha. At that time the northern tourism circuit was by far the biggest…
By Jevans Nyabiage (.standardmedia.co.ke) Airtel Kenya managing director Rene Meza has quit to join Vodacom Tanzania, at a time when the industry is witnessing stiff competition. In his place, the firm has appointed Shivan Bhargava, who joined the operation recently as Chief Operating Officer “He will assume the responsibility of running the Kenya unit, as Meza moves on to…
I am Michael Benedictand while working with SMS-based applications I’ve noticed an air of mystery around the issue of reliability. I hear colleagues say ambiguous things like “carriers consider SMS to be lower priority than voice”, or “SMS delivery isn’t guaranteed”. My personal experience has been that messages are almost always delivered quickly and correctly, but I’ve heard stories…
THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS, SOUTH AFRICA, WITH THE ENDORSEMENT OF THE SOUTHERN AFRICA DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY (SADC) WILL HOST THE INAUGURAL SOUTHERN AFRICAN INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM (SAIGF) **** Pretoria, South Africa – SAIGF is jointly convened by the NEPAD Agency, the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) and the Southern Africa NGO Network (SANGONeT). Key outcomes of the forum will be…
By ERIC TOROKA (businesstimes.co.tz): THE decision by the Tanzania National Parks Authority (TaNaPA) to steeply hike the ‘concession fee’ it charges for customer accommodation at local tourist establishments from US$10 to $60 per person beginning this year has rattled stakeholders in the tourism industry. The fee is collected by tourist hotel operators from their guests in Tanzania and passed…