Benjamin Mkapa Special Economic Zone (BWM- SEZ) Emmanuel D Tayari Poverty is today the most pressing problem for the Tanzanians. There is sharp disagreements on which is the best way we should follow to fight poverty, between either people who believe in Socialism and people who believe in Capitalism. At the end of the day these differences do not…
Faidamax.com reporter CHURCHES in Germany have been asked to support Cultural tourism in Tanzaniasince this type of tourism is the most viable for sustainable economicdevelopment in rural areas of Tanzania. Speaking at an Annual Synod General Assembly of the Lutheran church – inMecklenburg Germany – an activist in Cultural tourism and former member ofthe Board of Trustees of Tanzania…
MNAKU MBANI WHEN Bill Gates dropped out from university to start his own software business, he never thought that he would – one day – become one of the richest persons in the world. Business consultants believe that starting a business when one is in 20s, such business tend to grow bigger and bigger when compared to business that…
Tanzanians insure property, not their health’study *New investors set out to change all that! MNAKU MBANI A RECENT study has found that only four per cent of the 126-million strong population of the five member countries of the East African Community – Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania – can be said to have some sort of medical insurance…
* Competitiveness edge off locally-produced goods, services eroded * Lack of a single entry customs collection * ‘Thinking East African’ has to become real * Deliberate protectionism, administrative non-tariff barriers * Unnecessary bureaucracy MNAKU MBANI THE five member countries of the East African Community (EAC) HAVE formally adopted a Common External Tariff (CET) regime. There still are some formidable…
Elly D.Kimbwereza Email: Elly.Kimwereza@gmail.com ‘‘Take off your shoes, for this is Holy ground “ is what many visitors who travel long distances to Malameni rock in Mbaga, Southern Pare Mountains feel or tell themselves. So do many local and International visitors entering this remote and in the recent past virtually inaccessible area. Our journey starts from a small town…
MIKI TASSENI ORAL tradition is acknowledged as one among the principal methods inwhich history is transmitted in African societies even afterindependence, as few ethnic groups developed an articulate form ofwriting in which to preserve the beliefs of the people, their historyand genealogy of their rulers, dynasties. While the Bible isacknowledged as the word of God, it is in actual…
ERIC TOROKA In many ways the modern economy of Tanzania wasbuilt by the Asian immigrants who arrived from thewest coast of India over a period of four hundredyears, albeit with a huge influx from the late 19thcentury. There are only a very limited number of accounts ofthis story, and even fewer which focus on the historyof our successful extended…
Southern Pare Mountains I wrote this yesterday, but I was out of internet range so I’m posting it today.http://jminafrica2010.blogspot.com/2010/08/southern-pare-mountains.html I’m currently in the village of Mbaga in the Southern Pare Mountains, about 100 miles or so southwest of Moshi. The mountains rise abruptly out of the plains, and are very steep and rugged. Getting here was its own interesting…
As we mark the International Day of Democracy, it is imperative that we take time to pore take stock of our situation here in Tanzania and see if we can really worthy of joining the rest of the world or just sit as spectators, Felix Kaiza writes. In the classical definition of democracy by Abraham Lincoln, “democracy is a…