Fuel prices fall in Tanzania as $43m subsidy comes into effect

Summary According to the Energy and Water Utilities Regulatory Authority (EWURA), effective Wednesday, the retail price for petrol is Tsh2,994 ($1.28) from 3,303 ($1.42) per litre, diesel Tsh3,126 ($1.34) down from Tsh3,452 ($1.48) per litre, while kerosene prices remain unchanged. Tanzania has reduced the cost of fuel effective Wednesday following the Tsh100 billion ($43 million) fuel subsidy the government…

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Fuel prices fall in Tanzania as $43m subsidy comes into effect

Summary According to the Energy and Water Utilities Regulatory Authority (EWURA), effective Wednesday, the retail price for petrol is Tsh2,994 ($1.28) from 3,303 ($1.42) per litre, diesel Tsh3,126 ($1.34) down from Tsh3,452 ($1.48) per litre, while kerosene prices remain unchanged. Tanzania has reduced the cost of fuel effective Wednesday following the Tsh100 billion ($43 million) fuel subsidy the government…

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UN Global Compact launches Africa Business Leaders Coalition

Convened by the UN Global Compact, Chief Executive Officers from across Africa announced the launch of the Africa Business Leaders Coalition (ABLC).  The Coalition will provide a platform for African business leaders to have a unified private sector voice as they actively and meaningfully engage to work on the continent’s most pressing issues through an organized, forward-looking, principles-based approach. The…

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UN Global Compact launches Africa Business Leaders Coalition

Convened by the UN Global Compact, Chief Executive Officers from across Africa announced the launch of the Africa Business Leaders Coalition (ABLC).  The Coalition will provide a platform for African business leaders to have a unified private sector voice as they actively and meaningfully engage to work on the continent’s most pressing issues through an organized, forward-looking, principles-based approach. The…

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Can Africa grow without fossil fuels? | Financial Time

As the developed world demands emissions cuts, African leaders are asking whether it is possible to industrialise on green energy alone In Hell’s Gate, a two-hour drive north of Nairobi, steam gushes out of the earth’s crust, generating a renewable form of energy that supplies almost half of Kenya’s current electricity needs. The steam is captured in miles of…

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Can Africa grow without fossil fuels? | Financial Time

As the developed world demands emissions cuts, African leaders are asking whether it is possible to industrialise on green energy alone In Hell’s Gate, a two-hour drive north of Nairobi, steam gushes out of the earth’s crust, generating a renewable form of energy that supplies almost half of Kenya’s current electricity needs. The steam is captured in miles of…

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President Samia receives Fifa World Cup trophy in Dar

Summary The trophy is accompanied in the country by Brazilian footballer Juliano Belleti President Samia Suluhu Hassan has on Tuesday May 31, 2022 received the 2022 FIFA World Cup trophy at State House Dar es Salaam. The coveted Fifa World Cup trophy has arrived in Tanzania for the much-awaited, two-day tour. The trophy is on a world tour ahead…

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President Samia receives Fifa World Cup trophy in Dar

Summary The trophy is accompanied in the country by Brazilian footballer Juliano Belleti President Samia Suluhu Hassan has on Tuesday May 31, 2022 received the 2022 FIFA World Cup trophy at State House Dar es Salaam. The coveted Fifa World Cup trophy has arrived in Tanzania for the much-awaited, two-day tour. The trophy is on a world tour ahead…

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No number of challenges should stop AfCFTA’s implementation – Tanzanian president

President of the United Republic of Tanzania, Samia Suluhu Hassan, has said that no number of challenges should prevent Africa from going ahead with the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), as the deal is the only hope of reviving economies in the region. She premised her comments on the fact that there is enormous opportunity for the continent…

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