Dar es Salaam: Every year on 20 October, Baha’is worldwide celebrate the Birth of the Bab, the first of the two Divine Teachers central to the founding of the Baha’i Faith. In Dar es Salaam the Bahá’í community will gather for prayers and devotional readings followed by fellowship and celebration on Sunday, 20th October , 2013 at 10:00 a.m….
By Varja Lipovsek, Learning, Monitoring and Evaluation Manager, Twaweza and Rakesh Rajani, Head, Twaweza www.twaweza.org : ——————————————— Policymakers in Tanzania, as in many neighboring countries, regularly make decisions for the entire country with little access to the experiences and realities of a large majority of citizens. The world of policies (and politics) and the world of ordinary citizens are…
Around 65 per cent of women use the promise of sex as a reward, a new study has found. Research into the sex lives and preferences of co-habiting couples in the UK discovered that women are more likely than men to use sex as a reward for ‘good behaviour’. The study, conducted by ukmedix.com, spoke to 1,994 men and…
*CALL TO PARTICIPATE IN EYA SURVEY* * * The Association of Tanzania Employers (ATE) is pleased to announce and call for participation in* the Employer of the Year Award (EYA) *Survey for 2013*. The award event for 2012 was graced by the President of the United Republic of Tanzania, Dr Jakaya M. Kikwete and all participants received a certificate….
*25th September 2013. Mombasa , Kenya*. Over 250 top leaders from Africa including business executives from the private sector, including farmers, traders and millers, non-governmental organizations, development partners, financial institutions, researcher government representatives, regional bilateral institutions, and policymakers will convene from the 1st – 3rd October 2013 to discuss key issues affecting the African grain sector. This will be…
EADBC is partnering with the International County and City Management Assoc iation (ICMA) and PEER Consultants in a Study Mission, unique knowledge exchange platform, for a delegation of newly elected representatives from the Council of Governors of Kenya from September 25 to September 27 in Boston, Massach usetts. In the Kenyan delegation are: H.E Isaac Ruto – Chairman Council…
On 25th September at 9:30 am family and friends of Professor Wangari Muta Maathai, along with members of the Green Belt Movement (GBM), will gather in Karura Forest to commemorate the second anniversary of Professor Wangari Muta Maathai’s passing. The Second Anniversary Memorial Service will bring together a diverse group of Kenyans and international friends to celebrate Prof. Maathai’s…
*Author: Dr Antipas Massawe (Mining Engineer), Dar es Salaam* Progress in most mineral rich African countries is slow because foreign aid and investments in their mineral resources appraisal and exploitation dominate as main source of seed capital for their development. By deactivating the important role of self-reliance in the struggle of societies for survival and prosperity in their environments,…
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA (13 September 2013)—In a series of papers to be presented next week, scientists offer new evidence that a potent chemical mechanism operating in the roots of a tropical grass used for livestock feed has enormous potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Referred to as “biological nitrification inhibition” or BNI, the mechanism markedly reduces the conversion of nitrogen…
Dar es Salaam, 13 September 2013. Over a half of the population in the three major cities in Tanzania eat cassava but nearly everyone eats maize. Furthermore, the hardy root crop, was found to be more popular among the older people who preferred it in the form of ‘ugali’ a thick porridge made from its flour while the young…