By Ali A. Mufuruki: I have been telling myself to refrain from the urge to respond to what is in my view the worst insult ever made to our honour as a nation and as a people since we freed ourselves from colonialism a little over half a century ago. This insult was uttered by none other than one…
Babati, May 14th 2014 – Tigo today opened a new customer care branch in Babati that is expected to reduce inconveniences encountered by the residents who previously had limited direct access to the company’s customer services. Present during the inauguration was Babati District Commissioner, Khalid Mandia, who commended Tigo for bringing its services closer to the people of the…
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. 11 May, 2014 The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) in collaboration with Image-Ad, a Ghanaian-based ICT Company, will organize a two-day training workshop – May 12-13, 2014 “ in Dar es Salaam for agribusinesses in Tanzania. The workshop, will bring together over 30 stakeholders across Tanzania, and seeks to provide training to…
This story was first Published in Business Times Friday, 14 March 2014, and is written by JOHN KIMBUTE: CHANCES are that the Government of Tanzania will have to part with hundreds of billions of shillings in favour of the Standard Chartered Bank of Hong Hong (SCB-HK) following a judgment and demand note delivered by the International Centre for Settlement…
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, 5th May 2014 -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The recently released A.T Kearney African Retail Development Index ranks Tanzania amongst the 10 most attractive African markets for retailers looking to expand. For Sumesh Rahavendra, Head of Marketing for DHL Express in Sub Saharan Africa, retail expansion is key to DHL Express’ Africa business strategy. According to…
ABUJA, Nigeria,April 29, 2014/ *– *On Thursday, May 8th 2014, the Africa Progress Panel (http://www.africaprogresspanel.org) will release its annual Africa Progress Report – Grain, Fish, Money – Financing Africa’s Green and Blue revolutions, at the World Economic Forum on Africa held in Abuja, Nigeria. Chaired by former UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, last year’s report Equity in Extractives – Stewarding…
WASHINGTON, April 29, 2014 – The International Comparison Program (ICP) released new data today showing that the world economy produced goods and services worth over $90 trillion in 2011, and that almost half of the world’s total output came from low and middle income countries. Under the authority of the United Nations Statistical Commission, the 2011 round of ICP…
By Josephine Koigi: She is the mother of all humans. Woman. Somehow she is always on the opposite side. The unwanted side. She carries the heaviest burden. And like a magnet, problems get attracted to her side. A study by Population Services International Tanzania (PSI) revealed that women are at a more risk of contracting HIV/AIDS more than their…
· *The Bank has recorded Profit before income tax of TZS 14.3 billion (2012: 3.9 billion) TZS 10.4 billion higher compared to the last year representing an increase of 267%.* *Dar es Salaam, April 15th 2014* The National Bank of Commerce, on Monday announced it’s financial results for the year 2013 whereby its Net Interest margin on average Interest…
SADC Secretariat, in collaboration with the Southern Africa Trust and the National Smallholder Farmers Association of Malawi (NASFAM) convened a SADC Food and Nutrition Security (FNS) Strategy Stakeholders Forum, hosted by the Government of the Republic of Malawi, in Lilongwe from 9-10 April, 2014. Held under the theme, “*Empowering Youth and Women for Food and Nutrition Security”**,* the main…