GEORGE W. BUSH AND MRS. LAURA BUSH TO HOSTSUMMIT FOCUSED ON THE ROLE OF AFRICAN FIRST LADIES IN PROMOTING WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT Dallas, TX – On July 2-3, 2013, African First Ladies from across the continent will gather at the George W. Bush Institute’s African First Ladies Summit, “Investing in Women: Strengthening Africa” in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, to focus…
* * *MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE* * * * * * * 1. The Extraordinary Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) was held in Maputo, Republic of Mozambique on 15 June 2013. 2. Summit was attended by the following Heads of State and Government and their representatives: Botswana H. E. Sir Seretse…
*Researchers provide clarity on action amid fears of wasted investments and imprecise science* ** ***BONN, GERMANY (14 JUNE 2013)—*Whether it’s swapping coffee for cocoa in Central America or bracing for drought in Sri Lanka with a return to ancient water storage systems, findings from a new report from the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security…
Views on Legitimacy of Tax Authorities’ Mandate and Attitude towards Taxes – Results from Afro barometer Round 5 Survey in Tanzania – REPOA By Lucy Mushi Must people pay Taxes for country’s development to happen? That’s the big question that hovers in many people’s minds. There are several types of taxes one should pay to the government, like Value…
The government has been challenged to be careful when implementing project plans and evaluate experiments besides learning from different failures, in an effort to improve cashewnut farming. Speaking recently when presenting her research findings titled “The Diverging South: Comparing the Cashewnut Sectors of Tanzania and Vietnam,” Dr Blandina Kilama, a researcher with Research on Poverty Alleviation (Repoa) said the…
Africa must be proactive on corruption-Dr Mengi BY DICKSON NG`HILY IPP Executive Chairman Reginald Mengi has underscored the need for Africans to be proactive and evaluate themselves accordingly in the face of pervasive corruption on the continent instead of endlessly blaming the government or multinational corporations. In remarks on Tuesday at the just-ended two-day Fourth Pan-African Anti-Corruption Conference held…
(Eleuteri Mangi –MAELEZO) Dar es Salaam 01June, 2013 The Controller and Audit General (CAG) of The United Republic of Tanzania Mr. Ludovick Utouh has signed an agreement of Euro 3.5 million equivalents to about 3.75 billion Tanzanian shillings between National Audit Office of Tanzania (NAOT) and Country Director of Deutsche Gesellschaft fü Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Regine Qualmann from Germany…
Arusha: 29th May 2013: Pan-African security company Warrior Security has launched polygraph tests in East Africa, as fraud surges, with reports indicating a 13 per cent increase in global fraud between 2009 and 2011, causing companies losses of more than $5m (KSh420m) in the last year. Kenya and South Africa lead in economic crimes, with 66 per cent and…
By Odimegwu Onwumere: Like a marriage celebrated in heaven, that was how I felt when I saw the report on the Internet: “Farafina Trustholds its 2011 creative writing workshop in Lagos, from June 23 to July 2 2011.” I was so elated when I saw that it was organized by award-winning writer and creative director of Farafina Trust, Chimamanda…
Nairobi May 24, 2013……Since its launch in January 2013 by the Nairobi Securities Exchange, the new investment segment has elicited optimism among growing companies who have always struggled to find avenues for raising capital to finance their growth and expansion plans. The segment dubbed GEMS (Growth Enterprise Market Segment) will enable companies to raise substantial capital to drive their…