Nairobi: Innovators, social entrepreneurs and development agencies from around the world are arriving in Nairobi to hear who has won a global innovation competition – winner to be announced at the Nairobi Hilton on Wednesday 30 October. Among them are the 23 finalists of the Siemens Stiftung’s (foundation) Empowering People Award. There are five African finalists – from Rwanda,…
* * * * By Dr *REGINALD A. MENGI, TPSF Chair * *1.0 **INTRODUCTION* We all agree on the necessity for local participation in the emerging oil and gas industry in Tanzania. The critical question we need to ask ourselves is what will pave the way for such participation? In the view of Tanzania Private Sector Foundation, it must…
Pan African Security Company Warrior Security has invested in the recruitment of women in security and managerial positions in a bid to create diversity in its workforce and provide more jobs for women, at a time when security studies show women achieve similar results when responding to violent crime situations, are less likely to engage in unprofessional behaviour,have just…
Dar es Salaam – 25 October 2013. The production of the East Africa Highland banana, also known as cooking banana and “matoke” in the region is poised to get a boost with the distribution of the first-ever, high-yielding, and disease-resistant hybrid varieties. The 26 hybrid varieties are a result of over 20 years of joint breeding efforts between the…
STATEMENT BY H.E AMBASSADOR KHAMIS S. KAGASHEKI (MP), MINISTER FOR NATURAL RESOURCES AND TOURISM IN THE EVENT OF THE COMMEMMORATION OF THE 68TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED NATIONS, KARIMJEE GROUNDS, 24TH OCTOBER 2013: Let me begin by thanking you all for joining us in this flag raising event which marks the commemoration of the 68th birthday of the United…
Dar es Salaam, 23 10 2013: The private and public sector has been urged to take part in the Employer of the Year Award (EYA) 2013 survey for their contribution and commitment towards creation of skilled workforce and provision of a safe and supportive work environment in Tanzania to be recognized. Addressing a press conference in Dar es Salaam…
New York October 23, 2013 – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon has paid tribute to the important role played by the NEPAD Agency and the Africa Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) in the stride to eradicate poverty in Africa. The UN Chief was speaking at the official opening of the High Level panel discussion on Africa’s Innovative Governance through ten…
TUNIS, Tunisia, October 21, 2013/ — The eighth African Economic Conference will take place in Johannesburg, South Africa, from October 28-30, 2013 under the theme “Regional Integration in Africa”. The conference is organized each year by the African Development Bank (AfDB) ( http://www.afdb.org), the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). This year’s…
Mombasa: By Luis Javier Campuzano, Ambassador of Mexico, at the 5th African Grain Trade Summit, October 1, 2013: It has been a long dream for me to be able to share a little part of Mexican culture to all of those countries in Africa who took maize as a staple food. As you may know, Kenya hosted in November…
Dar es salaam, October 15, 2013 BUSINESS Investigative reporting in Tanzania still faces a lot of challenges, including lack of specialisation and limitation in terms of the number of stories published in the media, according to Managing Director of PAMOMA Communication and Research Company, Anthony Muchoki. Muchoki was among the Media Consultants who facilitated at a one year business…