*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…
The Mobile Revolution Is Just Beginning Fon Mathuros, Head of Media, Communications Department, Tel.: +86 158 4088 0591; fmathuro@weforum.org Dalian, People’s Republic of China, 13 September 2013 – Mobile technology is disrupting all industries and sectors, and changing the way people interact among themselves and with service providers, said technology experts and entrepreneurs in a session on the mobile…
MAPUTO, Mozambique,** September 9, 2013/ *– *The African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) (http://www.agrforum.com) has warned that a Green Revolution cannot materialise in Africa without a major concerted effort to secure financing for agricultural production. ** The Forum, which ended on Friday, brought together over 200 delegates from across Africa and internationally, focused on the critical role to be played…
Kabwe Zuberi Zitto, MP; Shadow Minister of Finance Tanzania: Tanzania is on the precipice of an economic evolution with the recent discoveries of gas. We have now confirmed reserves of 43 Trillion Cubic feet (TCF), roughly valued at USD 430bn. Plans for LNG production are moving ahead of schedule. As a result there will be considerable new gas resources…
Maputo, 3 September – The Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF) is today holding its second annual meeting in Maputo, Mozambique. The event brings together over 150 representatives of businesses, financial institutions, NGOs, academia and other stakeholders to share best practice on how to grow businesses that benefit Africa’s rural poor. At this year’s annual meeting there is a particular…
2 September 2013 – At the start of World Water Week, a group of field experts in water resource management are calling for a new approach to optimising the use of water in developing and disaster-struck regions. The group – which is exhibiting at AidEx, Europe’s leading humanitarian and development aid event – is calling for a long-term approach…
*CALL FOR STAKEHOLDER VIEWS ON THE GOVERNMENT SELF ASSESSMENT EXERCISE ON IMPLEMENTATION OF OPEN GOVERNMENT PARTNERSHIP* Year, 2011, the government of Tanzania joined the global initiative of Open Government Partnership that aims at promoting transparency, empowering citizens, fighting corruption and encouraging use of new technologies to improve governance. The Government started implementing its OGP commitments which were translated to…
Nimi Mweta. Dar es Salaam: PLENTY of agitation is often heard from policy making circles that businesses in the country should stop charging for services in the US dollar, seeking to make it that this leads to the local currency losing in value to Uncle Sam’s money, as this habit diminishes demand for it. This agitation would virtually make…