By Ban Ki-moon: This week, world leaders gather for a momentous occasion — the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro. Will it be a success? In my opinion, yes. To be sure, the negotiations have been lengthy. Even now there is more disagreement than agreement on the details of the so-called “outcome document” that will…
NDJAMENA, Chad, June 18, 2012/ — Airtel Chad (http://www.airtel.com) has collaborated with one of the leading banks on the continent – ECOBANK- to launch Airtel Money in the West African nation. Touted as the first Mobile commerce product in the country, the service will allow subscribers to carry out financial transactions on their mobile phones and enhance the delivery…
BANGKOK, June 18, 2012 – A new World Bank report shows that while gender equality has increased across East Asia and the Pacific, disparities still exist in a number of important areas. The report, entitled “Toward Gender Equality in East Asia and the Pacific”, says improving women’s access to jobs and economic opportunity could significantly boost productivity in the…
*International Aid Organizations Honor United Nations Deputy Secretary-General for Contributions to Global Health As Dr. Asha-Rose Migiro’s mandate comes to an end, the Roll Back Malaria (RBM) Partnership, UNAIDS and UNFPA gather at the UN to recognize her work in global health & development.**** (12 June 2012; New York); As Dr. Asha-Rose Migiro’s term as United Nations Deputy Secretary-General…
WASHINGTON, June 12, 2012 – Developing countries should prepare for a long period of volatility in the global economy by re-emphasizing medium-term development strategies, while preparing for tougher times, says the World Bank in the newly-released Global Economic Prospects (GEP), June 2012. A resurgence of tensions in high-income Europe has eroded the gains made during the first four months…
ARUSHA, Tanzania, June 7, 2012/ — The Africa CEO forum (ACF) was officially launched by Tim Turner, AfDB private sector operations Director, and Amir Ben Yahmed, Vice President of Groupe Jeune Afrique and founder and executive producer of the event, at the Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB) (http://www.afdb.org) in Arusha, Tanzania. The Africa CEO Forum is…
Saturday, 26 May 2012 20:56, Dar es Salaam, For The Citizen Newspaper: By Saumu Jumanne The Mother Nature provides us with various biotic resources, which we call biological diversity (biodiversity). And last week, on May 22, it was the International Day for Biodiversity. Despite motherland being one of the richest countries in the world as far as biodiversity is…
MKAKATI WA KUDHIBITI BIASHARA YA MAZAO YA MISITU KINYUME CHA SHERIA PAMOJA NA KUBORESHA UKUSANYAJI MADUHULI 1. UTANGULIZI Wakala wa Huduma za Misitu Tanzania (Tanzania Forest Services Agency) –TFS- umeanzishwa kwa kuzingatia Sheria ya Wakala wa Serikali Namba 30 ya 1997 iliyorejewa 2009). TFS ilianza kazi rasmi Julai 1, 2011 ikiwa na lengo la kutekeleza majukumu ya kiutendaji ya…
Dar es Salaam: In the month of June the World celebrates World Blood Donor Day. Today Tanzania still suffers a deficit of 67% blood requirements. The main consumers of blood transfusions are children under five years (50%), women during pregnancy as well as women who bleed post delivery (30%), accident victims (15%), other diseases like Cancer and Sickle Cell…
Written by Miki Tasseni – First published in Business Times, Dar es Salaam Former Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa has been making rounds in various institutions to address what appears to be an urgent problem: the European Union’s stance on stalled partnership agreements with African countries. While most other ACP (Africa, Caribbean and Pacific) countries have initialled such accords, Africa—except…