Vodacom spends over Tsh120 to coordinate media mentions

Dar es Salaam, 4th July, 2012 … Leading telecommunications company, Vodacom Tanzania, has spend more than Tsh 120million in this year’s Sabasaba exhibitions, with the money expected to make contacts with various media houses in Tanzania. While addressing journalists soon after being awarded the exhibition’s communication sponsor, Kelvin Twissa, Vodacom’s Head of Communication and Marketing, noted that the money…

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Tanzania to take part in Global Entrepreneurship Week 2012

Dar es Salaam, 3rd July, 2012: Preparations are in high gear for Tanzania mainland and Zanzibar to take part fully in the Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) 2012 it has been announced. The Global Entrepreneurship Week planning team has chosen Zanzibar Association for Youth Education and Empowerment (ZAYEE) to host the first GEW Tanzania initiative that is geared to empower…

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Current economic crisis must not be allowed to reverse progress in reducing poverty

New York, 2 July: Three important targets on poverty, slums and water have been met three years ahead of 2015, says this year’s Report on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), launched today by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Meeting the remaining targets, while challenging, is possible ─ but only if Governments do not waiver from their commitments made over a…

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DR EveHawaSinare appointed board member of America based World Services Group (WSG)

A Tanzanian has bagged a top appointment as a board member of the international Board of the World Services Group (WSG) based in Texas USA. Dr. Eve HawaSinare will be representing theAfrica and Middle East Region.WSG ranks as one of the largest global proffesional membership Associations in the world. The appointment is for 4 years, effective from June 2012…

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Angolan diamond industry landmark judgement

 LUANDA, Angola, June 29, 2012/ — Today, 29th June 2012, Mr. Justice Vos handed down his judgment in the dispute between Arcadi Gaydamak and Lev Leviev. The dispute, which played out in the London High Court in May and June 2012, centres on the profits of the Angolan diamond industry, one of the world’s biggest diamond producers. This trial…

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AfDB to hold High Level Policy Dialogue on Youth Employment in Africa

* L*USAKA, Zambia,** June 25, 2012/ *– *The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group is organizing a High Level Policy Dialogue Seminar on Youth Employment in Africa in Lusaka, Zambia, which will focus on the challenges and opportunities faced by the following countries in the Southern Africa region: Angola, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique and Zambia. The countries concerned fall under…

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Vodacom customers to get free airtime bonus for sending and receiving money through M-PESA

*Dar es Salaam, 26th June, 2012 … *Vodacom customers have a reason to smile for using the M-PESA service. The leading telecommunications company has introduced an offer that will see registered customers get free airtime for every M-PESA transaction, whether they are sending or receiving money. Vodacom Managing Director, Rene Meza announced a TShs 50 airtime bonus to both…

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Inakuhusu sana uwe kwenye ndoa au unaelekea, soma

From Jamii Forums, Dar es Salaam: Inahuzunisha lakini kuna fundisho kuu kwetu sote. “Nilipofika nyumbani usiku ule, mke wangu aliponitayarishia chakula, nilimshika mkono na kumwambia, Kuna kitu nataka nikwambie. Mke wangu alikaa chini na kula chakula kimya akiwa tayari kunisikiliza. Tena nikagundua macho yake yalionyesha anaumizwa. Nilishindwa hata namna ya kuanza kufumbua kinywa changu. Lakini ilibidi nimwambie ili ajue…

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UN Secretary-General’s remarks to the Global Compact Board Meeting at the Rio+20 Conference – 21 Jun

THE SECRETARY-GENERAL REMARKS AT UNITED NATIONS GLOBAL COMPACT BOARD MEETING Rio de Janeiro, 21 June 2012 Good morning. I am pleased to join you for this first meeting of the reconstituted Global Compact Board. Usually, we hold our Board meetings in New York. I hope this meeting at Rio+20 will be an auspicious beginning for this new Board as…

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