Geneva, Switzerland, 3 May 2012 – The World Economic Forum launched its One Year One Change online campaign today, seeking people’s opinions from around the world on their vision of Africa’s future. Translating public ideas into actionable change will be a core part of the agenda at the World Economic Forum on Africa, which will take place for first…
Dar es Salaam:2, May 2012: Ginners must invest in contract farming in order to stay in the industry, the Minister of Agriculture Professor Jumanne Maghembe said today in Dar es Salaam. Addressing a stakeholders meeting, the minister said contract farming was the only viable vehicle to put Tanzania’s cotton at the top of the ladder in the world market….
Dar es Salaam: Lord David Sainsbury, the British philanthropist behind Tanzania Gatsby Trust is in the country to look at some of the activities undertaken by his charitable trust. Lord David Sainsbury of Turville, is the Founder of the Gatsby Charitable Foundation and former Minister of Science in the UK Government, has been funding a number of programmes in…
Growing Group lending risks: A threat to microfinance sector- TAMFI Dar es Salaam, 25th April 2012: It has been revealed that Microfinance institutions, which vastly ride on group lending methodology in Tanzania are experiencing increase in credit risks.. “If this situation is not properly addressed many microfinance institutions will get badly hit with increasing credit risk leading to fatal…
Dar es Salaam, 25, April, 2012: The Newly launched ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN IN TOURISM TANZANIA (AWOTTA) has been urged to promote gender equality, women’s empowerment and take proactive steps to mainstream gender in tourism policies, planning and operations. Director of Tourism in the Ministry of Natural resources and Tourism, Mr Ibrahim A. Mussa, who was the guest of honour…
** ** * * The fight to control contamination of key staple foods in Africa by mycotoxins – poisonous chemicals secreted by naturally occurring fungi which attack crops in the field and during storage, making them unfit for human and livestock consumption at high levels of contamination – has been stepped up in Tanzania with the launch of two…
We, the undersigned , are a group of civil society organizations working in Tanzania and in the Greater Serengeti Region in particular. We mainly work in the areas of human rights and good governance.We take note of the Serengeti highway stamped misnamed debate following the Tanzanian Government announcement that it has plans to build a highway through Serengeti National…
John Lusingu, Tanga, Tanzania: Growing up in the early 1970s in the Kilimanjaro region of Tanzania, I used to wake up early in the morning with my siblings and hike the trail from the cool highlands to cultivate our fields in the lowlands. My parents would tell us that we must go down the mountain in the morning, work…
Geneva, Switzerland, 23 April 2012 – The energy systems of 124 countries are currently not ready for a transition to a sustainable and secure energy architecture required to harness economic growth, according to the reportNew Energy Architecture: Enabling an Effective Transition, released today by the World Economic Forum. Tanzania is included (see http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_NewEnergyArchitecture_CountryPerformanceIndex_2012.pdf) The way energy is produced, distributed…
Dar es Salaam : Sikika is deeply concerned with the shocking reports by the Controller and Auditor General (CAG), revealing high rate of tax exemptions and misappropriation of public funds. The report shows that tax exemptions granted increased from Tshs. 680.7 billion in 2009/2010, to Tshs. trillion 1. 016 in 2010/2011. This is 18% of the actual revenue collection…