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…
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…
* 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…
*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…
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…
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…
LILONGWE, Malawi,** June 22, 2012/ *–* Manoj Kohli, CEO (International) & Joint MD, Bharti Airtel (http://www.airtel.com), yesterday paid a courtesy call on Her Excellency the President of the Republic of Malawi, Mrs. Joyce Banda, to update on the telecommunication company’s investments in Malawi. ** ** During the visit, Mr. Kohli outlined Airtel’s commitment to Malawi through a number of…
By Hon. Ambassador Khamisi Kagasheki, Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism June 21, 2012, Dar es Salaam On 20th June 2012, around 11pm, an incident happened where armed bandits raided a tourist camp in the Wildlife Management Area of Ikoma in Rubanda village, in the outskirts of Serengeti National Park. In the event, one of the foreign tourists and…
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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…