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…

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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…

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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…

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Ikulu inapenda kukanusha taarifa zilizonukuliwa na baadhi ya vyombo vya habari kudai kuwa Rais ametofautiana na Waziri Mkuu kuhusu aina ya hatua za kuwachukulia Mawaziri wanaotuhumiwa na ubadhirifu katika Wizara zao. Napenda kueleza Umma kuwa taarifa hizo si za kweli. Pia  nitumie nafasi  hii kuwatahadharisha waandishi wa habari  kuwa makini, waangalifu na wachambuzi wakati wa kupokea, kusikiliza na kuandika…

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Rais Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete amewasili  mjini Blantyre ,Malawi  leo jioni kuhushuria  Mazishi ya Profesa Bingu  wa Mutharika, aliyekuwa Rais wa Malawi., aliyefariki tarehe 5 April, 2012  Kufuatia matatizo ya Moyo Rais Kikwete ni miongoni mwa Viongozi wakuu Saba kutoka nchi jirani na Malawi. Nchi hizo ni Afrika Kusini, Benin, Kenya, Msumbiji, Zimbabwe na Zambia. — Sent from my mobile…

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Dar es Salaam, 22nd April 2012: East African Law Chambers (EALC), one of the fastest growing medium sized law firms in Tanzania has repositioned itself to tap into the wider African market by becoming a member of one of the oldest, biggest and most credible law firm in South Africa- Bowman Gilfillan. Speaking at a cocktail attended by a…

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WASHINGTON, April 20, 2012 — The developing world’s progress is seriously lagging on global targets related to food and nutrition, with rates of child and maternal mortality still unacceptably high, says the Global Monitoring Report (GMR) 2012, released today by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Recent spikes in international food prices have stalled progress across…

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Accra, Ghana. As the gap widens between the yields of African farms and those in the rest of the world, leading experts and policymakers in Accra today warned that weak government support and lack of private capital is stifling farm research innovations that are vital if the African continent is to achieve its ambitious economic growth and development targets….

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Elly Kimbwereza, Tanzania: \”I was born in poverty but poverty was not born in me.\” I vividly remember my childhood days in the Pare mountains of Tanzania as a child of a church Minister.We comparatively lived a better life than our neighbors and this disturbed me very much because all my play friends belonged to the neghborhood . I…

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Elly Kimbwereza, Tanzania: \”I was born in poverty but poverty was not born in me.\” I vividly remember my childhood days in the Pare mountains of Tanzania as a child of a church Minister.We comparatively lived a better life than our neighbors and this disturbed me very much because all my play friends belonged to the neghborhood . I…

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