Geneva, Switzerland, 8 August 2011 – The World Economic Forum has announced that Elsie Kanza, the Personal Assistant (Economic Affairs) to President Jakaya M. Kikwete of Tanzania, is to become the Forum’s new Head of Africa. Kanza will visit Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, later this month in preparation for the 2012 World Economic Forum on Africa. “After six fruitful years…
Mkemimi Mungi, Dar es Salaam: Entrepreneurship entails establishing a business and managing it in order to make profit. Most of the Tanzanians, fortunately, are quite industrious and have positively embraced doing business. They earn their livelihood and that of their children from it. Starting or running a business successfully, however, is not as easy as it sounds. Just like…
Byase Luteke IPP Executive Chairman, Reginald Mengi has made a high spirited call to the Government of Tanzania (GoT) to make Precision Air (PW) the national/flag carrier. Mr. Mengi made this plea at a function where he was the guest of honour at the launching of PW’s brand new ATR72-500 aircraft on 21 September 2010 which took place at…
MOSES MATHEW, MWANZA: Complicated formalities and lack of public education on investment in Tanzania are major impediments that trivialize investment promotion and economic development. Recently the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in collaboration with the Tanzania Investment Center (TIC) conducted a workshop in Mwanza on an investors survey where participants deprecated existing red tape. Tobias Abwaro, the finance…
Emmanuel D Tayari: During the election time, we always speak ill of politicians and even various policies that they have put forward. Ethics play a great role on how people analyze how politicians have used their roles for personal gain or misconduct. However, firstly let us ask ourselves, what is the relationship between ethics and politics? Ethics and Politics…
Dar eS Salaam: THE Maasai youths have become a trademark of urban security. Wherever you go in most urban centres in Tanzania you will find the man at the gate of an affluent home either a Maasai watchman or a security guard from one of the security companies. This is a sign that there is growing insecurity around today…
JOHN KIMBUTE NOT many people realize that Tanzania is standing at a prophetic moment of the eclipse and collapse of the traditional edifice of thought that is generally characterized with founding father Julius Nyerere, repeated over airwaves repeatedly during this election period. A relentless drift of opinion towards voting many opposition MPs and even a reasonable chance of winning…
Hourglass Tanzania last June\’s supported Dar Fashion Festival using transformative technology and community powered support to enable business in the Apparel & Garment Sector, to IMPACT Africa. Dar Fashion Festival (DFF) kicked off with a series of events on Sunday the 19th June staring with WEBS (Women’s Empowered Business Summit) which was held at the 5-Star Mbezi hall. Present…
Dar es Salaam: In Tanzania Sim card vendors just before the close of 2009 feared that by January 2010 their businesses would automatically die come January 2010. Almost two years later, this was never to be. In December 2009, Tanzania Communication Regulatory Authority (TCRA) communication officer, Innocent Mungy talking of then, the ongoing mobile phone registration exercise, said: “All…
By Tusekile Mwambetania and Nora Muchaki, Dar es Salaam: Accessibility and availability of adequate health care and HIV & AIDS services is vital not only for People Living with HIV (PLHIV) but also health service users whose lives are endangered once they lack these key services. It is, however, unfortunate that these important services are difficult to access for…