Dar es Salam: Mabondia Mbwana Matumla ‘Golden Boy’ na Francis Miyayusho ‘Chichi Mawe’ leo wamepima uzito kwa ajili ya mpambano wao wa Ubingwa utakaofanyika katika Ukumbi wa Diamond Jubilee, Dar es salaam kesho jumapili OKCTOBA 30. wakizungumza wachezaji hawo kwa wakati tofauti baada ya kupima wamesema wapo tayari kuonesha mchezo mzuri wa ngumi na kuwapa raha zisizo na kifani…
g. silas :The world is at a blink of a massive financial disaster. All countries are now taking some very drastic fiscal measures and policies to avoid or reduce possible undesirable consequences that are imminent. No country wants to be in the state Greece is in right now.The question is, what measures has Tanzania taken so far to…
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will launch 2011 Human Development Report(HDR) on Thursday 3 November 2011 at 9.00 am at Apeadu Conference Hall at the UN premises, off Kinondoni Road in Dar es Salaam. The Human Development Report is published every year with the support of UNDP with a theme that is considered of critical importance for human…
New York, USA, 27 October 2011 – A new World Economic Forum report recommends practical steps government leaders can take to stimulate investments into energy efficiency upgrades in existing commercial buildings in order to enable job creation and green growth. The report, entitled, A Profitable and Resource Efficient Future: Catalysing Retrofit Finance and Investing in Commercial Real Estate, also…
KIGALI, RWANDA (27 October 2011)—The polarized debate over the use of organic and inorganic practices to boost farm yields is slowing action and widespread farmer adoption of approaches that could radically transform Africa’s food security situation, according to a group of leading international scientists meeting in Kigali this week. “The ideological divide over approaches to farm production are a…
Later this month, farm researchers, development experts and other stakeholders will gather in Kigali for a landmark conference to take stock of agricultural development efforts in Central Africa’s breadbasket and chart a path towards food security for the region. With the highest population density in sub-Saharan Africa, the Great Lakes region includes Burundi, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and…
Geneva, Switzerland, 17 October 2011 – Recent shifts in the Arab world, coupled with an economic contraction at the global level, have created renewed urgency for decision-makers across the region to address the unfolding economic situation. Responding to this still-evolving landscape, the World Economic Forum will hold a Special Meeting on Economic Growth and Job Creation in the Arab…
Tanzania among the few nations prepared against hunger, but … Written by YAKOBE CHIWAMBO Friday, 14 October 2011 13:08 YAKOBE CHIWAMBO ALTHOUGH Tanzania has been identified as one of the few countries of the world which are relatively well prepared for the global triple crises of ‘climate change, depleted natural resources and skyrocketing food prices’ that could dwarf world’s…
Weak shilling: not so much of a losing game, BoT says Written by YAKOBE CHIWAMBO Friday, 14 October 2011 13:14 YAKOBE CHIWAMBO THE continuing weakening of the Tanzania shilling against the US dollar and other world currencies would be good news only if Tanzania was a major exporter, economic and other experts affirm. In the event, Tanzania imports far…
Tanzania: Airtel announced today that it will offer its BlackBerry customers a service waiver following a global outage attributed to the service provider Research in Motion. Research in Motion has now fully restored data services to its BlackBerry devices. The BlackBerry outage was caused by a hardware error which halted messaging and Web browsing across many parts of the…