LONDON, August 15, 2011 – The inaugural meeting of the Board of Directors of the CTO Ventures endorsed the launch of a low-cost `borderless Commonwealth’ mobile data roaming service for its member countries and beyond. CTO Ventures is a commercial subsidiary of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation initiated to develop, expand and enhance CTO’s existing operations to facilitate transactional business…
WASHINGTON, August 15, 2011−Global food prices are at high levels and when combined with continued volatility, put the poorest people in the developing world at continued risk, according to the World Bank Group’s Food Price Watch released today. While the emergency in the Horn of Africa was triggered by prolonged droughts, especially in areas struggling with conflict and internal…
DAR ES SALAAM, Aug 14 (Reuters) – Tanzania’s mobile phone subscribers rose 20 percent to 21 million last year, but low tariffs due to a vicious price war are expected to diminish the appetite for investment in the telecoms sector, industry officials said. East Africa’s second biggest economy’s communications sector has grown at an average annual rate of nearly…
MABONDIA wa ngumi za kulipwa Ramadhan Shauri na Bakari Dunda wataoneshana kazi katika pambano lisili la ubingwa litakalofanyika Septemba 4 mwaka huu. Pambano hilo ambalo litakuwa la raundi nane litasindikizwa na burudani kutoka katika kundi la \’Makhirikhiri wa bongo\’ huku likitanguliwa na mapambano manne ya utangulizi ambapo yatafanyika katika ukumbi wa CCM Mwinjuma wa Mwananyamala Dar es Salaam. Akizungumza…
Comrade, Once again, millions of African citizens face famine and the destruction of their livelihoods. At this moment, 12 million men, women and children in Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia are in dire need of food, clean water and basic sanitation. Tens of thousands of Somali children have died in the last 90 days and over 500,000 are now at…
Dear Leaders, As a responsible citizen who wants to see quick development of his country and prosperity of its people I feel constrained to air my views and offer advice on any public issue that concerns the development of this country and its people. On 18th July 2011 a very serous event took place in Parliament during its debate…
This was shortly after President Kikwete was elected for a second term; Q. Judge Bomani you have been involved in public affairs for nearly half a century, what would your comments be at this stage of Tanzania’s political life? A. Thank you very much for giving me this opportunity to air my views on some of the burning issues…
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, 9 August 2011 – The results of a pioneering survey led by the Government of Tanzania released today reveal an urgent need to address violence against children across all sectors and in settings where children spend most of their time, particularly in their homes, communities, and schools. “I am so pleased that Tanzania is taking…
By Lilian Msambichaka: Help me! Someone help me please! My child is dying, please someone help me! A woman holds her convulsing son outside a café a few steps from the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The café is frequented by patients and their family members and MUHAS staff. I…
The Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO), in conjunction with the Tanzanian Ministry of Communications, Science and Technology and the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority will be holding the sixth annual Connecting Rural Communities Africa Forum in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on 24 – 26 August 2011. With a milieu of ICT organisations such as Ericsson and Helios Towers Nigeria, the event…