*By Hebron Mwakalinga: * Everyone is complaining about Dar es Salaam port, I think what is happening at the Port has two important causes: – – Lack of or weak accountability system – Limited infrastructure capacity. Everyone contends that investment in the expansion of the Port has not kept pace with economic expansion of the Region espacially backhaul operations…
The Embassy of Italy in Tanzania is glad to announce the inauguration of a “Deaf-Blind Unit Construction Project”, called UHURU MCHANGANYIKO, at the Uhuru School located in ILALA MUNICIPALITY, Dar-es-Salaam. The school is opposite Tanzania Breweries, along Uhuru road, Kariakoo Area and the inauguration ceremony will be held on July 20th at 10.30 a.m. at the presence of Government…
BAJETI YA MWAKA 2010/2011 NA MAKADIRIO YA MATUMIZI YA WIZARA YA NISHATI NA MADINI KWA MWAKA WA FEDHA 2011/2012 UTANGULIZI Mheshimiwa Spika; awali ya yote namshukuru Mwenyezi Mungu kwa kuniwezesha kuwasilisha maoni haya ya kambi rasmi ya upinzani kuhusu makadirio ya matumizi ya Wizara ya Nishati na Madini kwa mwaka wa fedha 2011/2012 kwa mujibu wa kanuni za Bunge…
*Press Release No:*021/MNA *WASHINGTON, July 14, 2011* – Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the Middle East and North Africa are key to driving employment for millions of young citizens but businesses on the smaller end of the scale in this region have some of the lowest levels of access to finance in the world. Today’s approval of…
By Jackie Karanja: The budget has many interesting aspects, but one that I believe was most commendable was the minister indicating that they would be taking a confessional loan of 127bn/- from the financial markets in Tanzania for infrastructure developments is an indication that the financial markets have growth commendably that they can provide such assistance to government. It…
Drs. Camillus D. N. Kassala: The recent tenth edition of the 2011 *African Economic Outlook* claims to find that the African continent is on the rebound and expects its growth performance in the next years to resume at pre-crisis levels. The focus of this 2011 Outlook is Africa’s Emerging Economic Partnerships, presenting a comprehensive review of Africa’s expanding economic…
* By Michael Mjinja:* * * Social security is very important for the well-being of workers, their families and the entire community. It is a basic human right and a fundamental means for creating social cohesion… It is an indispensable part of government social policy and an important tool to prevent and alleviate poverty. The right to social security…
*By Emmanuel Kihaule : *IF there is anything that amuses me most about my beloved country Tanzania is the manner in which authorities react immediately after a problem has occurred such as an accident in which many lives were lost. The following day the police will call a press conference in which they will enlist a windful of measures…
*By Emmanuel Kihaule: *How much has Africa benefited from development aid from donors? Is Africa anyhow better now than it was say fifteen or twenty years ago? These are questions which normally dominates discussions on the state of poverty in Africa versus development aid. To some people, including myself nothing much, in terms of development, has been recorded out…
The only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small, uninhabited island. He prayed feverishly for GOD to rescue him, and every day he scanned the horizon for help, but none seemed forthcoming.* * Exhausted, he eventually managed to build a little hut out of driftwood to protect him from the elements, and to store his new…