Zanzibar has emerged as an audacious contender for an African event on the Formula 1 motorsport calendar. Backed by the government, revered competitors, and the sport’s management, there is unanimous agreement on the significance of bringing this thrilling event to the continent. The presumption so far has been that South Africa was the obvious candidate. Zanzibar thinks otherwise. Six…
Dar es Salaam. Tanzania is consulting the US-based Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on the possibility of establishing the Universal National Identification Card (ID), it was revealed yesterday in Parliament. A new move is meant to integrate the National ID card with other IDs and cut costs that the government is incurring in purchasing raw cards and printing of…
Dar es Salaam. Tanzania is consulting the US-based Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on the possibility of establishing the Universal National Identification Card (ID), it was revealed yesterday in Parliament. A new move is meant to integrate the National ID card with other IDs and cut costs that the government is incurring in purchasing raw cards and printing of…
Tanzania aims to launch its 5th oil and gas licensing round by the end of 2023 in a move designed to revive interest in its largely dormant exploration and production sector. After a blitz of offshore exploration, largely by Shell and Equinor, in the years to 2018, the focus point of the few oil companies that remain in Tanzania…
Tanzania aims to launch its 5th oil and gas licensing round by the end of 2023 in a move designed to revive interest in its largely dormant exploration and production sector. After a blitz of offshore exploration, largely by Shell and Equinor, in the years to 2018, the focus point of the few oil companies that remain in Tanzania…
Dar es Salaam. President Samia Suluhu Hassan has inaugurated the new State House in Chamwino Dodoma on Saturday, May 20, after 30 months of its construction. The construction of the building started in 2020, when late President John Magufuli laid the foundation stone for the commencement of the project. The land where new state building was constructed is 200…
Dar es Salaam. President Samia Suluhu Hassan has inaugurated the new State House in Chamwino Dodoma on Saturday, May 20, after 30 months of its construction. The construction of the building started in 2020, when late President John Magufuli laid the foundation stone for the commencement of the project. The land where new state building was constructed is 200…
Summary The new plant seems to come alive at night when the leaves bloom under moonlight but as soon as the sun comes out, the plant goes with its leaves looking slightly weathered. Arusha. Botanists have discovered what could be the world’s newest type of vegetation in the form of a lone, spear-shaped and nocturnal plant growing in Northern…
Summary The new plant seems to come alive at night when the leaves bloom under moonlight but as soon as the sun comes out, the plant goes with its leaves looking slightly weathered. Arusha. Botanists have discovered what could be the world’s newest type of vegetation in the form of a lone, spear-shaped and nocturnal plant growing in Northern…
Dar es Salaam. President Samia Suluhu Hassan revealed that Tanzania is planning to build its own satellite and that negotiations to reach the scientific milestone have already begun. Summary Should the plan materialize, Tanzania will join Kenya and Uganda, which have developed and launched satellites into space in the past six months. The President, who was speaking at Azam…