Tanzania News

[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -Dar es Salaam Regional Commissioner Paul Makonda may have bitten more than he could chew today, February 17, 2020, when he sought to praise the impact of a pro-poor government programme.

[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -The World Bank will issue a loan of Sh1.03 trillion in support of the second phase of Tanzania Social Action Fund (Tasaf).

[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -The population of Tanzanian households that live in extreme poverty has gone down by two percentage points during the past eight years, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said.

[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -A total of Sh9.5 trillion was transacted through the mobile money system in Tanzania in December 2019 as the platform gains popularity in the country's endeavour to move into a cashless society.

[Citizen] Arusha -Can increased consumption of coffee locally boost sales of the once leading export commodity?

[Citizen] Arusha -Declining prices of coffee in the world market is partly due to increased production in South America. This has significantly impacted the East African Community (EAC) region where coffee is among the leading export commodities.

[Citizen] Sengerema -In a bid to reduce maternal and child mortality rates in Tanzania, the Aga Khan Foundation has launched a special project involving bodaboda and Bajaj riders who would provide transport services for expectant mothers to hospitals and delivery centres.

[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -The Bank of Africa (Tanzania) is NOT planning mass retrenchment of its workers.

[Citizen] The project coordinator of the lobby group Agricultural Non-State Actors Forum (Ansaf), Ms Edna Lugano, was right when she stated over a year ago that Tanzania's coffee industry was in deep crisis, and that deliberate efforts needed to be taken to rescue it.

[East African] Tanzania has had a breakthrough in its standard gauge railway (SGR) external financing and the government no longer has to dig into its pockets to complete the $7.6 billion project.

[Nairobi News] Kenyan cricket legend Steve Tikolo has been named the new Tanzania senior national team coach.

[Daily News] KYERWA legislator Innocent Bilakwate has appealed to Tanzania Communication Regulatory Authority (TCRA) to make concerted efforts to enable people living on border villages to get network connectivity.

[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -Defending champions Simba have widened the point gap in the ongoing Mainland Tanzania Vodacom Premier League after beating Lipuli FC 1-0 yesterday at the Samora Stadium in Iringa Region.

[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -Tigo's mobile money platform-Tigo Pesa was restored on Saturday, February 15, 2020, after it encountered problems since Friday, causing frustrations among its 7.8 million subscribers.

[Daily News] Rural electrification, a programme being implemented through Rural Energy Agency (REA), has yielded sub- stantial achievements, placing Tanzania in the top slot in the African continent, it has been stated.

[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -Tanzania's Permanent Secretary at the Health Ministry, Dr Zainabu Chaula, Friday on February 14, 2020, paid a visit to Mutukula-the country's border with Uganda and inspected the screening of epidemic diseases including Ebola.

[Daily News] DEPUTY Minister for Finance and Planning, Dr Ashatu Kijaji has directed Tanzania Insurance Regulatory Authority (TIRA) to diversify its products and increase public awareness if is to increase the insurance sector's contribution to the national GDP.

[Daily News] KAGERA Region has recorded a significant decrease in deaths caused by malaria by about 25.3 per cent in three years, it has been disclosed.

[Daily News] TRAUMA and Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Benjamin Mkapa Hospital (BMH) has saved the lives of more than 2,000 people, who were admitted to the health facility while in critical condition since its establishment in 2018.

[Daily News] THE exciting Mainland Premier League title race is beginning to take shape and once again, giants Simba, Young Africans and Azam are the breakaway sides.

[Daily News] THE Zanzibar House of Representatives has condemned indiscriminate work permit exemptions applied to some workers, saying the discharges reduce government revenues and rob citizens of their jobs.

[Daily News] ZANZIBAR is working out on special arrangement that will subject all visitors entering the Islands to face tight scrutiny and identification to enhance security, the House of Representatives was told.

[Daily News] TANZANIA Meteorological Authority (TMA) has allayed fears circulating in social media on the possibility of an invasion of desert locust swarms in the country which have already threatened food security in neighbouring countries.

[Daily News] PRIME Minister Kassim Majaliwa has emphasized on the need to make the country's capital of Dodoma green and clean, as he directed that traffic lights in the city should be installed.

[Daily News] THE Tanzania Meteorological Agency (TMA) has warned residents of 12 regions to brace for heavy rains in the next two days, saying they should take extra precautions.

[Daily News] HOPES are high for completing construction of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) from Dar es Salaam to Makutupora in Singida within the deadline next year after the government on Friday signed an agreement to secure a 3.3tri/- (US dollars 1.46 billion) loan from 17 lenders.

[Citizen] This is the fifth and final part of our mini-series on the Tanzanian import taxation regime.

[Daily News] THE annual banks' credit to agriculture sector grew by 90.1 per cent in the year ended December 2019 compared to negative 16.0 per cent in the corresponding year on account of government measures to improve business environment.

[Daily News] MINISTER of State in VicePresident's Office (Union and Environment), Mussa Zungu has warned traders who continue to import banned plastic carriers from neighbouring countries that they will face stern legal measures.

[Daily News] ZANZIBAR President, Dr Ally Mohamed Shein, has urged banks to push the financial inclusion agenda by bringing more people to formal financial sector, as CRDB dished out 30bn/-for businesses last year.