Dar, Tanzania | Xinhua | Tanzanian Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa said on Friday 10,361 villages out of the country’s 12,317 villages have been connected to electricity by October 2021. Adjourning a two-week parliamentary session in the capital Dodoma, Majaliwa said the number of villages connected to electricity was equivalent to …
Read More »Tanzania targets daily COVID-19 vaccinations of up to 100,000 people
Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania | Xinhua | Tanzanian authorities said on Saturday that between 80,000 and 100,000 people will be vaccinated daily against COVID-19 during the second phase of the inoculation campaign. A statement by the Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children said the permanent secretary in …
Read More »CSOs decry tax exemptions in oil pipeline project
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Clauses in the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (Special Provisions) Bill, 2021 have rattled a section of civil society organisations over concessions and tax exemptions in the proposed legislation. During an appearance before the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, Julius Mukunda, the Executive Director …
Read More »Tanzania – Uganda oil and gas symposium set for November in Dar-es-Salaam
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Private Sector Foundation Uganda together with Tanzania Private Sector Foundation in partnership with the ministry of foreign affairs through its Uganda High Commission in Tanzania will convene a Tanzania-Uganda Oil and gas symposium on November 25 in Dar-es- Salaam, officials said in Kampala on Oct.26. …
Read More »Tanzania police, Interpol conduct joint crackdown in southern Africa
Dar, Tanzania | Xinhua | Tanzanian police force said Saturday drugs, firearms, minerals, stolen cars, game meat and timber were among items seized in a joint crackdown with the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) conducted simultaneously in six southern African countries. The Tanzania police force said in a statement that …
Read More »Tanzanian president hails Abdulrazak Gurnah for winning Nobel Prize in literature
Gurnah has published 10 novels and a number of short stories Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Xinhua | Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Thursday night congratulated Tanzanian-born writer Abdulrazak Gurnah for winning the Nobel Prize in literature. “I congratulate Mr. Abdulrazak Gurnah for winning the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature. …
Read More »Tanzania’s Zanzibar launches research project on herbal medicines
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Xinhua | Tanzania’s Zanzibar authorities on Saturday launched a research project aimed at enhancing the use of herbal medicines as an alternative cure for non-communicable diseases. The research will also involve adding value to herbal medicines through manufacturing processes and marketing. “Research and developing herbal …
Read More »Tanzania approves $13million for construction of grand industrial park
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | XINHUA | The government of Tanzania has approved 30 billion Tanzanian shillings (about 13 million U.S. dollars) for the construction of state-of-the-art industrial park and business center in the east African nation’s commercial capital Dar es Salaam, an official said on Friday. The 13 million …
Read More »Uganda, Tanzania to bid jointly for oil contracts
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda and Tanzania have stepped up efforts that will see various companies in the two countries jointly bid for opportunities in the oil and gas sector, to ward off foreign competition. For more than a decade in the development of the oil and gas industry …
Read More »Samia Suluhu’s Tanzania to step up sugar production
Tanzania plans to produce over 670,000 tons of sugar annually by 2024 Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania | XINHUA | A senior Tanzanian government official said on Saturday plans are afoot to increase production of sugar from the current 367,000 tons annually to 672,000 tons annually by 2024. Gerson Msigwa, the …
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