The survey by this paper reveal that thousands of residents in Arusha, Tanga, Mara, Shinyanga, Singida, Iringa and coast region are in dire need of food due to what has been described as the effect of long drought among ...

Tanzania is home to best artistes in East Africa. The use of Kiswahili has led to Tanzania artistes being celebrated outside the country, in spite of the success of the sector, there are few clear statistics on the size, ...

In mid-2016, Tourism industry in Tanzania saw the government proposal to impose the Value Added Tax (VAT) on tourist services. The previous VAT exemption regime on tourist services made Tanzania one of the most attractive ...

Southern African countries are striving to create a more flexible and active electricity trading pool which could be a blueprint for the rest of continent. The aim of this study was introducing new system that could set ...

Tanzania Insurance Regulatory Authority (Tira) has been argued to work with Tanzania Metrological Agency and other stakeholders to ensure farmers to get crop insurance as a means of promoting investment in the agricultural ...

Tanzania’s economy would get much needed boost if the government works at transforming the shipping industry. The benefits would be doubled if Dar es Salaam port were to be streamlined and privatized, according to the ...

The current high lending rates crippling small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are set to decline after the envisaged Tanzania agricultural bank takes off, said by president of Tanzania chamber of commerce, industry and ...

Arusha national park (ANAPA) has become the first sanctuary to employ female ranges and tour guides, ending male dominance in the professional, park ranging and tour guiding have for long time been seen as the preserves ...

Poor knowledge of best farming practices; crop marketing and identification of risks are impeding agricultural development in central Tanzania. To speed up agricultural development, conference participants urged the ...

Banks today face competition from a vast array of financial technology or fintech startups’ needs faster and cheaper online. “There’s no logical reason why any of the big banks shouldn’t be able to turn this round,” says ...

Tanzania’s private sector has been advocating reforms and improvement in the local business environment to enable it to excel. Business associations in Tanzania have been advocating their cases and lobbying the government ...

The business community has seen the move to unbundle the Tanzania Electric Supply Company (Tanesco) announced recently as the right direction in efforts towards addressing challenges that face the energy sector in Tanzania. ...

Coca-Cola East and central Africa business unit would sponsor ten tourism students from Zanzibar and ten travel agents to attend e-tourism seminar held in Arusha May 2009, said by Coca-Cola senior operation marketing manager ...

The Tanzania international container terminal services (TICTS) is overwhelmed with containers at Dar es Salaam port following the collapse of one of its machine. It was reported that one of Tanzania international container ...

The contractors’ registration board (CRB) was expected to hold an annual consultative meeting from May 27 to 29, 2009 which will bring together contractors and other stakeholders in the construction sector. The aim of this ...

The white sandy beaches, wildlife and tropical climate of East Africa are losing their attraction for long distance visitors facing recession and unemployment as a result of the global financial crisis. The aim of this ...

The first east African energy conference, held at Dar es Salaam from June 8 through 10 generally viewed as yet another golden opportunity for Tanzania to sell itself to the outside world. The conference will also involve ...

Local entrepreneurs are set to benefits from grants of over $10million (sh13billion). The Tanzania private sector foundation (TFSP) is undertaking two programs the national business plan competition (BPC) and the national ...

An international conference on sustainable tourism opened in Dar es Salaam with the experts projecting tougher times for the tourism sector 2009 following the current global financial crisis. The experts recommended the ...

Eleven firms from different countries in the world have been awarded by the Tanzania tourism board (TTB) for promoting and selling Tanzania as a world class tourism destination, said by Tanzania tourism board (TTB) public ...