Tanzania’s health, agriculture sectors reap fortunes from TBPL products

KIBAHA: THE Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Dr Hashil Abdallah, has stated that the Tanzania Biotech Products Ltd (TBPL) factory has become a vital pillar in both the health and agriculture sectors by producing...

Business News | Economists Late Lord Meghnad Desai, Lord Nicolas Stern, Shri Bimal Jalan and Dr. Shankar Acharya Conferred with Top TIOL Fiscal Awards

NewsVoir New Delhi [India], October 7: Former Chief Justice of India Justice Sanjiv Khanna conferred Economists Late Lord Meghnad Desai, Lord Nicolas Stern, and duo of former RBI Governor Shri Viman Jalan and former Chief Economic Advisor Dr....

Dodoma women urged to join SACCOS, avoid exploitative loans

DODOMA: WOMEN in Dodoma Region have been urged to join savings and credit cooperative societies (Saccos) as a sustainable solution to access capital and avoid exploitative moneylenders, commonly known as ‘mikopo umiza or kausha damu’. The call was...

Birth of extremely rare white rhino caught on camera

By Lauren Beavis Amazing footage shows the only white rhino born in the UK this year - with both birth and conception caught on camera. Markus is the newest addition to the Rhino family at Cotswold Wildlife Park and Gardens. He is the twelfth...

Four Tanzanian students arrested over cannabis biscuits at house party

Dar es Salaam. The Drug Control and Enforcement Authority (DCEA) has arrested four people accused of making cannabis biscuits during a house party in the city. The suspects, all aged 26 and reported to be university students, were found...

Tanzania, Venezuela agree to cooperate in trade, investment, tourism.

Home/Politics/Diplomacy/Tanzania, Venezuela agree to cooperate in trade, investment, tourism. KAMPALA: THE Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation, Cosato Chumi, held talks with Venezuela’s Deputy Minister of Foreign...

The Coca-Cola Company and Gutsche Family Investments Agree to Sell Controlling Interest in Coca-Cola Beverages Africa to Coca-Cola HBC AG

ATLANTA & ZUG, Switzerland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 21, 2025-- The Coca-Cola Company and Gutsche Family Investments have agreed to sell a 75% controlling interest in Coca-Cola Beverages Africa Pty. Ltd. to Coca-Cola HBC AG, the companies announced...

Amnesty warns Tanzania General Elections won’t be free and fair

Prime Africa Amnesty International has accused Tanzanian authorities of carrying out “systematic human rights violations” in the run-up to the country’s October 29 presidential election, which has already been marred by the exclusion of key...

Trading cools as yields compress in Dar market

FOR the week ending October 17, 2025, the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange (DSE) reflected a softening of trading intensity after weeks of elevated momentum. Total equity turnover fell 21.7 per cent to 12.27bn/- , with 8.52 million shares traded...

Tanzania and AGRA champion data-driven approach to build climate-resilient agriculture

Dar es Salaam. The Government of Tanzania, in partnership with AGRA and Mathematica Global, has today, Thursday, October 16, 2025 launched a Climate Vulnerability Assessment Validation Workshop aimed at advancing data-driven climate resilience in...

Tanzania urges NAM members to uphold solidarity

KAMPALA: TANZANIA has the Non-Aligned Movement’s member countries to uphold solidarity and unity in international discussions, especially when defending the interests of developing nations. The call was made by Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs...

Tanzania strikes natural gas in its southern regions

MTWARA: TANZANIA said it has discovered a rich deposit of natural gas in two villages located in Mtwara Region, about 500 kilometres South of Dar es Salaam. The abundance of natural gas reserves has been discovered reported many areas of the...

Tanzania steps up in global climate talks

CLIMATE change is no longer a distant threat, but it is a lived reality marked by rising seas, erratic weather and growing food insecurity. In response, global platforms like the UN’s Conference of the Parties (COP) aim to coordinate action,...

Kenya attracts Sh117bn capital as investors shift from tech to real-economy sectors

AGRICULTURE, Education and Energy have emerged as the sectors that attracted the most capital for Kenya as investors changed tact and started channeling investments to early-stage startups. New market data for the three months to September 2025,...

Zimbabwe’s lobby to lift ivory trade ban stutters

The Hwange National Park, the country’s largest game reserve hosted the African Elephants Conference between May 23 to 26, where Zimbabwe hoped to influence a common position for the continent on ivory trade ahead of the Convention on...

Tanzania and AGRA push for a data-driven revolution in climate-smart agriculture

DAR ES SALAAM: The Vice President’s Office (Environment) in collaboration with AGRA and Mathematica Global, has officially launched the Climate Vulnerability Assessment Validation Workshop which aims to validate climate risk maps and key data that...

Business News | Data Safety, Indigenous Tech at Core of Railway's Modernisation Push: Railway Board DG-Safety

New Delhi [India] October 16 (ANI): Indian Railways is strengthening its focus on data safety and cybersecurity alongside technological innovation to ensure operational safety and efficiency, said Hari Shankar Verma, Director General-Safety,...

Eco-Schools project conserves natural forests in three Tanzanian regions

MOROGORO: TANZANIA has begun running a crucial initiative known as the Eco-Schools program in Morogoro, Iringa, and Tanga regions, whereby students and communities practice active citizenship and climate-resilient livelihood. This unique and...

Odinga and Nyerere: The economics of defiance

DAR ES SALAAM: RAILA Odinga’s demise marks more than the death of a political figure; it closes a generational loop linking two moral economies and that is Kenya’s democratic reformism and Tanzania’s nation building idealism. In East Africa’s...

Federal Bureau of Public Service Reforms Awards PalmPay as the Digital Governance Company of the Year 2025 

PalmPay won the Digital Governance Company of the Year (Fintech Innovation) at the Nigeria GovTech Awards 2025, organised by the Bureau of Public Service Reforms. The award ceremony at the Presidential Villa in Abuja honoured organisations driving...