Tanzania clubs on the verge of historic CAF Cup milestone

Dar es Salaam. Tanzania is on the brink of making football history in the CAF continental club championships as all four of its representatives, Young Africans (Yanga), Simba SC, Azam FC and Singida Black Stars, stand a strong chance of qualifying...

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...

Tanzania calls for joint action to address shifting global financing trends

Dar es Salaam. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has called for urgent and collective efforts to address shifting global development and financing trends that could affect Tanzania’s ambitious Vision 2050. Speaking at a high-level forum organised by...

Hope for Rufiji as Samia pledges permanent solution to floods, economic revival

Ikwiriri. CCM presidential candidate, Samia Suluhu Hassan has pledged to end the recurring floods that have been destroying homes, washing away farms, and crippling livelihoods in Rufiji Valley. For decades, the Rufiji Valley has been a symbol of...

AfDB pledges to offer a Tanzanian bank a 60m US dollar grant

WASHINGTON: THE African Development Bank (AfDB) has pledged to provide a total of 60m US dollars to the Tanzania Agricultural Development Bank (TADB) in 2026 to enhance its capital base further. This was disclosed by the Managing Director of TADB,...

Foot Slopes Tours and Safaris Launches New Tanzania Safari Collection

Toronto, Canada, October 17th, 2025, FinanceWire Foot Slopes Tours and Safaris, a safari operator based in Arusha, has announced the launch of its new line of Once-in-a-Lifetime Tanzania Safari Vacations. The collection offers tailored travel...

Burundi : the US dollar drops — currency exchanges cry losses, consumers wait for price drops

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, October 18, 2025 — This decline comes amid a chaotic economic climate. The small east African nation is experiencing the worst economic crisis in its history, marked by shortages in almost every sector. The fuel...

Insurance market grows 20pc as TIRA launches Bima House

DODOMA: TANZANIA’S insurance market has recorded robust growth, with Gross Written Premium (GWP) rising by 20.2 per cent to 1.52tri/- in 2024, up from 1.24tri/- in 2023, reflecting the sector’s expanding contribution to the national economy. The...

Yunnan exports poultry hatching eggs to Tanzania, marking milestone

A shipment of around 35,000 white feathered broiler hatching eggs departed from Yunnan Province on Friday, marking the province’s first export of domestically produced hatching eggs to an overseas market. The “Guangming No. 2” hatching eggs,...

Tanzanian Athletes At The 2025 World Athletics Championships

The Tokyo World Athletics Championships, held 13–21 September 2025, offered a spectacle of aspiration and determination by Tanzanian athletes. Battling some of the strongest cohorts in the world, the East African country asserted its growing...

Five countries flagged for holding up Comesa-EAC-SADC mega trade bloc

Five members of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) are holding back the full rollout of a mega free-trade area (FTA) stretching across 26 African countries from Cape Town to Cairo, it has been revealed. The mega trade bloc...

Boost for women entrepreneurs as clean energy access expands

Dar es Salaam. Hundreds of women entrepreneurs in Tanzania are set to benefit from an expanded clean energy initiative following a renewed partnership between the Puma Energy Foundation and Solar Sister. The collaboration aims to address...

Sigh of relief for travellers via Zambia-Tanzania border as experts heighten emergency preparedness

Nakonde. Shalom Maregere, 26, is heading home to Mash West, Zimbabwe, after a vacation in Tanzania. As she navigates the busy Nakonde-Tunduma One-Stop Border Post into Zambia, she finds confidence in the visible health facilities and measures...

Photography has done more than keep Lou Newman busy. It's kept him young.

He’s been swiped at by a polar bear in the Arctic, charged by a bull elephant in Tanzania, brushed by a brown bear in Alaska, and had a cheetah jump on the hood of a safari vehicle just a few feet away from him. And each time he kept on snapping...

Ignore online rumors, Msando tells Tanzanians

DAR ES SALAAM: Ubungo District Commissioner, Advocate Albert Msando, has traders to dismiss fears that there will be unrest on the 29th due to claims of planned demonstrations. Instead, he encouraged them to prepare to conduct business as usual...

AFPG announces partnership to support geothermal growth in East Africa

Launch of FEXTE KTUF Partnership on Geothermal Development (source: AFD) The AFPG are leading an initiative to foster partnerships for geothermal development between Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and France. The French Association of Geothermal...

Rethinking wealth in changing economy

FOR many years, wealth has been defined by visible, tangible assets such as land, livestock or real estate. These served as symbols of success and source of financial security. However, in today’s economy, true wealth is measured by resilience....

Private-public collaboration: Key to unlocking Tanzania’s travel industry potential

DAR ES SALAAM: TANZANIA’S travel industry is experiencing a significant boost, thanks to the government’s renewed commitment to investing in the transport sector. This was stressed during a recent Tanzania Society of Travel Agents (TASOTA) Annual...

Tanzania, Cuba agree to deepen economic diplomacy in technology and sports

DAR ES SALAAM: TANZANIA has affirmed its commitment to deepen long long-standing relationship with Cuba, saying close ties in health, education, industry, and diplomacy have cemented concrete strategies to further enhance the partnership. The...

Govt new energy rules shake up appliance market

DAR ES SALAAM: THE government is set to overhaul the country’s appliance market with new energy efficiency rules coming into effect next May, forcing importers and manufacturers to adapt or face exclusion from the local market. Through the newly...