Govt fulfills key promises to teachers, says Dodoma RC

DODOMA: THE government has made significant progress in addressing longstanding issues affecting teachers, including promotions, salary adjustments and various benefits, a move that has greatly improved teacher welfare and strengthened the public...

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...

Tanzania allocates 424bn/- for infrastructural projects in Rukwa

RUKWA: THE Tanzanian government has allocated 424.6bn/- for the implementation of the various development projects in the Rukwa Region. These projects include the renovation of the Sumbawanga Airport and the construction of tarmac roads, as part...

Tanzania’s top bank to expand regionally

Tanzania’s biggest bank by assets and loans, CRDB, is actively exploring new markets in its landlocked neighbors and beyond the continent as it seeks to establish itself as a regional leader, its chair told Semafor. The four-decade old banking...

Tanzania banks on Africa50 drive to implement large-scale projects

WASHINGTON: IMPLEMENTING medium to large-scale projects that have a development impact is one of the key benefits the Tanzanian government mentioned to be attained in its cooperation with Africa50, since it will facilitate strategic projects and...

Tanzania new era of authoritarianism

Tundu on trial for treason President Hassan runs an electoral authoritarian state via crackdowns, censorship and opposition harassment COMMENT | DAN PAGET | As Tanzania’s national elections approach, a familiar humdrum of coverage has emerged. It...

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 hits 99 million subscriptions mark

DAR ES SALAAM: TANZANIA’S communication sector has recorded significant growth in the first quarter (Q1) of the 2025/26 financial year, with telecom subscriptions rising by 7.1 per cent to surpass 99 million. Under the leadership of President...

Business News | Globe Teleservices Partners with Maxis to Offer Enhanced Digital Security to Its Customers

PRNewswire Singapore, October 20: Globe Teleservices Pte. Ltd. (GTS) today announced a strategic partnership with leading mobile communications service provider, Maxis Berhad (Maxis) to deploy an integrated AI-powered firewall for messaging and...

Business | Oct 20, 2025 | 8 min read Exports to US decline, non-US markets grow

News Business #Kolkata India’s exports to the US have contracted, while shipments to non-US destinations have remained robust, surpassing previous growth figures, rating agency Crisil said in its report for October. According to the report,...

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...

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...

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...

TISEZA, TCB Bank partner to open investment, banking services for the diaspora

DAR ES SALAAM: TANZANIA Investment and Special Economic Zone (TISEZA) has partnered with TCB Bank and the Tanzanian High Commissioner to Canada held talks with Tanzanian diaspora in a bid to boost investment and banking services, particularly...

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...

Training to impart skills to farmers, small processors

Dodoma. The A large-scale training initiative bringing together more than 1,000 farmers and small-scale processors from Dodoma, Singida, Iringa, and Mbeya has commenced, marking a major step in government efforts to empower rural producers 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...

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...

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,...