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Millicom has arranged with an undisclosed international bank that will provide a $100 million five-year credit facility for the deal Dar es Salaam. Millicom International Cellular that trades as...
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Trade between Tanzania and India during the first eight months of this year reached US$2.5 billion, which was about 67 per cent of the total trade volume in 2014, figures from The Indian High...
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Tanzania has solar resources equivalent to Spain's, and potential for wind power exceeding that of California, according to initial renewable energy mapping studies. These findings will be...
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To his neighbours, Paulo Sergio was an affable man in his 40s who liked gardening. But to Brazil's police, he is the biggest bank robber in the South American country's history who set up a...
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Earlier today High Education Students loans Board (HESLB) released forth and last phase of loans applicants for academic year 2015/16. Total number of applicant?s secured loan for the last phase...
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The Health and Social Welfare ministry yesterday announced a number of measures, including putting up government pharmacies within hospital premises and removing private drugstores operating...
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The Dar es Salaam Regional Commissioner, Said Meck Sadick has closed 303 water wells as preventive measure to fight cholera outbreak that continues to ravage several parts of the country...
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The Hear the Human Story marketing campaign for Al Jazeera English has been awarded with a Red Dot ?Best of the Best? prize in communication design. A Red Dot is internationally recognised as a...
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Al Jazeera English won Best Film in the television category at the 2015 Amnesty Australia Awards, where 101 East's Afghanistan: No Country for Women beat off competition from various entries from...
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As Tanzania's new president John Pombe Magufuli settles into the job, journalist Joseph Warungu, who has reported from Tanzania on and off since 1993, has this unsolicited personal advice for the...
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Tanzania has emerged the leading country in the world in mobile financial services, the World Bank has said in its World Development Report. According to the WB, Tanzania is leading the world...
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President Jakaya Kikwete As President Jakaya Kikwete is busy packing to go in the next two months, he blasted the International Criminal Court (ICC) yesterday, accusing the world guarantor of...
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CHADEMA presidential candidate Edward Lowassa has assured Tanzanians that he will ensure that each Tanzanian benefits from investment contracts with foreign investors, if he comes to power...
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Press Statement, 28 October 2015 Ladies and Gentlemen of the Press, We have called you here today to ask you to inform all Tanzanians and the world atlarge that we reject the Presidential Poll...
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Johannesburg- 3 November 2015 - The UN Foundation today honored the AfricaAgainst Ebola Campaign giving an award recognizing the outstandingwork undertaken by the Trust and its leadership in...
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Tanzanians Mashuud Bashir Hamisi and Twaha Rashid Hiyal, who were arrested in Lamu in the ongoing Operation Linda Boni. PHOTO | COURTESY By FRED MUKINDA Posted Friday, October 23 2015 at...
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The perpetual problem of higher education students failing to vote in general elections is likely to recur this year, affecting nearly 200,000 young men and women. News that public universities...
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According to Tanzania International Container Terminal (TICTS) at least 70 percent of all deep-sea cargo to and from the landlocked East African country passes through Dar es Salaam Port. A...
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With a bulging youth population, Tanzania is undoubtedly a country with enormous potential. Yet despite steady economic growth, much of this potential remains untapped, with young people &#8211...
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