ll hydropower plants in Tanzania are being switched off because a lack of rain has led to low water levels in the country's dams.
Hydro-electricity generation has fallen to 20% of capacity...
Tanzania has passed the US government's Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Control of Corruption index and qualified for over 1trn/- ($472.8million) grant in the 2016 fiscal year.
However...
The World Bank has predicted Tanzania, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast and Mozambique will be sustaining their economic growth rate by at least 7 percent in the next two years.
The statement of the...
Zero Shadow Days in Tanzania
By Dr N T Jiwaji
If someone was to ask you, Where does the Sun set? you would immediately say west without even waiting to think because that is what we have...
The Tanzanian shilling has weakened to closer to its "equilibrium" after trading at too strong a level last year, the International Monetary Fund said.
The shilling has been weighed down by a...
-Commodity prices, currency rates weighing on revenue
- Carrier delays opening of routes from Zambia, Zimbabwe
FastJet Plc, seeking to become the first discount airline with a network spanning...
Tanzania has awarded contracts to build new railway lines worth about $9bn to Chinese firms, its transport minister said, expanding Beijing's presence in East Africa's second-biggest economy...
The discovery of huge graphite deposits by three companies in Tanzania will help the country diversify export earnings, making it one of the world's leading producers of the mineral.
Graphite...
The whereabouts of scores of Tanzanian pilgrims are still unknown.
Such pilgrims went missing on Thursday after a stampede occurred at Mina, leading to deaths of 717 people.
Reports show up to...
Registration Insolvency and Trusteeship Agency (RITA)
The government in collaboration with development partners is working on a six year strategic plan to improve civil registration and...
The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors approved today a development policy credit of US$80 million towards improving Tanzania's private sector performance in order to enhance its role in...
Police in Morogoro arrested eight farmers after attacking 108 cattle leaving 68 dead owned by pastoral community in Morogoro.
Morogoro regional police commander, Leonard Paul confirmed the...
The government stands to lose over Sh1trillion ($472.8million) meant for implementing projects in the energy sector following US governments decision to withhold the funds.
According to a...
The Committee to Protect Journalists deplores a decree signed by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko today which, according to a copy viewed by CPJ, bans at least 41 international journalists and...
Mr. Alstrup
A Danish scientist and a leading lichenologist, Vagn Alstrup, 71, has beenshot and killed during a robbery in the city.
Alstrup's wife was also shot and badly wounded during the...
(CNN)What is Africa's most prosperous country?
According to new research from the Legatum Institute, which last week ranked prosperity in 38 African countries around criteria ranging from...
Tanzania will resume discussions for $800 million of loans from international lenders after abandoning an earlier plan as borrowing costs increased during the Greek debt crisis, the nation's...
THE shilling has depreciated by almost 24 per cent in eight months since January to close the yester-market at 2,146/- a US dollar.
The drop in the first eight months of 24 per cent is four times...
THE Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) has warned of tough actions against cyber criminals as the Cyber Crimes Act, 2015, is set to become operational on September 1.
According...
The largest exporter of Tanzanite stones is India, Tanzania comes third after Kenya, the government blames global factors and speculation behind the rapid depreciation of the Tanzanian shilling...