News & Current Events

Minister of Tourism Lazaro Nyalandu Tourism and Natural Resources minister Lazaro Nyalandu has said his counterpart from the Premier's Office William Lukuvi, jumped the gun in criticising his...

DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzania has granted a licence to Vietnam-based telecoms operator Viettel to build a third-generation (3G) mobile phone network in the east African country, a senior...

At last our brothers and sisters of Neighbouring Uganda have celebrated their 52nd independence anniversary which indeed was colourful. However it was flocked by potential dignitaries from Almost...

Tanzania plans to spend part of the funds raised from the Eurobond on infrastructure development. Tanzania is determined to float the planned $700 million...

Tanzania will complete a $455 million power transmission line next year linking its power grid to Kenya and Zambia, part of plans to export electricity powered by its gas and coal reserves to...

Life expectancy may be rising globally but Tanzania is one of the countries that have yet to find better ways to take care of the rising number of senior citizens in the world, The Citizen on...

Registration for a business name in Tanzania has now been reduced to only eight hours, a major drop from the previous seven working days, Business Registration and Licensing Agency (BRELA)...

Foreign investors will now be able to buy more than 60 per cent from Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange Foreign investors will now be able to buy more than 60 per cent of shares from Dar es Salaam...

The Tanzania Tourist Board expects tourists visiting the country to double to two million by 2017. "We expect to reach two million tourist arrivals by 2017," Devota Mdachi, the TTB acting...

Scientists have discovered 27 new animal species that do not exist elsewhere in the world except in the forests of the Eastern Arch Mountains of Tanzania in East Africa, revealing that the ranges...

Switzerland has 7 Presidents as Head of State.Yes, Switzerland doesn't have a President or Prime Minister acting as a Head of State nor a Head of Government like in USA, UK, Nigeria, or Zimbabwe...

Ukawa chairman Mr Freeman Mbowe. The Constituent Assembly yesterday ended the debate on the proposed new constitution with a dramatic attack on members of the Coalition of Defenders of People's...

Tanzania, which has Africa's best-performing stock market, lifted controls on foreign share ownership, the Capital Markets and Securities Authority said. The removal of restrictions on foreigners...

Chief Traffic Police Commander, Mohamed Mpinga Road accidents have claimed at least 1,078 lives between June and August this year, leaving 3,815 people with injuries during the period under...

President Jakaya Kikwete deliverers a keynote speech at the USAID Frontiers in Development Forum: Ending Extreme Poverty at the Reagan Building in Washington DC on yesterday. President Jakaya...

The economy grew by 7.4 percent in the first quarter – January through March this year- up by 0.3 percent, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said. The rate is also higher...

The government has assured Tanzanians that there is no need to panic over risk of losing Pemba Island to Kenya following a case filed by Somalia at The International Court of Justice (ICJ) seeking...

Chadema National Executive Committee delegates and invited guests follow proceedings during Chadema's electoral conference in Dar es Salaam yesterday. Three major opposition parties, Chadema...

Kigoma South MP David Kafulila (NCCR-Mageuzi) wants Controller and Auditor General (CAG) Ludovick Utouh to hand over to Parliament the probe report on the Sh201 billion ($122 million) IPTL escrow...

Controller and Auditor General (CAG) Ludovic Utuoh After nearly seven months since the Independent Power Tanzania Ltd (IPTL) acquisition and the escrow account saga emerged, the original...