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Tanzania sees a new dawn at Global Giga connectivity
Daily News Tanzania
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July 9, 2025
GENEVA,SWITZERLAND: TANZANIA has participated in the Global Giga Connectivity Forum, which aims to discuss strategies to enhance teaching and learning environments through the use of ICT. The three-day forum, which began on July 8, will climax on...
Why Zimbabwe Is Claiming to be 5th Largest Economy in SADC
Zambian Observer
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July 11, 2025
Why Zimbabwe Is Claiming to be 5th Largest Economy in SADC Zimbabwe is now ranked as the fifth-largest economy in Southern Africa, following a significant upward revision of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to include informal sector activities...
GT Bank to open 30 new branches in the next 2 years
Business Day
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July 11, 2025
GT Bank is looking to open 30 new branches in the next two years across various locations, in a bold push to consolidate its market position. According to its LSE equity offering prospectus, the bank also plans to upgrade the infrastructure of its...
Tanzania revives forgotten crops in agroecology push
The Citizen
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Dar es Salaam. Tanzania is among four countries set to benefit from the second phase of a groundbreaking agroecology programme aimed at transforming food systems by reviving traditional, climate-resilient crops. The initiative, titled the...
Tanzania advances avocado sector with support from FAO
Africa Business Communities
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The United Republic of Tanzania is promoting avocado as a key driver of sustainable agricultural transformation under the One Country One Priority Product (OCOP) initiative. Led by the Government and supported by the Food and Agriculture...
Tanzania, Gambia to deepen ties in education sector
Daily News Tanzania
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July 9, 2025
DAR ES SALAAM: TANZANIA and Gambia have agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation in the education sector, with a particular focus on the exchange of students and instructors, especially in the area of vocational training. Minister for Education,...
Tanzania’s digital reach grows with 4.5tri/- network boost
Daily News Tanzania
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July 9, 2025
DAR ES SALAAM: AMID their ongoing 25th anniversary celebrations, Vodacom Tanzania has announced a 4.5tri/- investment in its technological backbone. This substantial investment has extended network coverage to over 95 per cent of the population...
Arewa Economic Forum: BDCs’ Recapitalisation Requirements Pose Threats to Northern Entrepreneurs
This Day
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July 11, 2025
•Urges CBN to extend implementation timeline •Alleges sector now dominated by single southern ethnic group •Declares development may worsen insecurity, cut jobs, others James Emejo in Abuja Arewa Economic Forum (AEF), yesterday, alleged that the...
AEF warns against CBN’s new BDC policy, cites threat to Northern economy, national security
Eagle Online
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July 10, 2025
The Arewa Economic Forum, a leading northern Nigerian advocacy and think-tank, has raised serious concerns over the Central Bank of Nigeria’s new Bureau De Change (BDC) recapitalisation policy, describing it as economically exclusionary,...
Tanzania nears launch of fertiliser blending facility
Daily News Tanzania
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July 9, 2025
DAR ES SALAAM: TANZANIA is finalising a state-of-the-art fertiliser blending facility to produce soil- and crop-specific fertilisers, aiming to boost its agricultural input system and reduce reliance on imports. The Tanzania Fertiliser Company...
EU: Nigeria Should Lead Africa in Women’s Political Representation, Not Lag Behind
Arise News
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July 11, 2025
The European Union (EU) has said Nigeria is capable of playing leadership role in advancing the cause of women participation in democratic governance, especially in Africa. Head of the European Union (EU) delegation to Nigeria and the ECOWAS,...
Tourism overtakes gold as Tanzania’s top foreign exchange earner
The Citizen
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Dar es Salaam. Tourism has officially surpassed gold as Tanzania’s leading foreign exchange earner, with revenues from the sector approaching the $4 billion mark, a historic milestone in the country’s post-pandemic economic recovery. According to...
NMB Bank, DSE partner to launch mobile platform to boost trading
The Citizen
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Dar es Salaam. NMB Bank Plc has partnered with the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange (DSE) to unveil a digital stock trading solution aimed at enhancing investment activity and broadening access to capital markets. The new DSE mini-application, dubbed...
How a young Tanzanian farmer built promising poultry tech startup
The Citizen
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Dar es Salaam. In 2021, in Arusha, a young man named Brayan Kimaro stood on his poultry farm staring at a coop full of half-grown chickens. The chickens were still short of the right weight for selling, and yet, the feed had run out; worse still,...
WAFCON 2024: Early insights from a thrilling start
Modern Ghana
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The 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) has kicked off in style, and SuperSport on DStv and GOtv is proudly Here for Her—bringing fans closer to the action than ever before. The opening round of group stage matches delivered excitement,...
Tanzania Advances Avocado Sector With Support From Food And Agriculture Organisation's (FAO's) One Country One Priority Product (OCOP) Initiative
MENAFN
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July 8, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) The United Republic of Tanzania is promoting avocado as a key driver of sustainable agricultural transformation under the One Country One Priority Product (OCOP) initiative. Led by the Government and supported...
Brilliant Bahrain trounce Tanzania
Gulf Daily News Online
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CRICKET – BAHRAIN claimed an impressive win against Tanzania yesterday in the Arjun Menon Memorial T20 Cup, currently being played in Malawi. After the Bahrainis won the toss and elected to bowl, Tanzania posted a competitive total of 154/7 in...
Tanzania caps transaction fees to promote digital financial inclusion
The Citizen
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Dar es Salaam. In a bold move to accelerate digital financial inclusion and ease the burden of transaction costs on citizens, the government has introduced sweeping reforms in the financial sector. Effective July 1, 2025, transaction fees for both...
Politics and religion must move together for national unity, says Dar RC Chalamila
The Citizen
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Dar es Salaam. Politics and religion are two aspects of society that should move in tandem, despite the prevailing perception that they ought to remain separate, Dar es Salaam Regional Commissioner Albert Chalamila has said. Mr Chalamila made the...
How Kiswahili builds cultural bridge between China, Tanzania
Borneo Post
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July 10, 2025
Legonga (second right) helps Chinese students study Kiswahili in Dar es Salaam in Tanzania on July 4, 2025. – Xinhua photo DAR ES SALAAM (July 11): On a quiet morning, inside a sunlit classroom at the Confucius Institute at the University of Dar...