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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,...
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...
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,...
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...
Banyana coach Ellis not thinking about WAFCON title
The Citizen (South Africa)
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July 13, 2025
As Banyana Banyana prepare for their final group game against Mali, coach Desiree Ellis says she is not thinking about the possibility of defending their Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) title. The sides, who are tied on four points in Group...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
Minister asks African leaders to address mismatch between gas potential, utilisation
The Cable
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July 14, 2025
Ekperikpe Ekpo, minister of state for petroleum resources (gas), says African leaders must address the mismatch between gas potential and utilisation in the continent. Ekpo spoke during a keynote address on Friday at the Asharami Square forum,...
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...
Banyan Group Maintains Strategic Momentum with Global Milestones in Lead-up to 100th Hotel Grand Opening
Korea Herald
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July 15, 2025
Mid-year update underscores strategic expansion across Asia, Africa and Europe, with milestone anniversaries in China and the Maldives reflecting legacy and purpose SINGAPORE, July 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Banyan Group ("Banyan Tree Holdings...
Tanzania reaffirms stronger ties with the US
The Standard
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Tanzania President Samia Suluhu Hassan. [Suluhu, X] President Samia Suluhu Hassan has reaffirmed her administration’s commitment to strengthening Tanzania’s diplomatic and economic ties with the United States, signaling a fresh chapter in the...
Tanzania’s digital governance platform wins global recognition, offers lessons for Africa
Zambia Daily Mail
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JACK ZIMBA Lusaka Tanzania’s cutting-edge digital health initiative, e-Mrejesho V2, has earned global recognition at the WSIS+20 Forum in Geneva, underscoring the continent’s growing embrace of technology to transform public health and governance...
Tanzania, Oman in meeting to deepen diplomatic, labour ties
Daily News Tanzania
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July 8, 2025
MUSCAT: ENHANCING Diplomatic relationship and employment heralded today’s talks between Tanzania and Oman in Muscat where the Tanzanian ambassador, Fatma M. Rajab, met with the Omani Minister of Labour, Professor Mahad Said Ali Baawain. The two...
Tanzania sees success in digitalized tax system
Daily News Tanzania
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July 8, 2025
ARUSHA: THE Minister for Finance, Dr. Mwigulu Nchemba, has stated that complaints from business people regarding tax collection procedures have significantly decreased, indicating that the system is now better understood and more widely accepted...
How Uchumi Bank ended 2024 remarkably, profit after tax increases by 17.46%
The Citizen
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Uchumi Bank, headquartered in Moshi Town, Kilimanjaro Region, has continued to perform well in the year 2024. The bank recorded a profit of Sh1.507 billion after tax, compared to a profit of Sh1.283 billion in 2023, an increase of 17.46%. The...