Read the latest news from regional and global sources, presenting different voices and perspectives.
3,000-year-old trees discovered in Tanzania
DAR ES SALAAM: IN a stunning botanical breakthrough, scientists have discovered a colossal tree species in Tanzania’s Udzungwa Mountains that may be up to 3,000 years old and has never been documented before. Named Tessmannia princeps, this...
Owner: Tanzanian Government
African pension funds rally to pool homegrown financial resources
Pension funds across Africa are advocating for the pooling of resources to meet the continent’s development needs, and reducing reliance on traditional foreign funding. It is estimated that African pension fund assets currently range between $700...
Owner: Observer Media Ltd
Tanzanian conservationists mourn death of plant expert Aloyce Mwakisoma
Aloyce Mwakisoma, a renowned plant expert from Tanzania’s Udzungwa Mountains, was struck and killed by a bus on Oct. 6 near the village of Sanje. Mwakisoma, who was born and raised in the Udzungwas, had an encyclopedic knowledge of the plants and...
Owner: Rhett Ayers Butler
GCAA grants Air Tanzania Air Operator Certificate
The Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has granted a Validated Foreign Air Operator Certificate (VFAOC) to Air Tanzania, paving the way for the airline to commence operations between Dar es Salaam and Accra. In addition, the air transport...
Owner: Non-transparent
How Mwalimu Nyerere’s vision shaped Dodoma, JNHPP
THE idea of relocating Tanzania’s political and administrative capital from Dar es Salaam to Dodoma was once considered a distant dream. Likewise, the aspiration to generate over 2,000 mega- watts of electricity from the Rufiji River through a...
Owner: Tanzanian Government
Tanzania’s equities market surges by $1.4bn over a year
Investors trading on the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange recorded a capital gain of 3.7 trillion Tanzanian shillings (about $1.4 billion) over the 12 months ending in September, reflecting a nearly 18.9% increase in market value. Investors trading on...
Owner: Mail & Guardian Media (Pty) Ltd
Tanzania’s quiet takeover of Nordic deals
DAR ES SALAAM: RECENTLY, in the grand yet crisp halls of the Grand Hotel in Oslo, Ambassador Mobhare Matinyi, Tanzania’s representative to Sweden (and by extension the Nordic and Baltic region), strode to the podium and didn’t just shake hands, he...
Owner: Tanzanian Government
Tanzania still absent as Africa start-up funding tops $2.2bn
Indeterminate
The Citizen
·
Dar es Salaam. Tanzania remains conspicuously absent from Africa’s fundraising leaderboard as of October, even as start-ups across the continent continue to secure significant capital, with the total raised in 2025 now surpassing $2.2 billion....
Owner: Aga Khan IV
Mwalimu Nyerere: Tanzania’s sporting heritage
DAR ES SALAAM: MWALIMU Julius Nyerere, the Tanzania’s Founding Father and First President, played a key role in shaping the nation’s identity beyond politics and economics. As a leader, he recognised the importance of culture and sports in...
Owner: Tanzanian Government
Nyerere’s ideals still shape Tanzania and beyond
DAR ES SALAAM: JULIUS Nyerere, the first President of Tanzania, remains a lasting symbol of freedom, integrity and servant leadership across Africa. Twenty-six years after his death, his vision of unity and self-reliance continues to influence the...
Owner: Tanzanian Government
Religious Persecution In Nigeria: How American Fact-finders Vindicated
Indeterminate
The Nigerian Voice
·
Religious Persecution: How Shocking Findings By Nigerian Government Procured American Fact-Finders Vindicated Us And Provided A Grim Chance Of Saving Government And Lawmakers Of Nigeria From Further Int’l Embarrassment And Humiliation In US,...
Owner: Henry D Oduenyi
Zitto pledges economic transformation for Kigoma in 15-point plan
Indeterminate
The Citizen
·
Kigoma. ACT Wazalendo parliamentary candidate for Kigoma Urban Constituency, Zitto Kabwe, has unveiled an ambitious plan to transform Kigoma into a trade and transport hub for the Great Lakes region, should voters give his party a new mandate in...
Owner: Aga Khan IV
Bank of America Chicago Marathon 2025: Check full list of winners of 47th edition of the race
The 47th edition of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon took place on Sunday, October 12, and, according to ABC 7 Chicago, around 50,000 athletes from 100 countries took part in the mega event. This included Americans from all 50 states. Bank of...
Owner: Shobhana Bhartia
ESSAY: David and Goliath Collaborate in Africa, Africa Research Group, 1969
Left-wing
Black Agenda Report
·
“Israel has played a relatively invisible but strategically important role in Africa as a servant of the United States…” If there was any doubt that the zionist entity serves as the rabid attack dog of US imperialism in West Asia, the recent...
Owner: Margaret Kimberley
Africa's Top 100 Banks 2025: East Africa is fastest-growing region
Placed first, second and fourth, Kenya’s big three banks have registered among the biggest rises in Tier 1 capital anywhere in Africa. Equity Bank retains top spot with $1.9bn, up from $1.4bn last year, KCB Group grows from $1.3bn to $1.7bn and...
Owner: Omar Ben Yedder
Raila Odinga laid to rest with 17-gun salute and Air Force fly-past in State Burial
NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 19 — The late former Prime Minister Raila Odinga was on Saturday accorded a 17-gun salute and a Kenya Air Force fly-past during his state burial at Kang’o Ka Jaramogi in Bondo, Siaya County. Odinga, who died on October 15 in...
Owner: Kirubi Family
Kenyan innovators to compete at the continental hackathon
Four young Kenyan women, the brains behind the AI-powered fintech platform ‘Jasho-Powering Your Hustle’, are set to represent Kenya at the upcoming continental finals of the prestigious Absa Bank Kenya-GirlCode Women-in-Tech Hackathon. Their...
Owner: Kenyan Government
Tanzanian students develop digital voting system
Indeterminate
The Citizen
·
Rombo. Students at Mashati Secondary School in Rombo, Kilimanjaro, have developed a digital voting system designed to simplify the election process for citizens. The innovation was created by students in Forms Five and Six, using knowledge gained...
Owner: Aga Khan IV
Zambia, four other countries to benefit from EIB Global financing
The European Investment Bank’s Development arm (EIB Global) says it is committing US$110 Million to strengthen agricultural development across Sub-Saharan Africa. Zambia, alongside Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda and Benin are countries set to benefit...
Owner: Non-Transparent
Japan’s imported baby boom spotlights a political and demographic timebomb
This week brought encouraging news for Japan’s long battle to defuse its demographic timebomb: in 2024, the number of babies born to one sector of the population rose to a record of more than 22,000 – that’s about 3,000 more than the previous year...
Owner: The Scott Trust