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Tanzanian tycoons, miners and leaders give CCM Sh56.31 billion for 2025 campaign, party building
The Citizen
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Dar es Salaam. Tanzania’s ruling party Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) has collected Sh56.31 billion during the launch of its fundraising drive ahead of the 2025 General Election. The amount was announced by CCM Secretary General Dr Emmanuel Nchimbi at...
FG Presents FCOP To Air Tanzania Company
Daily Independent
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August 13, 2025
0 ABUJA – Federal Government has presented the Foreign Carrier Operation Permit (FCOP) to Air Tanzania Company Limited, at Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development headquarters, Abuja. Speaking at the event, the Permanent Secretary Ministry...
Federal Gov’t Presents Operation Permit To Air Tanzania
Leadership
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August 13, 2025
The federal government has presented the Foreign Carrier Operation Permit (FCOP) to Air Tanzania Company Limited. Speaking at the event at the headquarters of the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development, the permanent secretary, Dr Ibrahim...
Five new SEZs set to position Tanzania as industrial hub
Daily News Tanzania
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August 13, 2025
DAR ES SALAAM: THE government yesterday launched five strategic Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in a bold move to transform Tanzania into Africa’s new manufacturing powerhouse. The newly designated zones are aimed at boosting the manufacturing and...
Boost for industrial drive as Tanzania unveils five SEZs
The Citizen
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Dar es Salaam. The government has officially designated five areas as special economic zones (SEZs) to fast-track industrial growth while ensuring that Tanzanians directly benefit from the country’s ongoing economic transformation. The designated...
Australia deepens mining, trade and development ties with Tanzania
The Citizen
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Australia is the largest foreign investor in Tanzania and East Africa’s mining sector. What have been the key drivers behind this interest and what more can be done to ensure these investments are sustainable, successful, and mutually beneficial...
Uganda, Tanzania select gas pipeline consultant
Observer
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August 13, 2025
Uganda and Tanzania have selected a consultant to undertake a feasibility study for the construction of a gas pipeline between the two countries. The selection of the consultant comes more than a year after the government of Uganda issued a bid...
Tanzania targets clean cooking shift as experts outline benefits and call for action
The Citizen
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Dar es Salaam. The government’s ambition for 80 percent of Tanzanians to adopt clean cooking energy by 2034 has drawn renewed attention from experts, who say the transition is essential for public health, environmental conservation, and economic...
Tanzanian opposition party ACT-Wazalendo promises 12 million new jobs
The Citizen
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It’s the boldest promise yet in Tanzania’s 2025 election season; 12 million new jobs in just five years. Not from the ruling party, but from the opposition ACT-Wazalendo, which is wagering that its “people’s economy” can deliver more work, more...
Tanzania trains digital forensic experts amid rising cyber threats
The Citizen
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Dar es Salaam. Tanzania has begun an ambitious programme to strengthen local ICT capabilities in digital forensics. The country seeks to equip experts with the skills to analyse and present electronic evidence in an era of growing cyber threats...
Tanzanian parents urged to curb minors’ access to PlayStation betting games
The Citizen
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Dar es Salaam. The Gaming Board of Tanzania (GBT) has urged parents and guardians to closely monitor children’s use of PlayStation games, warning that some are being exploited for gambling. The caution came on August 12, 2025, from GBT Acting...
Tanzania take the lead in Player of the Match rankings at CHAN
The Citizen
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Dar es Salaam. As the African Nations Championship (CHAN) 2024 continues to thrill fans across the continent, a compelling subplot has taken shape alongside the team battles — the race for individual glory through the prestigious Player of the...
FG Presents FCOP To Air Tanzania Company Limited
New Telegraph
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August 12, 2025
The Federal Government, on Tuesday, presented the Foreign Carrier Operation Permit (FCOP) to Air Tanzania Company Limited, at the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development headquarters, Abuja. Speaking at the event, the Permanent Secretary...
Govt grants Air Tanzania permit to begin direct flights
Punch
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August 13, 2025
The Federal Government has formally presented the Foreign Carrier Operation Permit to Air Tanzania Company Limited at the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development headquarters in Abuja. The Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Ibrahim Kana,...
Dodoma firm on Tanzanians to own 30 percent of the Special Economic Zones
Daily News Tanzania
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August 12, 2025
DAR ES SALAAM: THE Minister of State in the President’s Office responsible for Planning and Investment, Professor Kitila Mkumbo, has announced that the government aims to ensure that 30 percent of ownership in special production zones designated...
Nigeria to strengthen aviation ties with Tanzania, issues foreign carrier permit
New National Star
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August 12, 2025
BY EMMANUEL OLUKOTUN The Federal Government has presented the Foreign Carrier Operation Permit (FCOP) to Air Tanzania Company Limited (ATCL), in a bid to cementing aviation cooperation between Nigeria and the United Republic of Tanzania. Ibrahim...
22 missing, 3 rescued in gold mine collapse in NW Tanzania
Xinhua News Agency
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DAR ES SALAAM, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Three mining technicians have been rescued while 22 remain missing following the collapse of a gold mine in Tanzania's northwestern Shinyanga region, local authorities said Tuesday. The incident occurred on...
Tanzania launches nationwide campaign to promote special economic zones
Xinhua News Agency
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DAR ES SALAAM, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Tanzanian authorities on Tuesday officially launched a nationwide investment promotion campaign aimed at accelerating the development of special economic zones (SEZs), as part of broader efforts to position the...
Lifezone Metals secures $60m bridge loan for Tanzania nickel project
Mining Technology
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August 12, 2025
Lifezone Metals’ wholly owned subsidiary, Kabanga Nickel, has secured a $60m (£44.57m) bridge loan facility from Taurus Mining Finance Fund No. 2 to fund early works and infrastructure development at its flagship Kabanga nickel project in...
The people bringing movies to the masses in Tanzania
WePresent
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August 12, 2025
The film, a 2001 Tanzanian-American co-production, has a scale, ambition, and prestige that belies its absence in the minds of many in Tanzania. Despite being screened at several international festivals and places as far and wide as Miami, Paris...