Tanzania launches nationwide campaign to promote special economic zones

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...

Nigeria, Tanzania Boost Bilateral Ties As FG Approves Air Tanzania’s Direct Flights To Lagos

August 13, (THEWILL) — The Federal Government has granted Air Tanzania Company Limited (ATCL) a Foreign Carrier Operation Permit (FCOP) to begin direct flights between Dar es Salaam and Lagos. Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Aviation and...

Lugano eyes TFF executive seat with bold vision to transform Tanzanian football

Dar es Salaam. Tanzania Football Federation (TFF) Executive Committee aspirant, CPA Hosea Lugano, has pledged to turn Tanzanian football into a major driver of economic growth. The renowned finance and business management expert made these remarks...

Tanzania, Kenya agree to deepen ties in trade, agriculture, sports

Home/World/Africa/Tanzania, Kenya agree to deepen ties in trade, agriculture, sports DAR ES SALAAM: TANZANIA and Kenya have agreed to deepen the relationship between them, especially in the areas of trade, investment, agriculture, and sports. The...

Karia re-elected as TFF president

Dar es Salaam. Wallace Karia has officially retained his position as President of the Tanzania Football Federation (TFF) after securing a landslide victory in the federation’s general elections held in Tanga. Karia, who has been at the helm of TFF...

Tanzania’s plan to export pigeonpeas to India: A promising step

LAST week, Tanzanian media was abuzz with news of a declaration of intent by the Minister for Agriculture, Mr Hussein Bashe. The announcement, made last Thursday, came just one day before President Samia Suluhu Hassan attended the climax of the...

Tanzania eyes nuclear future with Indian support

DAR ES SALAAM: Tanzania and India have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at strengthening cooperation in the peaceful and safe use of nuclear technology. The agreement was signed by Tanzania Atomic Energy Commission (TAEC) Director...

Tanzanian Dr Bahati Sanga appointed Senior Director, Corporate IT at AfDB

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has appointed Dr Bahati Sanga, a Tanzanian, as the new Senior Director, Corporate Information Technology Services Department/Chief Information Officer (CIO) from July 1, 2025. Dr Sanga’s extensive experience and...

Tanzania, Amb. Coppola visits projects in Dodoma with AICS

The Italian ambassador to Tanzania, Giuseppe Coppola, paid a visit to Dodoma with the new director of the regional office of the Italian Development Cooperation Agency in Nairobi, Fabio Minniti, and staff of the AICS Antenna in Dar es Salaam,...

Co-operatives step up as Tanzania seeks more resilient rural economy

Inside the dust-swept grounds of this year’s Nane Nane agricultural fair, the most telling exhibits were neither hybrid seed packets nor gleaming tractors but hand-ruled ledgers. Line after line of rainfall data, milk volumes and cash-flow...

Tanzanian extradited to US over Sh145 billion Mexican cartel arms plot

Dar es Salaam. A Tanzanian national has been named among four foreign suspects accused of conspiring to supply one of the world’s most violent drug cartels with a cache of military-grade weapons worth $58 million (Sh145 billion). Subiro Osmund...

Families plead for intensified rescue efforts at Tanzania mine

Shinyanga. Families of miners trapped underground at the Kikundi cha Wachapakazi mine have appealed to the government to intensify rescue efforts to ensure their loved ones are brought out alive. Speaking at the scene on August 13, 2025, the...

Tanzania needs unity not keyboard wars

DAR ES SALAAM: AS Tanzania approaches its forthcoming general elections, the political temperature is rising and not only in parliament or at campaign rallies, but also across social media platforms, which have increasingly become the public’s...

MSD doubles revenue amid sweeping reforms

DODOMA: THE Medical Stores Department (MSD) has continued to register significant growth in capacity, operations and performance following four years of reforms and restructuring. Chief Government Spokesperson and Permanent Secretary in the...

SAU candidate sees Tanzanian future in bold faith, integrity

DODOMA: MAJALILO Kyara, the presidential candidate for the Sauti ya Umma (SAU) party, has unveiled a bold vision for Tanzania’s future one rooted in faith, integrity, and national transformation. Speaking today, August 13, 2025, in Dodoma after...

TMDA nabs two foreigners for selling counterfeit Dettol

KAHAMA: THE Tanzania Medicines and Devices Authority (TMDA) has arrested two citizens of a neighboring country after discovering the presence of counterfeit Dettol water in a market with a capacity of 50ml, 125ml, 250ml, 500ml, and one litre at...

22 missing, 3 rescued in gold mine collapse in NW Tanzania

High Court clears Tanzanite One ex-employees to seek judicial review

Arusha. The High Court of Tanzania has granted former employees of Tanzanite One Mining Limited and its successor, Sky Group Associates Limited, permission to file applications for judicial review against the government. The applications were...

FG grants Air Tanzania licence to begin direct flights to Lagos

The federal government has presented the foreign carrier operation permit (FCOP) to Air Tanzania Company Limited (ATCL). According to a statement on Tuesday, Ibrahim Kana, permanent secretary, ministry of aviation and aerospace development, spoke...

Tanzania’s PM Majaliwa leads tributes to Ndugai at emotional funeral

Dar es Salaam. Former Speaker of the National Assembly, Job Yustino Ndugai, who passed away on 6 August 2025, was remembered by Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa as a patriotic and visionary leader whose enduring legacy will continue to inspire...