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TANESCO’s Managing Director To Address Tanzania’s Leading Investors This December

TANESCO’s Managing Director To Address Tanzania’s Leading Investors This December

As Tanzania’s leaders are praised for its peaceful handling of elections, an increasing number of projects are appearing which show case a country that is maturing, growing in confidence and cooperating with the right kind of partners to help it achieve its long term goal of becoming a regional hub. The Powering Africa: Tanzania investment […]

Five Must See African Films

Five Must See African Films

From the enthralling story of a man on the run in Côte d’Ivoire to a remarkable documentary about making music in a Sudanese war zone, here are five African films you won’t want to miss. Later this month, the annual Film Africa Festival in London will feature around 65 of the best contemporary African films. […]

Tanzania Begins Construction Of East Africa’s Biggest Port : Bagamoyo Port

Tanzania Begins Construction Of East Africa’s Biggest Port : Bagamoyo Port

Tanzania has begun building what it says will be the biggest port in East Africa, in the coastal tourist resort of Bagamoyo. It is hoped the new facility will handle double the capacity of the one in Dar es Salaam. The project will cost about $11bn (£7bn), with much of the funding for construction coming […]

Tanzania Election Candidate, Mr Deo Filikunjombe Killed In A Helicopter Crash

Tanzania Election Candidate, Mr Deo Filikunjombe Killed In A Helicopter Crash

A HELICOPTER crash in the middle of the Selous Game Reserve on Thursday evening claimed yet another life of a Parliamentary candidate in next week’s general election, maverick Mr Deo Filikunjombe and three others on board. Police have confirmed that the accident has occurred and that there were four people on board the helicopter but […]

Viettel Expands In Africa With A Vision To Provide Every Tanzanian With A Mobile Phone

Viettel Expands In Africa With A Vision To Provide Every Tanzanian With A Mobile Phone

Viettel today announced the launch of mobile and internet services in Tanzania, under the brand name of Halotel.The launch reflects Viettel’s expansion in its tenth market, and to the second biggest economy in East Africa. Beside 2G services, Viettel’s offerings in this market will bring competitively-priced 3G connectivity to the most remote areas of the […]

Wildebeest Migration From Tanzania To Kenya To Be Broadcasted Live Online

Wildebeest Migration From Tanzania To Kenya To Be Broadcasted Live Online

One of the “Seven New Wonders of the World” the annual Wildebeest Migration from the Serengeti in Tanzania to Kenya’s Maasai Mara will be broadcasted live for the first time on the web from Kenya this week, allowing web users from all over the world to experience one of nature’s great spectacles from their mobile […]

Kenya’s Uchumi Supermarkets Shuts Down Operations In Uganda And Tanzania

Kenya’s Uchumi Supermarkets Shuts Down Operations In Uganda And Tanzania

Uchumi Supermarkets has exited the Uganda and Tanzania markets in a drastic reorganisation to stop financial bleeding. The retailer’s chief executive, Mr Julius Kipng’etich, said the company’s board had decided to close down regional units in order to speed up the process of stabilising its Kenyan operations. “Our outlets in Uganda and Tanzania make up […]

Africa’s Top 10 Richest In Tech

Africa’s Top 10 Richest In Tech

Africa is home to some of the richest individuals in the world. One of the richest, according to Forbes, in Africa is currently Aliko Dangote who hails from Nigeria. Dangote initially made his money in cement, sugar, and flour; however, Africa’s richest man is now looking to the oil industry to grow his fortune.While Dangote […]

Tanzania Closing Hydropower Plants

Tanzania Closing Hydropower Plants

All hydropower plants in Tanzania are being switched off because a lack of rain has led to low water levels in the country’s dams. Hydro-electricity generation has fallen to 20% of capacity, making it difficult for the dams to operate. It is the first time the East African nation has closed all hydro plants, which […]

Tanzania Arrests East African’s Most Wanted Ivory Trafficker

Tanzania Arrests East African’s Most Wanted Ivory Trafficker

Police in Tanzanian has arrested one of the most wanted ivory traffickers in the East African region. Yang Feng Glan, nicknamed the “queen of Ivory” was tracked down by Tanzania’s National and Transnational Serious Crimes Investigation Unit (NTSCIU) over the course of a year. Having previously confessed to the crime of ivory trafficking, Yang faces […]

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