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Tanzania Funds for Tukuyu - Katumba Road Allocated
Dodoma - GOVERNMENT allocated 1.3bn/- for the construction of 80km Tukuyu- Mbambo-Lwangwa-Katumba Road, Parliament was told on Friday. Works Deputy Minister Eng. Greyson Rwenge said while responding to a question from Prof David Mwakyusa (Rungwe West -CCM), who had said government had pledged that the Tukuyu-Mbambo- Lwangwa-Katumba road which is 80km would be constructed and that in 2012/2013 ...
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Kenya Thuraya Announces Satellite Adaptor for Iphone
When we think about satellite phones we are used to the bulky and ruggedness of the Iridium, or Inmarsat satellite phones. Never before have we thought that a satellite phone could be as sleek and user friendly as our everyday mobile phone. Indigo telecom has changed that with the launch of Thuraya SatSleeve in Kenya. The new Thuraya SatSleeve is an adaptor for the iPhone that allows calls to ...
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Tanzania Battling It Out in the World of Fashion
Dynamic full of energy with a keen eye for beauty, Subira Wahure has taken on the fashion industry in the country by storm with a penchant for promoting the African touch in her creations. She has proven that fashion design is not a career reserved for people who have nothing better to do with their lives. Woman Magazine coordinator, Mariam Said interviewed Subira and the following are ...
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Kenya Smoothtel Sponsors Kenya Hospitality Trade Fair
Smoothtel & Data Solutions Limited has sponsored the Kenya Hospitality Trade Fair (KHTF) as "Technology Partner" in the upcoming hospitality industry fair to be held from 25th -27th July, 2013. Under the theme "Re-defining the hospitality industry in East & Central Africa", the event is organized out of a growing need by hotel developers, owners, investors and ...
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Kenya Outdated Mining Law to Be Abolished - Balala
Nairobi - Mining Secretary Najib Balala on Friday assumed office with a promise to repeal the current mining law. Speaking to reporters at his new office situated at the former Public Works headquarters in Community, Balala described the current Act as archaic saying it does not deal with many concerns in the mining sector. He stated that the focus of the new law will be to ensure that all ...
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Kenya Sauti Sol Prezzo Eric Wainaina Distributing Free Music
Popular music artistes Sauti Sol, Prezzo and Eric Wainaina will now be offering their music for free on the Mdundo.com platform. Making the announcement, Mdundo.com CEO Gustav Ericsson, said that with the three adding to the growing number of Kenyan superstars giving out their music for free, Mdundo is moving closer to become Kenya's number one online music site. "Anyone in the world ...
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East Africa Nokia Announces Lumia 520 Slim Lumia 720 Availability Pricing Across East Africa
Consumers across East Africa can now get their hands on Nokia's new Windows Phone 8 powered Lumia 520 and Lumia 720. A blend of premium style and innovation for a socially active crowd, the Nokia Lumia 720 features a high end camera experience, while the Nokia Lumia 520 is the most affordable Nokia Lumia to date, bringing a fun and colourful experience to new consumers. Both devices offer ...
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Tanzania Drogba Out of Taifa Stars Clash
VETERAN striker Didier Drogba was again left out of the Ivory Coast squad when coach Sabri Lamouchi unveiled his 26 players for next month's World Cup qualifiers against Gambia and Tanzania's Taifa Stars. The 35-year-old Drogba led his country at the Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa this year but the team exited at the quarter-finals stage.As a result, the former Chelsea star was ...
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Tanzania Dar Derby Closes Out Season
MAINLAND Premier League comes to a thrilling climax on Saturday as champions Young Africans face-off with arch nemesis Simba at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam. There is already excitement in the air and temperature is approaching 100 per cent high in both Simba and Yanga camps ahead of the giants' end of the season clash to be telecasted live on DStv's SuperSport. The match ...
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Tanzania MPs Cry for Heavy Investment in Ports Railway Infrastructure
Dodoma - MEMBERS of Parliament (MPs) raised concern over government's meagre resource allocation to port and railway infrastructure development, warning against economic stagnation due to poor transport facilities. MPs criticised government for lack of development priorities resulting into the stretching of the little resources with no tangible results. Debating the Ministry of Transport ...
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Rwanda Obama to Visit Rwanda
Reports are surfacing that American President Barack Obama, during a visit to several African countries at the end of June, might also make a stop in Rwanda. The Nigerian newspaper ThisDayLive.com writes that the American President will visit South Africa, Tanzania and Rwanda and make a stopover in Nigeria. Yet according to AllAfrica.com, the Senegalese press says the "that the President ...
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U.S. Upgrades Its Relationship with Africa
strategy for Sub-Saharan Africa that seeks to balance long-term interests with immediate future concerns. The long-term strategy is to work closely with an economically strong and resilient Africa as part of a global coalition for inclusive economic growth and international peace and security. The near-term goal is to strengthen the capacity of Africa to address political, economic, social and ...
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Dead man Brighton Dama Zanthe suddenly wakes up at funeral in Zimbabwe
Brighton Dama Zanthe had been sick for some time before his 'death' last Monday, but the 34-year-old doesn't remember anything before waking up in the hospital after his funeral, newzimbabwe ...
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South Africa finds collusion manipulation in Gupta family wedding scandal
South Africa's justice minister on Sunday accused an Indian High Commission official and some South Africans of colluding to obtain permission for a plane chartered by a rich family close to President Jacob Zuma to use an air force base to land.The affair - dubbed "Guptagate" after the influential Indian-born Gupta family - has transfixed South Africa since the private flight ...
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Video Greatest threat to Africas white lions American hunters
Very few white lions live in the wild today, but Linda Tucker is on a mission to change that. She left behind her life in Paris and founded the Global White Lion Protection Trust, dedicated to saving the African white ...
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Bidders vie to build world’s largest hydropower plant in Congo
A file photo shows eight massive turbines, only three of which work, on the Congo River. Existing hydro plants Inga I, commissioned in 1972, and Inga II which followed a decade later, have fallen into disrepair. ...
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South Africa union seeks pay raises of up to 60 per cent for miners
South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers said it would seek pay rises of up to 60 per cent from gold and coal producers, raising the prospect of fresh strikes as firms battle higher costs and falling prices in an already heated labour climate.Africa's biggest economy is hoping to avoid the 2012 wildcat strike action at platinum and gold mines that cost billions in lost revenue and ...
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Tanzania deadly Muslim attack on Christians raises fears of al-Qaeda influence
Olasiti , Tanzania, was most likely perpetrated by a domestic group seeking to provoke further sectarian violence between Christians and ...
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Plant to Deliver NutritionallyEnhanced Sorghum to Africa
ST. LOUIS and DES MOINES, Iowa - The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center and DuPont announced a $4 million grant from the Howard G. Buffett Foundation to bring healthier sorghum to underserved communities in ...
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Kenya APs lucky gun attack escape
The corporal, attached to Gitige AP camp in Kahuro District allegedly went berserk after drinking beer at a nearby bar. The suspect was reportedly given a loaded rifle during his patrol. But his colleagues claimed he kept the rifle in his house. They said he then collected it later and went to his senior's house. Witnesses say the AP knocked at his senior's door as he hid the gun on ...
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Kenya Weight row paralyses transport at Coast
Mariakani Weigh Bridge with drivers taking more than 11 hours for a journey that normally lasts 40 minutes. Traffic Police Commandant for Coast Joshua Omukata blamed the mayhem on a conflict between transporters and officials of ...
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Kenya First President farmers society of choice on deathbed
For farmers in Rift Valley, it marks the start of high milk production, increased expenditure on planting and school fees. In Eldama Ravine, this period reminds them of good old days when founding ...
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Kenya Judge orders case retrial over faulty charge sheet
rape her. He also allegedly strangled her as she tried to fight back. A man who was passing by reported seeing Mburu struggling with the girl. He called another woman who lived nearby and they went to the rescue of the girl. With the help of other members of the public they managed to arrest Mburu, just as he was trying to flee, and took him to the local elders who then handed him over to Kihote ...
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Opposition in parliament demands Air Tanzania be declared bankrupt
(eTN) - Sharp differences in opinion emerged in the Tanzanian parliament this week when the Minister for Transport, Dr. Harrison Mwakyembe, moved his ministry's budget for the financial year 2013/14. When touching on the budget provisions for Air Tanzania (ATCL), he painted a glowing picture to the house of the airline introducing flights to Johannesburg, Mombasa, Bujumbura, and added ...
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Kenya Transfers sackings hit Mombasa court hard
Mombasa, Kenya: High Courtservices in Mombasa are steadily grinding to a halt because of a range of factors including transfer and sacking of ...
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Three major African airlines to launch new regional player
West and central Africa may soon have a regional airline to connect the countries of the region and feed the three largest airlines in Africa, especially South African Airways, which has dominance on the continent, although it has indicated it will not provide financial support to such a venture.
There are exciting plans afoot in the African aviation industry the continent’s three largest airlines, South African Airways, Egypt Air and Ethiopian Airlines, considering the establishment of a regional airline in central and West Africa that would feed the larger airlines on loner routes or what they call ‘truck routes’. Read more
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