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Tanzania ...riots Greet Estimates
Dodoma and Dar es Salaam - MTWARA Municipality was on Wednesday rocked by riots as police clashed with hundreds of demonstrators reportedly opposing the planned construction of a 532-km gas pipeline from the town to Dar es Salaam. There are unconfirmed reports that at least one policeman has died and dozens of other people were injured in the clashes. However, Mtwara Regional Commissioner ...
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Angola Environment Minister Presses for Support for Climate Change Adaptation Plan
Luanda - Angola's minister of Environment, Fátima Jardim, Wednesday in Luanda reiterated the call for support for the climate change adaptation plan, not only as a developing country, but taking into account existing potential. The official said so on the fringes of the workshop for the presentation of the National Plan of Action on Climate Change Adaptation (PANA). The minister ...
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Tanzania Mwambani Port Project to Transform Tanga Economy
TANGA Region is set to benefit immensely from the Mwambani Port and Railway Corridor (MWAPORC) project that envisages transforming the regional economy. The Mwambani project includes the construction of a deep sea and free port as well as a new heavy haul standard gauge railway that will link the Indian Ocean from Tanzania through Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Tanga ...
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Tanzania EPZA Gets Investors With Sh200 Billion Capital
THE Export Processing Zones Authority (EPZA) has received 15 new investors with a combined capital of 123 million US dollars (about 200bn/-), with potentials of creating 13,947 direct jobs for Tanzanians. Awarding certificates to the 15 investors at EPZA's Mabibo headquarters in Dar es Salaam, EPZA Director General Adelhelm Meru, implored Tanzanians to grab the incentive rich business ...
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Tanzania Hail Housing Long-Term Loans for Civil Servants
PRESIDENT Jakaya Kikwete early this week announced plans by the government to support civil servants acquire low-cost and decent houses through long-term loans payable by instalments for up to 25 years. Under the 358bn/- project that will initially be executed for five years, 5,000 housing units are to be built in different parts of the country, where 2,500 of them are expected to be ready ...
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Angola Governor Points Agriculture As Development Factor for Province
Caxito - The governor of the northern Bengo province, João Bernardo de Miranda, said on Tuesday in Caxito that the agriculture and livestock will continue to sustain the economic base of the region's development. Speaking to Angop, the official argued that the province has a high agricultural potential which only remains to be explored in order to surpass the stage of traditional ...
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Disturbances that put spell on Middle East North Africa to be long-term most apparently - Lavrov
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Why Africa is luring Gulf bond investors
The lure of sub-saharan Africa, with its geographic proximity and promise of higher returns, is tempting cash-rich Gulf Arab bond investors to look south, a marked departure from the relative comfort and familiarity of the Middle ...
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90 arrested after Tanzania gas pipeline protest
(33 mins ago) Tanzanian police have made sweeping arrests after a day of protests in which one person was killed in a southeastern town over a gas pipeline project, the government said Thursday. "Several houses and a lot of property were badly damaged,'' home affairs minister Emmanuel Nchimbi told parliament Thursday, a day after the riots in the coastal town of Mtwara, close to ...
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Zimbabwe Chinese VP Meets President
VISITING Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang met President Mugabe at State House today where he briefed him on the investment agreements his country signed with various ministries. The agreements are worth US$36 million as the two countries continue to cement their flourishing economic ties. Speaking through an interpreter after the meeting, Vice-Premier Wang expressed gratification on meeting the ...
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Congo-Kinshasa On Joint Visit to DR Congo UN and World Bank Chiefs Voice Support for Latest Peace Effort
In the first visit of its kind, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim are in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to support a recent peace deal and promote economic development in the long-troubled region. "This is a critical moment for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Great Lakes region," Mr. Ban told reporters in the capital, ...
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Zimbabwe Dj Munya Appears in Court
STAR FM DJ, Munyaradzi Mlimo, accused of killing a man he suspected of having an extra-marital affair with his wife, today appeared in court together with his two accomplices charged with murder. DJ Munya (32) as he is popularly known is jointly charged with Taurai Janhi (34) and Mohammed Matare (31). The trio appeared before Mr Donald Ndirowei who remanded him in custody to June 5. Mr Ndirowei ...
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Tanzania Firms Eye Listing At DSE Alternative Market
THREE companies have shown interest to list on the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange's (DSE) second market segment, which has lesser stringent listing requirements. The firms - one from the banking and two from the mining sector - are at advanced stage of listing at the Enterprise Growth Market (EGM), that caters for starter-ups and operational businesses that face working capital constraints. ...
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Tanzania TCME Riled Over Coal Mine Closure
THE Tanzania Chamber of Minerals and Energy (TCME) has condemned the Ruvuma regional authorities for closing the Ngaka coal mine. The TCME Executive Secretary Emmanuel Jengo said the chamber was concerned that the regional authorities closed the mine in total disregard of the provision under the new Mining Act of 2010. "Such arbitrary and unilateral action has the potential to portray ...
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Tanzania Makala Defends Stadium Deductions
Dodoma - THE government has strongly defended deductions from the gate revenue accrued from matches played at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam. Winding up the Ministry of information, Youth, Culture and Sports 2013/14 budget estimates here on Tuesday, Deputy Minister, Amos Makala said the government deserved a fair share from the stadium earnings. He said in fact, the ministry has already ...
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Rwanda Govt Moves to Prioritise Access to Water
The Ministry of Infrastructure (Mininfra) plans to give water and sanitation priority if its Budget is approved, Prof. Silas Lwakabamba has said. Prof. Lwakabamba was presenting the ministry's 2013/2014 Budget Estimates and Medium Term Expenditure Plan (MTEF) to Parliament's Budget and National Patrimony Standing Committee on Monday. Mininfra's 2013/14 draft Budget allocation ...
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Southern Africa SADC Free Movement Protocol Awaits House Approval
TANZANIA has made progress towards the ratification of a protocol that will allow free movement of people from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) member countries without being required to apply for a visa. In an interview in Dar es Salaam, an Immigration Department spokesman, Mr Abbas Irovya, said the process leading to the effectual ratification of the protocol in order to make ...
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Rwanda City Tips Architects On Real Estate Development
The City of Kigali (CoK) is challenging architects to design projects that comply with the city master plan. This, according to Lillian Mupende, the director of Kigali One Stop Centre, would also reduce the time taken to get a construction permit. The advice comes hot on the heels of Monday's launch of the online Construction Permit Management Information System that is meant to make the ...
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Tanzania Sky Is the Limit for Rukwa Peasants
ALTHOUGH Rukwa has a 512,722-strong herd of cattle; the region has only three ranches that rear 274 improved beef cattle. The rest of the regional herd is zebu and is owned by pastoral families. However, the demand for both better beef and dairy milk is growing. The region invites private investors to lend a hand in this area. Rukwa also has stocks of fish, honey, timber and beeswax. Livestock ...
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Rwanda UN Pledges Support in Fight Against Gender Based Violence
The United Nations has pledged its partnership and support towards Rwanda's fight to end violence against women and girls. One UN Rwanda Resident Coordinator, Lamin Momodou Manneh, yesterday noted that he was already impressed with the efficiency and dedication of the Rwanda National Police (RNP) and the authorities in combating violence against women and girls. He, however, said although ...
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Tanzania Solutions to Construction Permits Cumbersome Procedures in the Offing
PROBLEMS in obtaining construction permits in time will soon be history following establishment of a private sector led working group on construction permits. The initiative undertaken by Tanzania Private Sector Foundation (TPSF) seeks to make it easier for both local, foreign investors and individuals to get construction permits when in need to undertake various projects in the country. The ...
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Rwanda Indian Investors Eye Rwanda Opportunities
A delegation of Indian investors will today jet into the country to explore potential investment opportunities. According to Clarence Fernandes, the representative of Rwanda Development Board (RDB) in India, the team will be in the country under the platform India - Rwanda Show 2013 and they will tour potential areas where they can invest their money. The delegation has been co-organised ...
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Tanzania TBS Intensifies Surveillance On Fake Industrial Goods
THE Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS) has announced that this week it plans to meet its partners undertaking the Pre-shipment Verification of Conformity to Standards (PVoC) system to verify its implementation status. TBS Acting Director General Mr Joseph Masikitiko says the meeting is crucial since it is through gathering views from different stakeholders, the Bureau will be in the picture to ...
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East Africa EAC Countries Can Learn From Kenyas Machakos
With devolution in high gear as the counties take root in Kenya, competition for business and investment just got fierce for Rwanda and other EAC member states. Take the investor conference recently hosted in Machakos County hosted, some mused, with a display of naked ambition by its new Governor, Dr Alfred Mutua, formerly spokesperson for the national Government. The conference aimed to ...
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Rwanda Vocational Schools Again Take Lions Share of Education Budget
Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) will again be allocated a huge chunk of the Ministry of Education (Mineduc) budget due to its recognised capacity to promote skills development and bridge the labour market skills gaps, Education minister Vincent Biruta has said. Dr Biruta was on Monday presenting the ministry's 2013/2014 Budget Estimates and Medium Term Expenditure ...
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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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