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PROF DAMIAN GABAGAMBI.

16Sep 2018
Mtapa Wilson
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NDC’s MD outlines plans to turn around financially-crippled parastatal
Financial Times Staff Writer MTAPA WILSON interviewed the chief executive officer of the cash-strapped corporation about various projects it is implementing and his plans for its future. Read on...

AIDAN EYAKUZE.

16Sep 2018
Aidan Eyakuze
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Tanzania is about to outlaw fact checking: here’s why that’s a problem
None of the 228 people on board Air France 447 from Rio de Janeiro to Paris on May 31, 2009 survived. The tragedy that unfolded that night was triggered by failed airspeed sensors. Without the air...

CAPTION: Women trained in using new storage technologies show off metal grain storage silos in Mnenia, Tanzania, June 7, 2018. PHOTO/NOOR KHAMIS/UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH

16Sep 2018
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New technology cuts post-harvest losses
As Africa’s population rises and climate change threatens more harvests, simple efforts to protect what is harvested could play a key role in staving off hunger on the continent, they said....

National Assembly Speaker Job Ndugai.

12Sep 2018
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Government losing social media battle, warns Speaker Job Ndugai
Like elsewhere in the world, a revolution is quietly underway in Tanzania’s politics, and it is increasingly being fought on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, WhatsApp, Telegram and other...

PRESIDENT John Magufuli.

12Sep 2018
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Magufuli's big headache
IMPERIALISTS 'They've taken all the gas because they were involved in its discovery. , That's why the Mtwara-Dar es Salaam natural gas pipeline is being used at only 30 per cent capacity., These are the tricks being played by people who want to colonise us economically.'
The president said the government has been forced to start implementing the massive projects using its own resources by boosting revenue collection and tightening fiscal discipline.The internal...
05Sep 2018
Fumbuka Ng'wanakilala
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Six biggest banks control more than half the sector
LOPSIDED Some analysts warn that the concentration of banking activity in just a handful of institutions could lead to a collusive arrangement where the largest banks set lending and savings interest rates
The ‘Big Six’ - CRDB Bank Plc, NMB Bank Plc, the National Bank of Commerce (NBC), Standard Chartered Bank, Stanbic Bank and Exim Bank - also control the lion’s share of customer...
05Sep 2018
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How Tanzania could be caught in crossfire of US-China trade war
By Benazir Mohammed and Winnie HenryIf the trade war between the US and China escalates into a full-blown crisis, analysts warn that this could well result into a glocal economic recession. In which...
05Sep 2018
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China hits back at Africa debt-trap allegations
President Xi Jinping pledged $60 billion to African nations at Monday’s opening of a China-Africa forum on cooperation, matching the size of funds offered at the last summit in Johannesburg in...

NDIMBUMI MSONGOLE, Communications Specialist at Digital Opportunity Trust Tanzania (DOT.

05Sep 2018
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How smartphones are helping to bridge the digital divide in Tanzania
NDIMBUMI MSONGOLE, Communications Specialist at Digital Opportunity Trust Tanzania (DOT), a youth-led network of social innovators, spoke to the Financial Times about the growth of the digitech...

PRESIDENT John Magufuli.

05Sep 2018
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Magufuli sacks official responsible for issuing work permits
No reason was given for the dismissal, but the move comes just two months after the president said work permits were being issued to undeserving foreigners without due process being followed.A...

Minister for Finance and Planning, Dr Philip Mpango.

29Aug 2018
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Mpango hints at resignation
BOMBSHELL An extraordinary tax row exposes underlying friction between top officials in President John Magufuli’s government
In a rare public outburst, Mpango roundly criticised Dar es Salaam Regional Commissioner Paul Makonda for trying to get a shipment of 20 containers of furniture cleared at the Dar es Salaam port...

Traders from Africa buying goods in Xiaobei, China.

29Aug 2018
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China’s ‘Little Africa’ losing its allure
Not far from them, in an adjacent street, another group of Africans—three women and a man holding a child in his arms—huddle around bales of merchandise. As the sun slowly sets, the town...

Deo Mwanyika.

29Aug 2018
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Acacia Mining finally announces Deo Mwanyika's exit
Mwanyika, who was for many years regarded as the face of the mining giant in Tanzania, has not been seen at Acacia's offices for several months since the emergence of a major tax dispute between...

Chinese President Xi Jinping reiterated his commitment to the project during the 10th BRICS Summit held in South Africa in late July 2018. File photo

25Aug 2018
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How new Silk Road will cement China major trading partner for Africa
His historic missions enabled China to make contact with the outposts of Hellenic civilisation established by Alexander the Great.These efforts enabled Emperor’s Han dynasty to develop...

Avit Riwa.

25Aug 2018
Avit Riwa
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Inside the global transfer pricing syndicate: Bitter pill for taxation
With more and more multinational enterprises (MNEs) becoming more flexible at placing their enterprises and/or business activities anywhere in the world, transfer pricing is now the in-thing as the...

The revolution in flexible workplaces gives rise to innovations. File photo

25Aug 2018
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Flexible workspace is the future, but it faces challenges
This is the way markets function, but it is essential that both as an industry and as a government, there is an environment which supports and promotes workplaces and the customers they serve. When...

 The Minister for Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children. Ummy Mwalimu. PHOTO/FILE

25Aug 2018
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Tanzania welcomes Chinese investments in pharmaceutical industry
She delivered the speech at a symposium during a high-level meeting on China-Africa health cooperation, which took place between Aug. 17 and Aug. 19 in Beijing.Mwalimu said that pharmaceutical...

US Army Staff Sgt. David Marcet, with the 404th Civil Affairs Battalion, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, provides guidance during a practical exercise in ground reconnaissance for Tanzania Wildlife Management Authority game wardens in Ngwala, Songwe Region, recently. PHOTO/US Navy

22Aug 2018
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US army trains Tz rangers to counter poaching, illicit trafficking
The soldiers, with the 404th Civil Affairs Battalion, attached to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, conducted training in countering illicit trafficking for Tanzania Wildlife Management...

The UK's International Development Secretary, Penny Mordaunt, with Lt Col Peter Kemp of the British Royal Marines during her visit to the Msasani Bay in Dar es Salaam this month to inspect an anti-drugs operation. PHOTO/AGENCIES

22Aug 2018
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Tanzania named as a major international drugs smuggling route
British border agents and the Royal Marines said they have stopped millions of pounds worth of heroin trade across the Indian Ocean from Tanzania, according to latest media reports from the UK.Rogers...

BRELA acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Emmanuel Kakwezi.

22Aug 2018
Mtapa Wilson
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BRELA introduces major reforms to ease cost of doing business in Tz
BRELA acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Emmanuel Kakwezi said people seeking to register a business name or company can now do that in just a matter of 2 hours through anew online platform.The...

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