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Tazara is set to receive a $1.4 billion investment from the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) to rehabilitate and operate the railway for 30 years.
The event will bring together curriculum developers, researchers, policymakers, teachers, trainers, university lecturers and postgraduate students from Tanzania, other African countries...
Ambassador Kuhanga served as Vice Chancellor of the University of Dar es Salaam from 1980 to 1988, overseeing the institution during a period of expansion of its academic programmes...
Parents and pupils spoke about the programme on Friday, September 18, 2026, during the Standard Seven graduation ceremony at Mtemi Mazengo Primary School, where club members demonstrated their...
TRC has officially commenced cargo services on the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR), marking a new phase in the country’s transport modernisation.
A court has awarded two Tanzanian musicians Sh2.18 billion in special damages in a landmark ruling that could set a precedent in the application of the copyright law in the country.
Chinese animated film Niulai has become an unlikely box-office sensation after its crude and eerie-looking 3D animation was widely mocked online. Released on August 5, the film tells the story...
Tanzania has joined the Miss Afrikana International platform, with Tanzanian filmmaker and creative entrepreneur Leah Mwendamseke, popularly known as Lamata, appointed National Director...
Former Miss South Africa contestant and Miss Universe Nigeria 2024 first runner-up Chidimma Adetshina will have to wait until next year for clarity on her immigration status in South...
The MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) have dropped the Best Afrobeats category from their 2026 awards, just three years after introducing it to recognise the growing global influence of...
Long before the followers, TikTok challenges, mini-series and business opportunities, Ester Mwalwisi, popularly known as Mama Chanja, was simply a young girl discovering that she could make...
Mimi Mars is set to bring music, star power and a touch of celebrity glamour to Zanzibar this weekend as she takes centre stage at the fourth edition of Rangi za Mora, the growing fashion and...
Former world boxing champion Zolani “Last Born” Tete was shot dead outside his home in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province on Friday, police and the country’s Sports Minister said. The...
Hull City marked their return to the Premier League after a nine-year absence with a deserved 2-0 victory over Manchester United on Saturday, denting the optimism surrounding Michael Carrick’s...
The result also extended Simba’s dominance over Singida at Airtel Singida Stadium. When the two sides last met at the venue on March 11, 2026, Simba also won 2-1, with Anicet Oura and Elie...
He is best remembered internationally for his 11-second knockout of fellow South African Siboniso Gonya in Belfast in November 2017, the fastest stoppage in a world title fight.
Perhaps the issue isn't that Tanzanian professionals refuse to buy locally, but maybe local businesses haven't yet given them enough certainty to buy from them.
In this short story, we follow an unnamed narrator, a woman who has just had a baby. She seems to be sick, but none of her family, including her husband and brother, who are both...
It always starts innocently enough. “Let’s create a quick WhatsApp group so we can coordinate faster.” Fair enough. One group for the team. Quick updates. Easy communication. Then six months...
There are festivals you attend for the artistes, and there are festivals you experience as a destination. Kizimkazi festival turned out to be both.
Amazed by his fluency in Mandarin, the most widely spoken Chinese language in Mainland China, the Chinese tourists could be heard gasping in surprise as they filmed Goodluck Julius, who...
Sister Betina, Brother Joshua, please retire from the Ministry of Sexual Promotion.
Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan was briefly taken to hospital, declared medically fit and sent back to prison within a few hours early on Friday, a surprise move that his...
US President Donald Trump says he wants to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un later this year. But his overtures have drawn a frosty response from Pyongyang, suggesting it will set tough...
US President Donald Trump, who has warned of economic consequences against any country that provides "any type of lifeline to Iran," said on Friday that Washington was observing "what...
President Donald Trump has pursued an aggressive immigration crackdown that he says is aimed at improving domestic security.
Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema's re-election hands investors the policy continuity they sought, while negotiations on a new International Monetary Fund programme provide an early test of...
Seven people, including five Americans and Ecuador’s intelligence chief, were killed when a tourist helicopter crashed in northern Kenya on Wednesday morning, according to Kenyan...
Monrovia. Liberia has charged former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor with drug trafficking, money laundering and other offences as part of an investigation into an alleged transnational...
The AFC/M23 rebel alliance in Democratic Republic of Congo, which has highlighted its ability to tackle the spread of Ebola in territory it controls, has said it will impose new...
People deported by the US to Liberia will mostly hail from Latin American countries including Cuba and Venezuela, Liberia's information minister told Reuters, as authorities prepared to...
The Democratic Republic of Congo has been allocated 70,000 doses of Merck's (MRK.N), opens new tab Ervebo vaccine for Ebola, the World Health Organization said on Thursday, as the country...
Former Zambian Transport and Communications Minister Mutotwe Kafwaya was killed during a security operation at a property linked to opposition leader Brian Mundubile, police have confirmed...
At least 40 bodies, mostly those of children, have been recovered after an overloaded boat capsized in Nigeria’s north-western Sokoto State, local officials and residents said on Thursday. The...
In the months before opposition activist and rapper Vigario Luis Balanta was beaten to death and his body dumped in a field outside the capital of Guinea-Bissau, his wife begged him to keep a...
The 14-year-old girl arrived at the hospital fighting for her life. After a tragic hit-and-run car accident, she was rushed into the emergency department with serious abdominal injuries....
Indonesia is seeking to deepen trade and investment ties with Tanzania, with Jakarta looking to increase imports from the country while sharing agricultural technology to help farmers...
Competition in Tanzania’s petroleum market intensified in the 2024/25 financial year, with some established players losing significant market share while others climbed the ladder,...
Two new collective investment schemes launched by Zan Securities are seeking to raise a combined Sh10 billion, offering investors different options ranging from regular income to long-term...
The government has given cement manufacturers eight days to reduce prices and improve supplies following weeks of shortages that have pushed the price of a 50-kilogramme bag to as high as...
For Tanzania, the impact is already visible in transport and tourism-related activities
Improvements at the Port of Mtwara are reshaping transport and trade in the southern regions, with rising cargo volumes creating new opportunities for residents, drivers, traders and service...
Coop Bank has expanded its national footprint to seven branches as the lender accelerates its push to bring banking services closer to farmers, cooperatives, women, youth and small businesses.
NMB Bank’s migration to a new core banking system is expected to expand the bank’s capacity to process transactions, strengthen digital services and provide more tailored financial...
The world’s present disorder is often described in the language of separate crises: war, climate change, inequality, loneliness, and political polarisation.
A few days ago, a story sent a shiver down the spine of many an East African sports fan: the era of Ethiopian, Kenyan, and (to a lesser extent) Ugandan marathon dominance might be drawing to a...
In this digital era, public opinion is formed in newspaper columns, television studios, political meetings and on social media platforms, where millions of people react to an event...
The relationship between Tanzania and Uganda is certainly growing, what with the recent visit to Tanzania by the Ugandan President His Excellency Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, where a number...
A signing ceremony in Morogoro last week tells a story far bigger than one graphite mine.
As Tanzania joins the world in marking International Youth Day, attention is turning to one of the country’s greatest assets, its young population, and the need to create an environment where...
As Robert Frost wrote, we have “miles to go before we sleep.” For ISD, those miles represent the next generation we must educate, the communities we must serve and the stronger relationship...
Tanzania East Africa Gateway Terminal Limited (TEAGTL) has once again rewritten the record books at the Port of Dar es Salaam, by crossing the 90,000 TEU mark, another first in the history of...
I&M Bank Tanzania has crossed the Sh 1 trillion asset threshold and set its sights on joining the country’s top 10 banks within the next three to four years, as it turns to the capital market...
The two areas have been identified as having the lowest levels of clean cooking energy use in both public and private institutions in Kilimanjaro Region
The adoption highlights the versatility of natural gas as a clean cooking solution not only for domestic consumers but also for commercial kitchens
Pemba Ward in Mvomero District, Morogoro, is emerging as a model for linking clean cooking energy and carbon trading to community development and forest conservation
The Vocational Education and Training Authority (VETA) Moshi has begun its journey to phase out the use of dirty energy and adopt clean energy solutions
The Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar (RGZ) has assured private sector investors seeking opportunities in the archipelago of a conducive investment environment, emphasising that economic...
The Aman Residency housing project was launched on Thursday, August 13, 2026, as part of the celebrations for the 2026 Kizimkazi Festival in South Unguja Region.