President Samia Suluhu Hassan locked herself in a room with Tanzania People's Defence Force commanders at the Air Defence Military School in Tanga for her first military leadership meeting after winning her second term. The closed-door session went down at the facility known as SKUA.
No details leaked about what got discussed during the gathering with top brass, but the timing puts it right after Hassan secured another run at the presidency.
Former Young Africans winger Chico Ushindi died at 29 after getting sick in Lubumbashi, and both TP Mazembe plus JS Groupe Bazano confirmed the loss, while the Congolese Football Federation dropped an official statement. The player came through the École de Football Moïse Katumbi academy before grinding five seasons with Mazembe, starting back in 2017, and he spent a brief stint with Yanga during the 2021-22 campaign.
Mazembe posted on Instagram that Ushindi joined their system at age 10 and left behind memories as an immense talent. Former teammates like Mahlatse Makudubela, Fiston Mayele, Khalid Aucho, Denis Nkane, and Yacouba Songne all shared grief messages online after Yanga's condolence post went up.
Taifa Stars beat Halas El Hodood SC from Egypt with a single strike from Morice Abraham before heading into AFCON, and the squad just swapped Abdul Suleiman for Selemani Mwalimu after an injury knocked the original striker out during training camp. Coach Miguel Gamondi locked in the final roster while Tanzania Football Federation rep Clifford Ndimbo hyped up the team's chances of making it past the group stages, as they did at CHAN when they hit quarterfinals.
The squad lands in Group C, facing Nigeria first, then Uganda, and wrapping against Tunisia while training out of Egypt before flying to Morocco. This marks their fourth tournament appearance after showing up back in 1980, plus the 2019 and 2023 editions.
Tanzania Commercial Bank rolled out its Toka Nayo Popote campaign that gives customers 10 percent cash back when they swipe Visa cards during the holiday season. Marketing Director Alex Dwashi said the push aims to get people using digital payments instead of physical money while cutting down on year-end financial stress.
Chief Officer for Digital and Innovation Jesse Jackson pointed out that cashless systems boost security by ditching the risks that come with carrying actual bills around. The bank keeps upgrading its tech infrastructure to make transactions faster, no matter where customers are located.
SME and Retail Banking Director Lilian Mtali expects the whole thing to help shoppers stretch their holiday budgets further while...
Zanzibar's Ministry of Health teamed up with PharmAccess and the Zanzibar Health Services Fund to launch the ZHSF Mothers project that gives over 2,300 pregnant women digital insurance tracking across 25 facilities in Kaskazini B and Micheweni districts. The MomCare model hooks low-income expecting mothers up with subsidized care packages while feeding data into government systems like ZanEMR and the ZHSF Claims Portal, and women can pick any participating clinic without worrying about payment barriers.
The whole setup shifts from just funding hospitals to directly empowering patients through demand-side financing that rewards facilities for quality service. Zanzibar already hits 98.9 percent for at least one antenatal visit, but...
Tanzania ditched the old certificate-chasing education model and pivoted hard toward practical skills after updating its 2014 policy. The government split secondary school into academic versus vocational tracks while extending mandatory schooling from seven to ten years, which keeps kids learning until age 16 instead of bouncing into dead-end gigs.
Vocational colleges are spreading across districts, teaching welding, mechanics, tailoring, and agribusiness that translate directly into income opportunities. The system finally recognizes informal apprenticeships through certification programs, and that gives young artisans credibility for loans and contracts when they want to scale their hustle.
Universities got pulled into the shift...
Chinese Ambassador Chen Mingjian showed up at Zaidia Orphanage in Dar es Salaam to mark two years of the Warm Children's Hearts program, and she brought medical teams plus donations of medicine, food, and school supplies. The health initiative launched back when Professor Peng Liyuan proposed it through the Organisation of African First Ladies for Development, and Tanzania jumped in as a major participant. Chen pointed out that Chinese medical teams have been grinding in Tanzania since 1964, when the first crew landed in Zanzibar, with 35 teams rotating through the islands and 27 hitting the mainland while treating almost two million patients.
Counselor Chu Kun rolled through Ashura Orphanage Foundation in Vingunguti to drop off more...
Tanzania kept its peace reputation intact when police blocked unlawful Independence Day protests through early prep and constant communication updates every six hours. The security response came after the October election violence killed people and trashed property, but authorities cited intelligence about 13 disruption strategies being coordinated online. Economics professor Humphrey Moshi from the University of Dar es Salaam said the whole situation proved that stability drives economic development, and losing it would tank progress completely.
Police spokesperson David Misime stressed that keeping peace works as a shared job between security forces and regular citizens who need to avoid division narratives. Local Government...
Benjamin Mkapa Hospital cardiologists screened 176 heart patients during a five-day medical camp in Singida Region, and 26 people got shipped back to the Dodoma facility for advanced treatment. Dr. John Meda from the cardiology department said the patient turnout crushed expectations while bringing specialist services closer to communities that normally can't access cardiac care.
One parent, Irene Tandu, found out her kid has a hole in the heart and committed to following through with the referral instructions. The hospital keeps deploying specialist teams to central zone facilities to build capacity for treating heart conditions in both kids and adults.
Acting Assistant Director Rayhan Mbisso led the delegation with pediatric and...
