Simba SC coach Dimitar Pentev basically admitted his squad cannot finish to save their lives after losing 2-1 to Stade Malien in Bamako, which marks their second straight loss in CAF Champions League Group D. The Tanzanian club sits dead last in the group after also dropping their opener 1-0 to Petro Luanda at home, and Pentev said they keep generating chances but just brick everything when it counts.
Midfielder Neo Maema said it hurts to watch them concede early goals against Malien, and he wants the team to treat these losses as a wake-up call since Simba is supposed to be a big-time club. They have four matches left when the competition starts back up next year, and they probably need at least three wins to stay alive in the...
Tanzania Bureau of Standards inspector Samson Fatael said his agency is helping transport innovators get their stuff up to code at the Sustainable Land Transport Week event put on by LATRA. The bureau basically regulates a ton of products across the country, and they want to make sure whatever new tech people are building actually meets safety requirements before it hits the market.
Fatael told everyone at the event to swing by the TBS booth and learn about the standards they need to hit, not just for vehicles but for all kinds of products the bureau keeps tabs on. He mentioned that once innovators follow the rules properly, their products can get quality ratings that make them way more competitive.
Tanzania's central bank dumped 45 million dollars into the forex market over two back-to-back auctions because the shilling was getting hammered and everyone needed dollars. The Bank of Tanzania sold 25 million at one rate, then another 20 million the next day at a slightly different rate, and both times, way more banks showed up wanting to buy than there were dollars available. Analyst Raphael Masumbuko from Zan Securities said this kind of pressure happens around this time of year when companies are paying off foreign debts and buying fuel, but tourism money from earlier months takes a while to actually hit the banking system.
The cashew export season should start bringing in more foreign currency soon, which might take some heat off...
Trade Minister Judith Kapinga is pushing a bunch of government agencies to go full digital because she thinks it will make things faster and more transparent for businesses trying to operate in Tanzania. She hit up places like the Fair Competition Commission, BRELA, Tanzania Bureau of Standards, and TanTrade to basically tell them they need to sync up their systems so companies can actually find market info without jumping through a million hoops.
BRELA's already got like 90 percent of its stuff online and hooked up with NIDA, TRA, and banks, which apparently cuts down on paperwork. TanTrade is rolling out new tech and training programs, and they want to set up shop at border crossings like Tunduma to speed up cross-border trade. The...
A Tanzanian company called Mzuri Afrika just teamed up with Sokoine University and the African Conservation Tillage Network to bring some next-level farming gear to local growers. The star of the show is this Pro-Til machine that handles tilling, fertilizing, and planting all at once, and it apparently lets wheat farmers pull in like 10 to 14 tonnes per hectare instead of the usual 3 to 4 that hand-hoe users get.
Managing Director Shaban Mgonja said the whole point is to shift people away from old-school methods and help them deal with climate issues through better soil protection and moisture retention. Executive Director Saidi Mkomwa from ACTN pointed out that tons of farmers are still using hand hoes, which basically limits how much...
Tanzania's got a bunch of UNESCO World Heritage spots that most locals have never actually bothered checking out, and some writer is calling people out for basically ignoring their own backyard. The piece argues that places like the Kondoa rock art and Stone Town aren't just tourist traps, but they're actually legit history lessons that connect people to their ancestors and cultural roots.
The whole vibe is that if Tanzanians don't start visiting these sites themselves, future kids will only know about them from textbooks or random Google searches. The writer wants families to actually make the trip, learn about the heritage, and keep these landmarks relevant instead of leaving them for foreign tourists to appreciate while locals skip...
Kairuki University is getting ready to hand out diplomas to 426 grads at its Boko Campus in Dar es Salaam, with retired Speaker Anne Makinda running the show as chancellor. Vice-Chancellor Yohana Mashalla mentioned that this graduation is way bigger than last year, when only 258 people walked across the stage, which works out to about a 65 percent jump. Most of the graduates are coming out of the medicine program, with 270 people finishing up, while nursing and social welfare are also represented in smaller numbers.
The university is making moves beyond just pumping out more healthcare workers. They've trained 39 staff members on how to write grant proposals that can actually score funding from donors, and this is apparently the first...
Tanzania's Constitution and Legal Affairs Minister Juma Zuberi Homera told the Registration, Insolvency and Trusteeship Agency to beef up its digital platform eRITA while speaking at a meeting in Dodoma with board members and regional reps. The goal is to speed up how fast people get helped and fix the current problems users are dealing with. He also wants them to roll out mobile clinics that can hit up remote spots where folks can't easily access services.
The agency handles pretty important stuff like tracking major life events, registering trustees, and protecting assets that belong to dead people, bankrupt individuals, and kids. It got started back in 2006 as a replacement for the old Administrator General's Department, but its...
Kagera Cooperative Union wants to grab over 10 million kilos of cherry coffee next season after only managing 4.9 million this round. Chairman Ressy Mashulano says they are pushing farmers to swap out dead trees and go digital with scales while ramping up organic production. The group represents 125 cooperatives covering around 60,000 small-scale growers who mostly deal in Robusta.
The union locked down a 27 billion shilling loan from Tanzania Agricultural Development Bank to buy coffee and build a hotel. They paid back their previous 10.4 billion shilling loan with interest already, and they are still working Fair Trade deals with international buyers who guarantee stable prices. Some cooperatives used Fair Trade cash to throw up...
