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Rukwa Region is pulling international mining investors because of mineral variety and streamlined government systems, according to Engineer Joseph Kumburu from the regional mining office. The area sits right next to Zambia and DRC, with Lake Tanganyika Port handling cross-border trade, and...

President Samia Suluhu Hassan is gonna show up at this massive Inter-Parliamentary Union conference happening in Arusha, which should pull over 1,500 speakers and parliament members from across the globe. Regional Commissioner Amos Makalla met with Ambassador Ande Filip and Dr Hoyce Temu from...

Medical Credit Fund dropped their Afya Mkopo lending system in Dar es Salaam to help health businesses grab financing between 200,000 and 100 million shillings through a Vodacom partnership. Dr Heri Marwa said over 100 pharmacy owners, hospitals, and clinics from different regions have already...

CCM Secretary General Dr Asha Rose Migiro told young Tanzanians in Dodoma to keep the country from sliding into the kind of mess that popped off during the October general election. She dropped this at the Women's Forum while pushing the reconciliation agenda, and she said the youth basically...

Tanzania's livestock minister, Dr Bashiru Ally, distributed 300 motorcycles to extension officers working across local government areas in Dar es Salaam. He told the officers to lock in with livestock keepers by sharing solid info, pushing education, dropping professional advice, spreading tech...

Young Africans and Simba are squaring off against Fountain Gate and Mbeya City, respectively, in some big-deal Premier League matches happening in Dar es Salaam. Yanga coach Pedro Gonçalves said his crew is locked in after grinding through some intense CAF Champions League games, and they're...

Boaz Aywayo just scored a 5-million-shilling Elite Card from Puma Energy in Dar es Salaam after winning their lubricants draw, and he can use it to grab oil products or gas at any of their stations nationwide. Matiko Bugumia from Puma Energy said the whole campaign ties into their customer...

China and Tanzania are basically doing relationship check-ins as the year wraps up, and some Beijing observers think it's time to see where this partnership stands. The TAZARA railway revival just kicked off with a ceremony in Zambia, and Tanzania's got nearly 300 factories going up at the...

Government inspectors from Tanzania's chemist lab checked out three battery plants this year and found some pretty sketchy stuff going down. Dr Peter Shimo from GCLA said workers at these facilities in Dar es Salaam were handling lead without proper safety gear, and some were literally eating...

Tanzania keeps pushing toward total sugar independence as Kilombero Sugar Company wraps up its massive K4 factory expansion that will more than double production capacity. Treasury Registrar Nehemiah Mchechu told reporters the government holds a 25 percent stake in the operation while Illovo...

Zanzibar teens are getting actual sex education through a program called Start Small that MSI Tanzania and ZAFAYCO launched to tackle unwanted pregnancies, STIs, and sketchy abortions. Abdallah Abeid from ZAFAYCO says girls used to drop out of school because they had zero access to reliable info...

People living around Kagera are hyped that the government stepped in to save TANICA, the public coffee processing company that was basically broke. A local guy named Edson Tinkaligaire said everyone was relieved to hear officials are working to get operations running again after the place became...

Tanzania keeps riding the wave of stability that Julius Nyerere set up decades back when the country became a safe spot for refugees and freedom fighters from chaotic neighboring countries. The first president pushed this whole vibe about peace being more than just avoiding fights, and it...

President Samia Suluhu Hassan told city elders that Tanzania needs to defend its stability after post-election chaos broke out in Dar es Salaam. She pointed out that the violence killed and injured Tanzanians, which goes against everything the country stands for about unity. The president called...

Tanzania dropped 130 billion shillings in loans at 10 percent interest to help young people, women, and disabled folks start businesses since they brought the program back. Finance Minister Hamis Omary said the cash has already helped tons of Tanzanians get their operations running while the...

Zanzibar's health officials told a group of nurses who just wrapped up their mainland Tanzania internships to keep things professional and compassionate when they get back to work. Permanent Secretary Mngereza Mzee Miraji said these graduates are a big part of the government's plan to beef up...

A Tanzanian religious group is calling for a three-day national fast and prayer session after wild unrest around the October general election left people dead and buildings trashed. Sheikh Alhad Mussa Salum from the Tanzania Community for Reconciliation and Peace wants believers across all...

Tanzania's Registration, Insolvency and Trusteeship Agency tracked over 5,200 registered trustee boards across the country, with most of them running community and religious groups. Administrator General Frank Kanyusi broke down the numbers at a recent Dodoma meeting, showing 19 boards for...

Tanzania's Prime Minister Mwigulu Nchemba told people at the closing event for Tanzania Startup Week 2025 that young tech companies are basically the backbone of hitting that Vision 2050 goal of becoming a trillion-dollar economy. He said the annual gathering gives homegrown innovators a real...

Tanzania's government is going hard on antimicrobial resistance by pumping up health systems, backing more scientific research, and pushing people to use medicines the right way. Vice President Emmanuel Nchimbi said the country launched a massive awareness campaign called Holelaholela Itakukosti...