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  1. Munyaradzi Mafaro

    PM wraps up ministerial directive seminar in Dar es Salaam

    Prime Minister Mwigulu Nchemba wrapped up a directive seminar for ministers and deputy ministers at Julius Nyerere International Convention Centre in Dar es Salaam after Vice President Emmanuel Nchimbi kicked things off earlier. The whole point was getting cabinet members on the same page about...
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    TRA offices reopen nationwide, data stays safe

    Tanzania Revenue Authority boss Yusuph Mwenda said all the tax offices that got wrecked during the election chaos are back up and running after getting fixed. The commissioner stopped by the new Buguruni location in Dar es Salaam and felt bad that people had to trek across town while the seven...
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    Tanzania courts Turkish cash at global biz summit

    Tanzania's ambassador to Turkey, Iddi Seif Bakari, met with Turkish business leaders at the Vision 25 Connectivity Conference to pull investment and strengthen trade links between both countries. The Independent Industrialists and Businessmen Association hosted the event in Istanbul, and it...
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    Kimambi case stalls, court demands probe wrap-up by January

    The court in Dar es Salaam pushed the economic sabotage case against Mange Kimambi to late January after prosecutors said they needed more time to wrap up their investigation. Kimambi lives in the United States and got hit with money laundering charges over 138.5 million shillings tied to...
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    Tanzania tracks carbon in trees beyond forests, gets tech boost

    Tanzania Forest Service sent two conservationists to a workshop in Lilongwe, where African countries learned how Michigan State University tracks carbon stored in trees growing outside actual forests. Rogers Nyinondi and Jameseth Lazaro represented TFS because Tanzania pledged to restore 5.2...
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    Festive bus boom, LATRA opens short-term license rush

    LATRA started handing out temporary licenses to bus operators in Dar es Salaam so they can handle the holiday rush on packed routes. Salum Pazzy from the authority said buses need at least 40 seats or a special group license to qualify, and they have to be hooked up to the Vehicle Tracking...
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    Geologists gear up, small miners eye Mbeya gold rush

    Tanzania Geological Society president Prof Elisante Mshiu told over 4,000 scientists in Mbeya that geologists are pushing small-scale mining forward while helping hunt for oil and gas deposits across the country. The annual meeting pulled researchers from government offices, universities, and...
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    Tanzania locks in carbon cash, eyes climate credibility

    Tanzania wants measurable gains from carbon trading that line up with its climate goals, and Prof Peter Msoffe from the Vice President's office said the country needs transparent systems backing its national climate pledges. Officials in Dodoma ran a workshop analyzing policy frameworks under...
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    Rukwa mines boom, investors rush to new minerals hub

    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...
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    Samia to spotlight Arusha as global MPs descend

    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...
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    Afya Mkopo loans roll out, clinics cash in

    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...
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    Youth urged to shield nation from election chaos

    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...
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    Livestock officers get wheels, farmers get promises

    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...
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    Yanga and Simba chase points, rivals loom large

    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...
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    Puma Energy picks lucky lube lover, 5m card up for grabs

    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...
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    China-Tanzania ties deepen, but real work starts now

    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...
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    Battery makers flunk lead safety, workers eat where toxins flow

    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...
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    Kilombero’s K4 expansion doubles output in push for sugar self-reliance

    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...
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    Start Small sparks youth SRH revolution in Zanzibar

    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...
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    Tanzania revives iconic TANICA coffee factory with 5bn lifeline

    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...
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