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Tanzania's health ministry sent Permanent Secretary Seif Shekalaghe to check out the Tanzania Pharmaceutical Industries plant in Arusha because Health Minister Mohamed Mchengerwa wants the dormant facility cranking out antiretroviral meds again. The government is already locked in a partnership...

The International Crop Trust delegation rolled through Dodoma to meet Deputy Permanent Secretary Stephen Nindi from the Agriculture Ministry, and they basically said Tanzania is doing solid work on farming improvements. Dr. Benjamin Kilian and Joanna Purcell led the crew and talked about what...

President Samia Suluhu Hassan told a group of elders in Dar es Salaam that the October riots were not some random outburst but a coordinated attempt to topple her government. She said different types of people got involved, with some knowing exactly what they were doing, others just following...

President Samia Suluhu Hassan called out a handful of people who stirred up post-election chaos in Tanzania, saying they threw other citizens under the bus just to chase their political goals. She made the comments at a meeting with the Dar es Salaam Regional Elders Council at Julius Nyerere...

The Dar es Salaam Elders Council thanked President Samia Suluhu Hassan for letting the arrested youth go home after they got rounded up during election-related chaos. Council chair Salumu Matimbwa said the decision shows her leadership actually works, and the whole 4Rs thing she pushes keeps the...

Tanzania's Energy Ministry trained 133 government workers on clean cooking methods as part of a push to get 80 percent of the country using safer fuel options by 2034. Engineer Anitha Ringia said the program wants to cut down on health problems and environmental damage from firewood and...

Swahili Fashion Week is bringing over 50 designers from Tanzania, Kenya, Italy, South Africa, Trinidad and Tobago, and a bunch of other spots to Dar es Salaam for its 18th run. Founder Mustafa Hassanali said the event pushes African design onto the global stage while keeping cultural identity...

Kazim Suleman took home top honors at the Sea Cliff golf tournament in Zanzibar after putting up 39 points during the 18-hole competition at Mangapwani. Collins Chemng'orem grabbed second with 38 points, and Patrick O'Rourke landed third with 36. Happiness Eliakim won the women's division by...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Tanzania's information minister told young people to actually read what the founding leaders wrote and listen to their speeches if they want to stop screwing up the country's core values. Professor Palamagamba Kabudi was hyping up Ambassador Daniel Ole Njoolay's new biography in Arusha, saying...

Tanzania's minerals minister told the Mbogwe zone to investigate 191 mining permits in Geita that have been sitting dormant forever without any actual development happening. Anthony Mavunde wants a preliminary report hitting his desk showing who owns these prospecting licenses and what progress...

Tanzania dropped serious cash to wipe out some sheep and goat diseases by 2030, and officials say the country is basically carrying the whole continent on this one. Permanent Secretary Agnes told a workshop crowd that the government has already put down 200 million shillings over five years for...