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Zanzibar's Second VP Hemed Suleiman Abdulla just told contractors working on the new passenger and cargo ports that everything better be wrapped up before the year flips. He checked out Maruhubi port, the inland container depot, and the Mangapwani project while demanding digital systems for...

East African Community member countries just wrapped up a virtual summit in Dodoma, where they hammered out which big infrastructure builds are getting the spotlight. Tanzania showed up with a crew of deputy ministers since the main bosses were apparently busy elsewhere. The gathering pulled...

Kilombero Sugar Company just teamed up with Ifakara Bakery and the Free Bread Initiative for a three-year deal that will pump over 23 tons of sugar into a program that feeds vulnerable people across the district. The bakery operation has been running since 2001 under the Franciscan Sisters of...

Tanzania just wrapped up training for 120 people who will be working in alternative childcare, and the government bigwig, Dr John Jingu, basically said this gig needs to be seen as a calling rather than just a paycheck. The program was run by SOS Children's Villages with backing from a Danish...

MJUMITA boss Rahima Njaidi just scored major recognition at the Tusk Conservation Awards in London after putting Tanzanian villagers front and center in forest protection work. Prince William handed out the hardware and basically said local communities are the real MVPs when it comes to keeping...

Zanzibar's president showed up with a bunch of other heavy hitters to bury Ali Ameir Muhammed after the veteran politician died while getting treated at a hospital in Dar. Hussein Mwinyi hit up the funeral prayers at a mosque before telling the family to stay strong through the loss. The dead...

Tanzania's trade minister gave props to BRELA for going digital and raking in 82 billion shillings in government dividends while speeding up how fast businesses get registered and licensed. Judith Kapinga visited the agency in Dar es Salaam and said better innovation will help hit 2050 targets...

The Kilimanjaro Premium Lager International Marathon hits year 24 after blowing up from 500 casual joggers to over 13,000 runners from 60 countries who show up to race under Africa's tallest peak. Kili Premium has backed this thing since 2003 and pumped the prize pool to 34 million shillings...

Tanzania's deputy minister for public service basically told HR people and legal staff to stop screwing up employee discipline cases because the government keeps bleeding cash whenever workers win their appeals. Regina Qwaray said most of these losses happen because officers can't draft proper...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa called it unfortunate that Trump is blocking his country from the Miami G20 gathering after some beef about how last week's summit went down in Johannesburg. Trump skipped the whole thing based on bogus claims about white farmers getting massacred and...

Tanzanian designer Agusta Masaki landed in Nigeria to rep her country at the Africana Royal Elegance Collection fashion show happening through the weekend. She told reporters this is huge for her career and she gets to flex Tanzania on the global stage while celebrating women everywhere from Dar...

Tanzania's central bank just dumped 25 million bucks into the forex market through an auction because everyone keeps wanting dollars and they needed to keep things stable. The sale pulled serious interest from commercial banks, who actually bid for 28.5 million total, with 18 out of 21 banks...

Tanzania's tourism minister rolled out a special museum exhibit about the TAZARA railway that connects Tanzania and Zambia, saying it helps people understand what the country's founders built back in the day. Ashatu Kijaji said the train line from 1970 shows how Africa and China worked together...

Tanzania's basically calling out the European Parliament for scheduling a whole hearing about alleged human rights violations and post-election violence without even letting the government explain its side first. Their embassy in Brussels fired off a diplomatic note saying this whole move...

Tanzania's legal affairs minister swung by the parliamentary drafting office and basically told everyone to step up their game because President Samia wants actual results from government workers. Zuberi Homera reminded the staff that they're literally shaping laws that affect millions of...

Tanzania's getting hit with what analysts are calling a coordinated pressure campaign from Western powers who claim they're defending human rights but might actually be trying to control the country's politics. The government says foreign-funded NGOs and diplomats are stirring up trouble while...

Tanzania's ambassador to the UAE met up with the speaker of their parliament to talk about getting their countries to play nicer together. Lt. Gen. Yacoub Hassan Mohamed and Mussa Azzan Zungu hit up the embassy in Abu Dhabi and basically mapped out how to get both parliaments working closer on...

Tanzania's getting major props for being one of the first African countries to actually use these international accounting standards called IPSAS. Some advisor from Zimbabwe named Amon Dhlimayo was hyping them up at this big accountants meeting in Ghana with like 2,000 people from 55 countries...

Tanzania keeps getting scholarship hookups from Algeria for its young people who want to study various subjects, according to Suzan Kaganda. She's the Tanzanian High Commissioner stationed in Zimbabwe and met up with Mohamed Seoudi, who reps Algeria there. The two diplomats basically talked shop...

A massive fire ripped through multiple apartment towers in Hong Kong's Tai Po area, killing at least 44 people and becoming the city's deadliest blaze since 1962. The inferno started on bamboo scaffolding outside the Wang Fuk Court housing complex and spread like crazy because of green...