In our briefing today: Man, 38, accuses police of torture, humiliation: ‘I didn’t deserve such treatments’; Tanzania’s central bank gold assets increases to Shs. 58 billion; BOAT receives AfDB’s approval for Trade Finance Transaction Guarantee Facility; BoT revokes Msilikare Microfinance’s license citing ‘predatory practices.’
The facility is expected to support intra-Africa trade, thus directly contributing to the successful implementation of the AfCFTA agenda.
In our briefing today: World Bank outlines strategies Tanzania can achieve private sector-led growth; If development is truly about people, then they must care and fight for it; Pitting public schools against private ones doesn’t improve our education system.
A new World Bank report recommends privatising growth through five priority policy actions to achieve a more balanced and inclusive growth pattern in the East African nation.
In our briefing today:Members of the personal data protection commission board appointed; Regional, district commissioners are colonial remnants. It’s time we undertake reforms; Somalia joining EAC: A win for both parties?; Should we amalgamate parliament with the State House?; Headwinds media in Switzerland and Tanzania face.
About 76 percent of the Tanzania’s government revenues were spent in servicing loans and paying salaries between January and August 2023. Government borrowed Tshs. 1.1 Trillion to meet recurrent expenditures.
The stock of foreign private investment in Tanzania stood at about USD 18.6 Billion in 2021, (almost a quarter of Tanzania GDP).
Mtenga and his compatriot Joshua Loitu Mollel were in Israel as a part of an agricultural internship program. The two were part of a group of 260 Tanzanians who were in Israel to attend practical training on modern agriculture under the Tanzania-Israel cooperation framework.
In our briefing today:
Tanzania re-selected to the MCC after a seven years hiatus; Personal Data Protection Commission board’s chairperson appointed; Joseph Oleshangay: Winner of Weimar Human Rights Prize shares future of his activism; AfDB approves over $600m for 650-kilometre Tanzania, Burundi rail infrastructure; History as MNH launches first-ever hyperbaric machine in East Africa; Remmy Ongala: The life, death and legacy of legendary musician.
The railway is expected to incentivise large-scale mining and commercial agriculture
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