Arshad Sharif, a leading Pakistani journalist, living and sheltering in Kenya since he fled his country early in the year, was shot dead on Sunday night at a police roadblock on the Nairobi-Magadi road.Continue Reading
Tanzania: It was announced yesterday that KCB Bank has graduated to tier one status after increasing its asset value to Sh1.04 trillion. For a bank to earn tier one status, the highest ranking in the banking industry, it should boast assets of at least Sh1 trillion, according to the Bank of Tanzania (BoT).Continue Reading
The Zanzibar Airports Authority (ZAA) will today meet representatives of all airlines that fly into Zanzibar regarding the order to shift their ground handling to Dnata.Continue Reading
On Wednesday 26 October 2022, the African Development Bank, rated Aaa/AAA/AAA/AAA (Moody’s / S&P / Fitch / Japan Credit Rating, all stable), launched and priced a new USD 2 billion 5-year Global Benchmark due 3 November 2027.Continue Reading
Tanzania Breweries Limited (TBL), through its parent company, AB InBev, yesterday entered into partnership with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Africa to improve water quality and quantity in identified high-risk sites by 2025.Continue Reading
People’s responses to large infrastructure projects – railways, bridges, highways – are rarely neutral.Continue Reading
Official data from the Ministry of Agriculture shows that Tanzania earned Sh325 billion from maize exports from January to August.Continue Reading
Why does Tanzania government want to muzzle researchers? Changes to national legislation on how research is regulated should be uneventful, boring stuff. Not this time in Tanzania and here is why.Continue Reading
Tanzanian traders are staring at stockouts and dead stock in coming years, following the European Union (EU)’s move to standardise all smartphone chargers to USB-C cables.Continue Reading
After Tanzania, in-country investment of $2.187 billion (over Sh5 trillion) during the past three years, Barrick Gold Corporation said at the weekend that it was looking to expand its East African footprint.Continue Reading
