Census data offers the country crucial statistics needed for socioeconomic development in all sectors.
It is in the public domain that formal employment – in both the public and private sectors – in Tanzania has provided jobs for not more than 2.5 million adults.
This group alone is too small to sustain the workload of financing the budget through taxes.
Of course, 65 percent of the country’s work force engages in agriculture, according to past National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) figures, but this category is mostly made up of peasants undertaking subsistence farming.
There is the category of those who engage in petty trading. They number a few hundred thousand, and thus their contribution to government revenue is negligible.
Therefore, if Tanzania is to create more jobs, it has to focus and open doors through good and predictable policies so as to reinvigorate the operations of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).
To boost MSMEs, the country must do away with red tape, particularly those well documented long and tedious processes, so as to speed up the creation of more such entities.
This is the door that will encourage young people to opt for self-employment after completing their education journeys, and tap into their innovative prowess as they seek to make their life dreams a reality.
Affording them seed capital, simplified acquisition of the necessary permits and a friendly tax regime must be given top priority by the authorities.
Tanzania needs MSMEs as they are the engine of transformation towards improving the quality of life through better earnings and access to quality education, health and other social services.
Let MSMEs thrive for national prosperity and swift development.
Let journalists do their job
The world yesterday marked International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists. Ending impunity for crimes against journalists is one of the most pressing issues to guarantee freedom of expression and access to information for all citizens, according to the United Nations.
Between 2006 and 2020, over 1,200 journalists have been killed for reporting the news and bringing information to the public. In nine out of ten cases the killers go unpunished, according to the Unesco observatory of killed journalists
Impunity leads to more killings, and is often a symptom of worsening conflict and the breakdown of law and judicial systems.
The situation is such that there are countries where journalism can be a dangerous or even deadly job.
Justice systems that vigorously investigate all threats of violence against journalists send a powerful message that society will not tolerate attacks against journalists and against the right to freedom of expression for all.
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Africa: Rwanda Gets a Grip Of Marburg, But Mpox ‘Not Yet Under Control’
Monrovia — The Rwanda Minister of State responsible for Health, Dr. Yvan Butera, cautioned that while the country is beginning to see positive signals in its fight against the Marburg virus, the outbreak is “not yet over”. He, however, expressed hope that “we are headed in that direction”. The minister said the epidemiology trend, since the disease was first discovered in the country more than a month ago, is moving towards fewer cases.
Dr. Butera, who was giving updates during an online briefing yesterday, said in the past two weeks, only two deaths were recorded while 14 people recovered from the disease. He said Rwanda was expanding its testing capacity with 16,000 people already inoculated against the disease.
The priority right now, Butera said, is “rapid testing and detection”.
Marburg is a highly virulent disease transmitted through human-to-human contact or contact with an infected animal. The fatality rate of cases, which has varied over the period, is more than 50%, according to the World Health Organization. WHO said the highest number of new confirmed cases in Rwanda were reported in the first two weeks of the outbreak. There’s been a “sharp decline” in the last few weeks, with the country now tackling over 60 cases.
At Thursday’s briefing, a senior official of the Africa Centers for Disease Control, Dr. Ngashi Ngongo, said mpox – the other infectious disease outbreak that countries in the region are fighting – was been reported in 19 countries, with Mauritius being the latest country to confirm a case. He said although no new cases have been recorded in recent weeks in several countries where outbreaks occurred previously – including Cameroon, South Africa, Guinea, and Gabon – Uganda confirmed its first Mpox death. This, he said, is one of two fatalities reported outside Central Africa.
Dr. Ngashi revealed that there was an increase in cases in Liberia and Uganda. He said mpox cases were still on an upward trend.
“The situation is not yet under control.”
Source: allafrica.com
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