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Tanzania Safari 2025: Top 10 Reasons It’s the Ultimate Wildlife Adventure
Planning Your Dream Tanzania Safari? Here’s Why 2025 Is the Perfect Year Tanzania continues to rank among the world’s top safari destinations and 2025 is set to make the experience even better. This country is a combination of breathtaking natural...
Tanzania’s agro-economy sees sky-high growth in a decade
DODOMA: TANZANIA has made significant progress in the agriculture sector, particularly in food production over the past decade, President Samia Suluhu has revealed. In the 2014/15 financial year, the country produced 16,015,238 tonnes of food...

How a Tanzanian startup is moving over $1 billion to Africa and Asia
Oftentimes, ideas are born to address challenges. What were the early challenges you faced, and what opportunity did you see in the market? I began building NALA in 2017. It wasn’t a smooth ride, I built, failed, rebuilt, and failed again. In...

Tanzania makes significant progress in strengthening carbon trading
Tanzania is making significant progress in strengthening carbon trading governance, through the establishment of clear regulatory frameworks, institutional coordination and stakeholder engagement. State Minister in the Vice President’s Office...
Dodoma RC honoured with Malkia wa Nguvu 2025 award
DODOMA: DODOMA Regional Commissioner Ms Rosemary Senyamule has been awarded the Malkia wa Nguvu 2025 Award for the Central Zone in recognition of her outstanding contribution to public service and community leadership. The prestigious awards,...
Tanzania, Somalia forge stronger ties with direct flights
DAR ES SALAAM: Tanzania and Somalia plan to resume direct flights between Dar es Salaam and Mogadishu as part of renewed efforts to deepen diplomatic and economic ties. The announcement was made during celebrations marking Somalia’s 65th...

Perilous journey: A gay Tanzanian man’s quest for freedom across the English Channel
Isaac's realization that he must leave his homeland All Isaac wants is to live freely as himself, a gay man. That aspiration is denied in Tanzania, where homosexuality is taboo and criminalized. A ferocious beating by a group of men that left his...

Tanzania taps Korean model to drive Vision 2050 agenda
Dar es Salaam. Tanzania is looking to strengthen its path toward realising its ambitious Vision 2050 by drawing inspiration and strategic support from the Republic of Korea. At a high-level seminar held on June 29, 2025, development experts,...

No complaints from Ellis in Banyana defeat to Ghana
Banyana finished the tournament in fourth place after the loss to Ghana. Coach Desiree Ellis gave an honest assessment to Banyana Banyana’s surprise loss to Ghana. This after Banyana went down 4-3 on penalties to the Black Queens in a CAF Women’s...

'Education, lifestyle and security': New residents tell why they made UAE move
Globe-trotting residents fuelling a population boom in the UAE have told how new career opportunities, high quality schooling and the prospect of greater financial security and safety prompted them to set up home in the country. Newcomers drawn...
Tanzania stresses fairer financing
SEVILLE: TANZANIA has called for urgent reforms to the global financial and development funding systems to make them more equitable, predictable, sustainable and aligned with the needs and priorities of developing countries. This call was made...
Ronnel Donnelly is living the dream at Women's Africa Cup of Nations
Striker Ronnel Donnelly has already realised two important dreams at the ongoing Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (Wafcon) in Morocco. The 21-year-old earned her maiden Banyana Banyana cap in South Africa’s 2-0 victory over Ghana in their Group C...

2024 Women’s AFCON: We could have scored four against Ghana but we are happy- South Africa Head Coach
South Africa National Women’s head coach Desiree Ellis says she is happy with her team’s result against Ghana despite missing out on the chance to score more goals. 2024 CAF Women’s AFCON defending champions South Africa beat Ghana 2-0 in its...

Online sellers under scrutiny as TRA tightens digital tax compliance
Dar es Salaam. As Tanzania’s digital economy continues to expand rapidly, the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) is stepping up efforts to ensure tax compliance among online businesses and digital entrepreneurs. TRA Commissioner General, Mr Yusuph...
Minister urges writers to portray women as development drivers
ZANZIBAR: ZANZIBAR Minister of Information, Youth, Culture and Sports, Ms Tabia Maulid Mwita, has called on writers and literary artists to highlight the role of women as key agents of development in society. Speaking on her behalf, Ms Fatma Hamad...

Grassroots power: How members reshape Tanzania’s ruling party
Dar es Salaam. The growing influence of grassroots-level voters who play a decisive role in nominating political candidates, popularily known as wajumbe within the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), has gradually but firmly reshaped the party’s...

Women’s AFCON Returns: What To Know Ahead Of The 15th Edition In Morocco
South africa's players lift the trophy as they celebrate winning the 2022 Women's Africa Cup of ... More Nations final football match between Morocco and South Africa at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat on July 23, 2022. (Photo by Fadel...

Tanzania’s new PTS framework set to revolutionise research communication
Dar es Salaam. A new research communication framework developed in Tanzania is poised to transform how researchers disseminate their work, helping bridge the gap between academic findings and real-world impact. Science communication specialist and...
Project for Love Expands Compassion-Based Education in Africa
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - African Media Agency (AMA) - 9 July 2025 - Project for Love, a global education movement rooted in loving-kindness and compassion, is expanding its impact across Africa. Building on its work in South Africa, Ghana,...
Tributes to Theresa Solomon: A legacy of justice and community activism
Tributes have poured in for the Western Cape’s first mayor of colour - a diplomat and founder member of the Mitchell’s Plain Development Action Collective (MPDAC) and former ambassador to Canada and Tanzania - Theresa Solomon, who died at the age...