Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Tanzania has received the first shipment of 1,058,400 doses of COVID-19 vaccines donated by the US government. The vaccines delivered through the COVAX arrangement arrived at the Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salam on July 26 under the watchful eyes of Donald …
Read More »COVID-19: President Samia Hassan to get vaccinated
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | THE INDEPENDENT | Tanzania’s new position on containment of COVID-19 gains momentum tomorrow when President Samia Suluhu Hassan receives her first Coronavirus jab. It will mark the launch of the COVID-19 immunization campaign in Tanzania, a country that a few months questioned measures being taken worldwide to …
Read More »Tanzania steps up measures against COVID-19
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Xinhua | Tanzanian health authorities on Sunday announced measures aimed at reinforcing precaution against COVID-19 amid a surge of cases in the third wave of the pandemic. Abel Makubi, the permanent secretary in the Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children, announced suspension …
Read More »Uganda eyes new terms as Kenya – Tanzania ‘economic fight’ rages
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Experts believe Uganda could benefit from the East African Region “economic war” between the two local giants, Kenya and Tanzania. A fight for Uganda’s cargo has emerged in the past two years, with Kampala seeking to take advantage of the war, by tabling new conditions. Apart …
Read More »Plan to modernize Dar es Salaam completed
Dar, Tanzania | Xinhua | Preparations for a new master development plan aimed at improving and modernizing Tanzania’s congested commercial capital of Dar es Salaam has been completed, a senior official said Saturday. William Lukuvi, the minister for Lands, Housing and Human Settlements Development, said the new master plan will …
Read More »Tanzania onboard with EAC Information Portal
Arusha, Tanzania | THE INDEPENDENT | Four of the six East African Community (EAC) countries now have fully operational Trade Information Portals, TIPs, following the launch of another by Tanzania. Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda already have operational portals, while the Burundi TIP is still under development and is expected to …
Read More »Uganda revitalizes water transport to boost regional trade
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has reopened the Central Corridor to transport cargoes across Lake Victoria from the Tanzanian town of Mwanza to the Ugandan capital Kampala, transport authorities said on Wednesday. “The revitalization of the Central Corridor after many years of inactivity is a clear testimony of Uganda’s …
Read More »COVID-19: Tanzania’s SBL offers 2 billion to support bars, eateries
Serengeti Breweries Limited (SBL) unveils an over 2billion fund to help bars fight against communicable diseases in Tanzania, including COVID-19 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | THE INDEPENDENT | Serengeti Breweries Limited (SBL) today announced a programme worth over 2.3 billion TSH ($990,000) to support bars and eateries in Dar es …
Read More »Tanzania wants new EAC rules
Experts say regional body is ‘club of suspicious people’ Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | President Samia Suluhu Hassan of Tanzania’s recent call for the evaluation of the East African Community legal instruments to reflect current times has elicited mixed reactions among regional analysts. When President Suluhu recently met top …
Read More »East African mulls COVID-19 economic recovery plan
Nairobi, Kenya | XINHUA | The East African Community (EAC), a regional economic bloc, is planning to develop a COVID-19 economic recovery plan to help the region rebuild from the negative effect of the pandemic.Juvenal Ndimurirwo, director of finance for the EAC Secretariat, told a virtual meeting Friday that the …
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