Tanzania

MINING FEASIBILITY STUDY

The African Development Fund (ADF, part of the African Development Bank group) is expected to give approval this week to [...]

RAY HAINSWORTH

A director of YDK Holdings Tanzania Limited, which controls several [...]

Tanzania Investment Bank and the United States Agency for International [...]

ZANZIBAR MAY GET AN ARMY

The government of Zanzibar has claimed the right to create its own armed forces in the event of an autonomous [...]

NEW PLANES, SAYS ATC

The chairman of the board of management of Air Tanzania Corporation (ATC) has just been to Belgium to meet directors [...]

REGIONAL EARTH SCIENCES PROJECT

The European Development Fund (EDF) has approved a 4.95 million Ecu ($5.8 million) grant for the Eastern & Southern African [...]

ESSO PULLS OUT

Esso is reportedly close to reaching an agreement in negotiations for the sale of the distribution affiliate Esso Tanzania to [...]

STATE OF TRADE WITH EC

Although the general trade tendency for exports from member-states of the Africa-Caribbean-Pacific (ACP) agreement to the European Community has been [...]

BANK AND HOTEL PROJECTS

Two projects for hotels of international standard - one for a Hilton hotel and the second for a Novotel - [...]

MPUNGWE AMI

The man chosen to head the liaison office that the Tanzanian government has just opened in the Republic of South [...]

ISLAMIC MILITANTS IN ZANZIBAR

Renewed activity by Islamic militants has been reported in Zanzibar, with higher attendance at mosques including by the younger people. [...]

POLITICAL COMPETITION IN THE ISLANDS

The recent decision of the president of the Zanzibar government, Salmin Amour, to ban cavalcades of vehicles belonging to the [...]

ESSO HANDS OVER

The petroleum group Esso is on the point of finding a buyer for its petroleum products distribution network in East [...]

State Bank of India and African Development Bank hope to [...]

COAL PROJECT STUDIED

Dar es Salaam has been offered a $3.5 million grant from the African Development Bank for a feasibility study on [...]

LOANS FROM ADB

The African Development Bank (ADB) approved four financial packages for Uganda during the meeting held at the end of October. [...]

THE NEXT LOT OF INTERNATIONAL LOANS

Apart from Mauritius (ION N° 596), several other Indian Ocean and East African countries are likely to see credits granted [...]

The president of Zanzibar, Salmin Amour, told a public meeting [...]

ADB TO BACK THREE PROJECTS

The African Development Bank (ADB) group is poised to co-finance three electricity schemes in the East African countries of Tanzania, [...]