TFDA rural programme for sale of drugs takes root

The Tanzania Food and Drugs Authority [TFDA] has expressed optimism that plan by the government to extend the Accredited Drugs Dispensing Outlets [ADDO] programme country-wide will be achieved as planned. This follows successful implementation of the project in four regions, according to TFDA Director General, Margreth

9/11: Debunking the Myths

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CNBC Africa to launch next year

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The Dark Side Of Nyerere’s Legacy, By Ludovick. S. Mwijage

TO ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO WERE, AND REMAIN INCARCERATED THROUGHOUT AFRICA, MY HEARTFELT THANKS FOR THEIR SUPPORT FOR DEMOCRATIC FREEDOM AND HUMAN RIGHTS AND MY SON, MUSHOBOZI, WITH THE SINCERE WISH THAT HE WILL, IN TIME, LIVE IN A HOMELAND GOVERNED WISELY AND WELL BY DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED LEADERS. CONTENTS Mbabane, Swaziland 1

The ascendancy of YouTube

One of the biggest stories of 2006 has to be , the website (http://www.youtube.com) where anyone can upload digital content to the Internet. In August of 2005, YouTube claimed 58,000 visitors; one year later the site boasts 20 million unique visitors in August. In June, more

Tanzania seeks investments from Vietnamese enterprises

The visiting prime minister of the Republic of Tanzania, Edward Lowassa, has encouraged Vietnamese companies to invest in his country. Farming and food processsing were two of Tanzania’s priority sectors, said Lowassa, who spoke at a Viet Nam-Tanzania Economic Forum held by the Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) and the Tanzania Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture in HCM City yesterday. He said Vietnamese companies could also invest in tourism. “I believe we can cooperate for mutual prosperity,” said Lowassa. The Tanzania chamber of commerce has invited the VCCI to send a business delegation to Tanzania to seek business and investment. The director of Tanzania’s Investment Promotion Centre, Emmanuel Ole Naiko says that exports to Tanzania from Viet Nam rose from US$2.1 million in 2004 to US$16.5 million in 2005. Exports from Tanzania to Viet Nam increased from US$1.8 million to US$2.3 million in the same period. Major exports from Tanzania to Viet Nam are cotton, edible fruits, wood and animal products while Viet Nam’s exports are mainly rice, garments, electronic components and computers.

USA honors Maasai tribesmen for 9/11 cattle gift

ENOOSAEN, Kenya (AFP) – Hundreds of cheering and ululating Maasai thronged the US ambassador to Kenya as the United States formally reciprocated their extraordinary September 11 condolence offering of cattle. ADVERTISEMENT Clad in traditional red cloaks, scarves, headdresses and earrings, tribesmen and women turned out in droves to welcome the envoy in this dusty speck of a village in remote southwest Kenya that captured America’s imagination with their

Cost of registering new business in Tanzania drops

A new global business survey by the World Bank has discovered that the cost of registering new business in Tanzania has dropped by 40 percent. This rare plus comment from the Bank cites reduction in licensing requirements, introduction of an electronic customs clearance system and implementation of risk-based inspections of cargo at ports as factors which have jointly worked to improve the country’s business image. ”As a result, customs clearance times dropped from 51 to 39 days for imports, and 30 to 24 days for exports” the report says. Recently, Tanzania also cut fees associated with transferring property by 3 per cent and revisited its company law to improve the situation. It ranks Tanzania as one of the most reforming countries which have succeeded in reducing red-tapes and other bottlenecks which discourage business growth. This year the country ranked 147th country in comparison to its last year position of 175, this being an improvement of 8 points. The survey, which was conducted across 175 economies, has come out with Tanzania and Ghana as being the 10 top reformers on the ease of doing business. According to the report, the 10 top reformer countries in order are Georgia, Romania, Mexico, China, Peru, France, Croatia, Guatemala, Ghana and Tanzania.