By The Citizen ReporterMore by this Author Dar es Salaam. NMB Bank Plc has won the ‘Safest Bank in Tanzania Award’ for the year 2020. This is thanks to its concerted efforts at maintaining stability and profitability amid the global Covid-19 pandemic battle.Listed with the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange…
By Rosemary Mirondo @mwaikama rmirondo@tz.nationmedia.comDar es Salaam. AnuFlo Industries has launched a health app that supports women in the menstrual and reproductive health stakes.The Hedhi App is a menstruation tracker that enables young women to speak privately with gynaecologists.The free app - which is the first to be in ki-Swahili…
By THE CITIZEN TEAMTanzania's main election rivals, President John Magufuli and Tundu Lissu, have turned attention to specified local challenges for voters in a bid to win support in their final rounds of campaigns.On Wednesday, Lissu, the Chadema presidential candidate reiterated his call for a large turnout of voters when…
By John Namkwahe and Alfred Zacharia @TheCitizenTZ news@tz.nationmedia.comDar es Salaam. Chadema presidential candidate Tundu Lissu yesterday said if elected Union President, he will ensure a Constitution is written with a view to reducing too much power vested in the Head of State.He reiterated that his administration would embrace the rule…
As the world celebrated International Day of Rural Women on October 15 this year, the East African Community took the opportunity to roll out an online platform designed to empower women with functional entrepreneurship. For starters, International Day of Rural Women was established by the UN General Assembly in its…
By Richard CallandSouth Africa’s former Public Protector, Thuli Madonsela, provoked a political storm recently when she suggested that public servants implicated in grand corruption should be given the chance to apply for amnesty.Many South Africans, weary of rampant, unchecked and unaccountable corruption, could be forgiven for asking: what on earth…
By Charles MakakalaBy 2050, the population of Africa would have doubled to reach 2.5 billion. That means, out of every five children born in the world, two will be born in Africa. This is a staggering fact which has serious implications politically and economically.One of the biggest questions is how…
By Jacob Mosenda @Jmosenda mjacob@tz.nationmedia.comDar es Salaam. Tanzania’s National Electoral Commission (NEC) has announced an extension of the swearing-in of poll agents by two days until October 23.Director of Elections Dr Wilson Mahera announced the decision on Wednesday October 21, at a meeting involving NEC officials.Mahera said the move was…
By Alfred Zacharia @azacharia azacharia@tz.nationmedia.comDar es Salaam. You can now buy your Air Tanzania Company Limited (ATCL) ticket via Airtel Money, thanks to a partnership deal between the national carrier and Airtel Tanzania.ATCL currently has several local destinations and six international destinations from Dar es Salaam to Entebbe in Uganda,…
Balochistan, Pakistan. Pro-independence Baloch leader, Dr Nizar Baloch said that the assassination of Hayat Baloch shows how Pakistan Army continues to target Baloch youth and the future of the nation.“Pakistan has employed multipronged aggression to keep the Baloch youth at bay from getting an education, which includes the colonial system…