ECONOMICS & BUSINESS
by Paul Gooday Municipalities in Dar and Tanga to raise capital through DSE Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange (DSE) Chief Executive Moremi Marwa has said that the time has come for the municipalities...
View ArticleFOREIGN RELATIONS
by David Brewin Tanzania and the EAC Three East African Community (EAC) member countries (Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda) continue to forge ahead in signing agreements and strengthening their relations,...
View ArticleCONSTITUTIONAL DEADLOCK
by Enos Bukuku Throughout March and April the Constitutional Assembly (CA), the body tasked to come up with a final draft Constitution, was marred by divisions between two informal coalition groups...
View ArticleTOURISM & ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
by Mark Gillies Poaching This dry season, tourist tales are of long day drives spent looking for elephant. Some find large groups clustered tightly; others are unlucky and return home without seeing...
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WHO SUPPORTS CCM/CHADEMA?
by Ben Taylor As the Tanzanian political scene gears up for the 2015 presidential and parliamentary elections, CCM remain in a strong position, despite a growing challenge from Chadema. But who exactly...
View ArticlePOLITICS
by David Brewin Yet another political party As if Tanzania did not have enough political parties – there are twenty – there is now another one! This party, now going through the processes of official...
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MOBILE MONEY
by Ben Taylor Mobile money has revolutionised financial services in East Africa, starting with M-Pesa in Kenya and spreading from there. All Tanzania’s major mobile phone networks offer similar...
View ArticleWWI EAST AFRICA – THE RETURN OF THE COHORT
We’re a very tiny army, as armies go to-day, Just an army of the Tropics and beginning to decay. We thought you had forgotten us-so long we’ve been away. We’ve most of us had fever or a tropical...
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WORLD WAR I IN EAST AFRICA “WHO CARES ABOUT NATIVE CARRIERS?”
by Ben Taylor On 8 August 1914, the Royal Navy bombarded the German wireless relay station in Dar es Salaam. War had broken out in Europe just days earlier, and already it had come to East Africa. In...
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TA ISSUE 109
TA 109 cover features photo of Water Camp on Mikesse (near Morogoro) -Ruwu (near Kahe)road, December 1916. Imperial War Museum photo Q15412 World War I in East Africa “who cares about native carriers?”...
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