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Kwala Port to boost trade in central corridor
Daily News Tanzania
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August 4, 2025
DAR ES SALAAM: TANZANIA continues to cement its position as a regional transport and logistics hub with the grand launching of Kwala International Logistics Centre in Coast region aimed at facilitating smooth clearance of cargo at the Dar es...
TCRA: Tanzanians’ call costs to EAC member states drop 61pc in three months
The Citizen
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Dar es Salaam. The cost of phone calls from Tanzania to other East African Community (EAC) member states fell by 61 percent between April and June this year, following the implementation of a regional agreement to make communication more...
East Africa Humanist Seminar: A Gathering for Growth and Action
Pressenza
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August 10, 2025
From August 15 to 22, a regional seminar will be held in Eldoret, Kenya to contribute to the training and strengthening of humanist action in East African communities. The initiative, launched by humanist activists from Kenya and Iceland, will...
KCB, Equity race to prop up Tanzania subsidiaries
Zawya
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Equity and KCB, the two publicly listed banks and the largest in East Africa, maintain a stiff ri- valry in regional operations: they currently share five markets: Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and South Sudan....
Ethiopia’s Green Legacy in the Eyes of Foreign Officials
Ethiopian News Agency
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By Gosaye Feyisa Launched by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in June 2019, Ethiopia’s Green Legacy Initiative (GLI) has grown into one of the world’s largest reforestation efforts. With over 40 billion seedlings planted and a target of 54 billion by...
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, June 2025
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
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August 5, 2025
Explanatory Notes Goods (Census basis) Data for goods on a Census basis are compiled from the documents collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and reflect the movement of goods between foreign countries and the 50 states, the...
EAC records $0.8 billion trade surplus as exports surge
The Citizen
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Arusha. The East African Community (EAC) has made a dramatic turnaround by posting a trade surplus of $0.8 billion in the first quarter of 2025, as exports surge. The bloc recorded $4.0 billion trade deficit during the same period last year,...
Round Table in Awaza Highlights Science and Technology as Key to Prosperity for Landlocked Nations
News Central Asia
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August 6, 2025
On 5 August 2025 the first interactive thematic round table was held on the sidelines of the Third UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries. The event was themed “Structural transformation, diversification, and science, technology and...
Demanding ecological justice is a form of worship
The Standard
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When First Lady Mama Rachel Ruto planted a tree during a tree planting exercise in Kakamega. [File, PCS] In the beginning, God created everything, plus man, who was then entrusted with stewardship of creation. This took six days, the Bible says....
Translating peace into shared prosperity in the Great Lakes region
Mail & Guardian
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August 8, 2025
In the DRC, around 74% of the population lives in extreme poverty, living on less than $2.15 per day. Photo: Alexis Huguet/AFP After more than three decades of conflict in eastern Congo, fuelled by over 100 armed groups, there is finally a glimmer...
EAC posts 1.98tri/- trade surplus
Daily News Tanzania
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August 8, 2025
ARUSHA: THE East African Community (EAC) recorded a trade surplus of 0.8 billion US dollars (about 1.98tri/-) in the first quarter of 2025, compared to a trade deficit of 4.0 billion US dollars (about 9.9tri/-) during the same period in 2024....
These Countries Eat the Least Meat, and Here’s What We Can Learn From Them
Sentient Media
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July 31, 2025
As the environmental costs of industrial meat production become increasingly undeniable, reducing global meat consumption has never been more urgent. But although global meat consumption has been on the rise for over half a century, some countries...
WFP lauds Tanzania’s transport reforms, cites $93 million injection into local economy
The Citizen
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Dar es Salaam. The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has commended the Tanzanian government’s ongoing investments in transport and logistics infrastructure, including the launch of freight train services via the Standard Gauge Railway...
Who’s who at the plastics treaty talks, from delegates to lobbyists
Grist Magazine
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August 8, 2025
As delegates from around the world have negotiated a global plastics treaty over five sessions since 2022, alliances have emerged among nations, across civil society, and throughout the private sector. Some countries have banded together in...
The economies “linked to the field” of Africa are proven to lead the prosperity of the continent
The European Times
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August 9, 2025
“We hold at a central moment, which marks a deep passage to consider these nations as isolated and constrained by geography to recognize them as economies linked to dynamic land at the heart of the socio-economic resurgence of Africa,” said Samuel...
CCTTFA hails Samia’s vision for regional transport transformation
The Citizen
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Kwala, Coast Region. The Central Corridor Transit Transport Facilitation Agency (CCTTFA) has commended President Samia Suluhu Hassan for her visionary leadership that is steadily turning Tanzania into a premier regional transport and logistics...
Africa’s ‘land-linked’ economies poised to drive continent’s prosperity
Media Monitors Network
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August 8, 2025
“We stand at a pivotal moment, one that marks a profound shift from viewing these nations as isolated and constrained by geography to recognizing them as dynamic land-linked economies at the heart of Africa’s socio-economic resurgence,” said...
Traders assured of inclusion in Chinese-built business centre
The Citizen
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Dar es Salaam. The government has moved to reassure Tanzanian traders that the new East Africa Commercial and Logistics Centre, developed through a partnership with Chinese investors, will not displace local businesses but will instead offer...
Swahili Soundtracks: Tanzanian Artists Take Bongo Flava Global
The Citizen
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Once seen as a regional rhythm, Bongo Flava is now firmly establishing itself on the global music map. With its Swahili lyrics, genre-crossing collaborations, and powerful digital traction, Tanzania’s homegrown sound is rapidly becoming a major...
More oxygen for Africa-China higher education collaboration
University World News
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AFRICA-CHINA China and Africa are deepening collaborations between their universities and they have resolved to increase the number of institutions of higher learning involved in partnerships between the two regions across various fields of study....