The 20th Tanzania Economic Update (TEU) shows that accelerating a fertility decline has the potential to enable the country to reap the benefits of a demographic dividend, which refers to how improved health and reduced fertility can drive economic growth. When a country experiences better health outcomes and fewer births, …
Two people have been confirmed dead while hundreds of others have been rendered homeless in Tanzania's southwest district of Kyela following a continuous downpour that hit the area for almost one week, officials said on Thursday. Kyela District Commissioner Thea Ntara told Xinhua in a telephone interview that several houses …
Nairobi — Tanzanian and Kenyan conservationists have partnered with a US-based university to source for DNA material for 200 species of bird and animals highly targeted by poachers for commercial purposes. The partnership between the Kenya Forest Service, Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute, Sokoine University of Agriculture in Tanzania, National Museums …
Tanzania is planning a $300 million energy project that will see it export electricity to Kenya within the next two years. The project is being financed by the African Development Bank (AfDB). Tanzania Electric Supply Company (Tanesco) deputy managing director Deckian Mhaiki told The EastAfrican that part of the project …
Inadequate electricity services pose a major impediment to reducing extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity in Sub-Saharan Africa. Simply put, Africa does not have enough power. Despite the abundant low-carbon and low-cost energy resources available to Sub-Saharan Africa, the region’s entire installed electricity capacity, at a little over 80 GW, …
Cholera has killed 320 people and infected over 20,000 in Tanzania since the outbreak erupted in August last year, the health minister said on Monday. Ummy Mwalimu expressed concern over the increasing number of cholera cases, describing the outbreak as "the worst since 1978". "As government, we've tried to sensitize …
KAGERA Regional Commissioner Salim Mustapha Kijuu has directed councils in Muleba, Bukoba, Biharamulo, Ngara, Karagwe, Kyerwa and Misenyi to ensure that each plants at least 1.5 million trees each year in bid to preserve the environment. According to him, the region plans to plant 12 million trees annually. 0 Comments …
The objective of the study was to explore trends in socioeconomic disparities and under-five mortality rates in rural parts of the United Republic of Tanzania between 2000 and 2011. Original Source
The Babati District Commissioner (DC), Mr Crispin Meela, confirmed the number of affected victims, loss of properties including destroyed homes, submerged farms and livestock that include goats, sheep and chicken. However, no death has been reported so far. Mr Meela explained here that they have already reported the matter to …
Elephant poaching in northern Tanzania's wildlife sanctuary, Tarangire National Park, has gone down for the past two years, a senior park official said on Sunday. Park tourism officer Geoffrey Mboma said that killing of elephants in the park for their tusks has been largely contained, and between July 2014 to …
Tanzania is working on a new security strategy that will help curb poaching of elephants and other crimes against wildlife within and outside protected areas. The Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism Jumanne Maghembe said the new security strategy will involve training a special force that will be equipped with …
The Geita District Administrative Secretary, Mr Gasper Kanyairita, told the ‘Daily News’ that the victims’ death came a few months after authorities warned over the safety of the pit. Mr Kanyairita said an operation conducted as soon as the calamity was reported managed to save four miners who were rushed …
Daudi Nangole sits under a huge baobab tree, watching his herd of cattle drink from a dam in Ikolongo village - a place that until recently was a no-go area for pastoralists. The 56-year-old herder, his family and their 73 cattle, sheep and goats traveled several kilometers to reach the …
Global demand for agricultural and forestry products fundamentally affects regional land-use change associated with environmental impacts (EIs) such as erosion. In contrast to aggregated global metrics such as greenhouse gas (GHG) balances, local/regional EIs of different agricultural and forestry production regions need methods which enable worldwide EI comparisons. The key …
Imagine a country the size of India without power. No electric lights, mobile phones, radios crackling with cricket or televisions blaring Bollywood hits. Its economy would be medieval: tailors without electric sewing machines; metalworkers without power lathes; farmers without water pumps. Everyone would rush to finish work by sundown. Nights …
There are an estimated 500 million smallholder farming households globally, who comprise a large proportion of the world’s poor living on less than $2 a day. In CGAP’s Smallholder Diaries, researchers met with 270 smallholder farmers in Mozambique, Pakistan, and Tanzania every two weeks for a year to understand their …
Since the origins of agriculture, the scale of human cooperation and societal complexity has dramatically expanded. This fact challenges standard evolutionary explanations of prosociality because well-studied mechanisms of cooperation based on genetic relatedness, reciprocity and partner choice falter as people increasingly engage in fleeting transactions with genetically unrelated strangers in …
Moshi — Kilimanjaro Regional Commissioner (RC) Mr Amos Makalla has ordered Moshi Rural District to ensure it plants 1.5 million trees this year. Mr Makalla reminded Moshi District authorities and the district council that this was the national target and wondered why there were no serious efforts to beat the …
Owners of firearms living near wildlife reserves have developed a partnership with poachers by lending the latter guns to illegally kill animals, investigations by the police force have revealed. Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ernest Mangu told reporters in Dar es Salaam on Tuesday that to fight the alliance between …
MORE than 40,000 people have been diagnosed with various types of cancer in the country and only 10 per cent of the victims have started medication at Ocean Road Cancer Institute (ORCI) in Dar es Salaam. 0 Comments Among those screened at ORCI, results indicate that 80 per cent were …
Africa: South Africa Recognized for Progress in Malaria Fight Statistics indicate that annual malaria deaths in Africa have decreased from an estimated 764,000 in 2000 to 395,000 in 2015. According to a press statement issued yesterday by the Executive Secretary of the African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA), Ms Johannah-Joy Phumaphi, …
