Govt and Airtel fail to strike deal on sale of telecom firm BHARTI AIRTEL Ltd and the Tanzanian government have failed to reach a deal on the purchase of 35 per cent stock of the Tanzania Telecommunications Company Ltd (TTCL) after two rounds of talks.
Tanzania lures investors with 10-year tax breaks, sets aside land for cities Investors who put their money in infrastructure development in Tanzania’s Special Economic Zones (SEZs) will be exempted from paying tax for 10 years.
Africa govts on course in provision of family planning services African countries are driving progress and delivering on the promises they made on family planning, a summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia has revealed.
Africa must benefit from its vast natural wealth Africa’s political economy is deeply ingrained with the history of the exploitation and (mis)management of its mineral and natural resources.
White beaches and dodgy bus conductors Paje is about a 40-minute drive from Stone Town. I slept most of the way and woke up when we reached a police stop. The taxi driver handed them a receipt that I assumed was proof of payment of a...
Ibrahim prize will stay uncollected — for a while None of the African leaders who have left office in the past three years deserve to be considered exceptional role models for leadership on the continent.
Five billionaires, 55 million paupers Impressive economic growth and a large and growing consumer goods market in East Africa have pushed five businessmen from the region to the list of Africa’s 55 richest billionaires, whose...
Growing unemployment raises risk of political, social upheavals in EA East Africa is one of the regions in Africa most vulnerable to political and social upheaval due to the rising unemployment that has defied impressive economic growth, a new study shows.
A pocket unfriendly sport The motorcycle competition known as the Motocross, has been spreading gradually across the region, particularly in Kenya and Uganda.
In Kenya, owning a house remains a fantasy for most The high demand for formal housing in Kenya is fuelling price hikes, locking out potential buyers and denying the sector funds to reinvest in order to increase supply.
