un offers mil 420 for casava processing

The United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) has pledged 420m/- to improve a cassava processing factory run by the Frederic and Jocelyne Scheer African Starch Development Company Limited (FJS) in Bungu Village in Tanzania’s western region.   FJS is a US-based foundation that promotes creative projects to generate sustainable employment in Tanzania.   The funds will be used as working capital and for new machinery aimed at raising cassava-flour production to sustain food security, create jobs, steady farmers’ revenue and improve their livelihoods.    According to FJS, one of the main...

GVT PRIVATE SECTOR TEAM UP TO ADRESS SHORATEGE OF NURSES

The Deputy Minister for Health, Gender, Elderly and Children, Dr Khamis Kigwangala  The government is working with the private sector to address a massive shortage of nurses and midwives which now stand at 51 per cent.   Dr Khamis Kigwangala, the Deputy Minister for Health, Gender, Elderly and Children, announced yesterday in Dar es Salaam during the inauguration ceremony...

Mbowe unveils shadow cabinet, skips Zitto Kabwe

Comments Chadema national chairman and Opposition leader in Parliament Freeman Mbowe announces the shadow cabinet line-up in the National Assembly in Dodoma, yesterday. (Photo: Mpoki Bukuku)  Kigoma Urban MP Zitto Kabwe missed out in the shadow cabinet as official opposition leader in the National Assembly, Freeman Mbowe unveiled it yesterday.   Despite...

Expert advocates 2-month regular cancer screening

Tanzania Academy of Sciences (TAAS) Chairperson Prof Esther Mwaikambo  Tanzania Academy of Sciences (TAAS) Chairperson Prof Esther Mwaikambo has cautioned Tanzanians to be more concerned about their health by going for cancer screening after every two months.   She was speaking in Dar es Salaam yesterday when commemorating World Cancer Day at Kairuki Memorial Hospital...

Over 7,000 youths to benefit from 3-year ICT project

 More than 7,000 youths from secondary schools and vocational training colleges are expected to benefit from a three-year project on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Entrepreneurship Skills being executed by World Vision Tanzania.   World Vision Project Coordinator, Nengarivo Teveli told the press on Thursday in Dar es Salaam that such skills would prepare youths to employ themselves and also be able to solve other social challenges after graduating.   The project, dubbed Cycle of Transformation expected to cover 25 schools and vocation colleges, was being funded by the...

Standard gauge railway, an elusive dream?

The Minister for Finance and Planning, Dr Philip Mpango  THE highly anticipated construction of the central railway line to standard gauge remains a pipe-dream as the government yesterday made it clear that the project is too costly.   The Minister for Finance and Planning, Dr Philip Mpango told the National Assembly that the $ 7.6 billion project (Sh15 trillion)...

Army rubbishes enemy collusion claims in DRC

TPDF spokesman Col Ngemela Lubinga The Tanzania People’s Defence Forces (TPDF) yesterday denied allegations by a United Nations (UN) group of experts that it colluded with the enemy on its peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).   Speaking to The Guardian yesterday, TPDF spokesperson Col Ngemela Lubinga rubbished the claims, describing them as...