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 Entrepreneurs from the Mandela Washington Fellowship, part of President Obama’s Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI), will be returning home with $1,250,000 in seed capital awarded by the U.S. African Development Foundation (USADF). This year’s 50 winners from over twenty countries, including Tanzania, will be using these funds to launch or grow their business ventures to tackle social problems. These young leaders are already creating jobs, solving social issues with business solutions, and impacting thousands of Africans in their communities. On Monday, August 1, the 2016 YALI Entrepreneurship winners were officially announced at an awards dinner hosted by USADF.

According to McKinsey 7 Company’s report, ‘Lions on the Move: The Progress and Potential of African Economies’, Africa’s combined Gross Domestic Product will be $2.6 trillion by 2020.
China’s massive growth has been one of the greatest stories over the past several decades.
But the Chinese economy certainly isn’t the only one posting huge growth rates.
Africa is on the move and according to McKinsey 7 Company’s report, ‘Lions on the Move: The Progress and Potential of African Economies’, Africa’s combined Gross Domestic Product will be $2.6 trillion by 2020. The report further says that “Africa’s consumer spending by 128 million households with discretionary income is expected to be around $1.4 trillion.”
According to the Economist Corporate Network (ECN), the past twenty years, the center of the global economy has been shifting from the developed to the developing world. Today, growth rates in developing economies are many times higher than in developed economies. Sub-Saharan Africa, in particular, is one notable case in point. In 2015 Sub-Saharan Africa’s GDP is expected to grow at 4.5%, making it the fastest-growing economic zone in the world, outpacing Asia’s regional average of 4.3% annual growth.
Africa is world’s greatest sources of raw materials used in different parts of the world. That alone puts Africa at the forefront in terms of growth prospects in future. This however, depends on various variants like technological advancement, bureaucracy, corruption, skills shortages and personal safety and regulatory environment.
Based on the forecasts from the World Bank’s Global Economic Prospects, we have compiled a list of 6 countries with the highest projected compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) from 2014 through 2017 based on the forecasts from the
These countries are certainly not the most developed ones, but their economic progress is praiseworthy.

6. Rwanda

Rwanda’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increased from 4.7% in 2013 to 7.0% in 2014. This year, Rwanda’s GDP is expected to rise to 7.5%. This positive outlook comes 20 years after Rwandan Genocide which paralyzed the country’s economy.  Over the years, the East African country has become a success story with unity and reconciliation forming part of reason for its fast growth.

Rwanda is doing everything possible to reduce bottlenecks in transport, and energy infrastructure to bolster economic growth.

Moreover, tourism sector and remittances have continued to remain strong foreign exchange earners. This is according to African Economic Outlook 2015 report for Rwanda.

The report continues to argue that “Improved weather conditions and sustained investments in agriculture are expected to drive further growth in the agriculture sector”. Agriculture sector remains the leading source of revenue for the developing economy.

Moreover, the just released World Bank’s annual “Doing Business 2016” puts Rwanda as 2nd easiest country in Africa to do business in Sub-Saharan Africa and first in Eastern Africa.

Doing Business say that getting access to credit in Rwanda is not comparable to any other economy in Africa as it comes as second best in the world after Georgia.

In summary, here is Rwanda’s GDP outlook:

2015 GDP: +7.00%

2016 GDP: +7.00%

2017 GDP: +7.50%

2014-2017 GDP CAGR: +7.12%

Economy: 90% of the population works in subsistence agriculture, while tourism, minerals, coffee, and tea round out Rwanda’s economy. Though the country has taken significant steps forward since the 1994 genocide, 45% of the population still lives below the poverty line.

Source: World Bank, 

5. Tanzania

As of 2014, Tanzania had an estimated population of 47.4 million. International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group (WBG) among other development partners have supported the East African nation to make important economic and structural reforms and sustain its economic growth rates.

Despite looming poverty in the country, the new political leader, President John Magufuli is a promising change to the country. He is already in the process of minimizing the country’s overspending by cutting cost of unnecessary government spending.

According to WBG, by 2014 the gross domestic product of the country stood at 7.0% with the main contributors being; trade, construction, agriculture and transport sectors.

Here is a look into the country’s GDP:

2015 GDP: +7.20%

2016 GDP: +7.10%

2017 GDP: +7.10%

2014-2017 GDP CAGR: +7.15%

Economy: Tanzania has recently seen high growth rates because of gold production and tourism. The economy also runs on telecommunications, banking, energy, and mining, as well as agriculture. In terms of per capita income, however, the country is one of the poorest in the world.

Source: World Bank, 

4. Mozambique

Coal production has contributed to the steady growth of Mozambique. Moreover, there have been large infrastructure projects as well as credit expansion driving the economy, African Economic Outlook says.

The World Bank further argues that the country’s emerging extractive industry could be the driving force for Mozambique to become a middle-income country by 2025.

African Economic Outlook shows that Mozambique’s GDP is growing by 8.1% since last year.

Relative peace in the country after many years of civil war and the discovery of natural gas are promising factors for the growth of the economy in the past and in future, if the status quo remains.

Here is a summary of the country’s GDP:

2015 GDP: +7.20%

2016 GDP: +7.30%

2017 GDP: +7.30%

2014-2017 GDP CAGR: +7.30%

Economy: Mozambique has attracted large investment projects in natural resources, which means the country’s high growth rates should continue. Some analysts believe that Mozambique might be able to generate revenues from natural gas, coal, and hydroelectric capacity greater than its donor assistance within five years.

But the vast majority of the country works in subsistence agriculture, and over half the population remains below the poverty line.

Source: World Bank, 

3. Cote d’Ivoire

African Economic Outlook (AEO) indicates that the growth rate of Cote d’Ivoire will grow steadily this year following the estimated growth of 8.3% in 2014.

Last year, the government took important steps to reduce political tension as well as foster reconciliation and social cohesion.

By 2020, AEO estimates that the country will have achieved its goal to become an emerging nation.

With the help of IMF, the country has been able to collect more taxes and control government spending which has lowered the budget deficit including grants.

Here’s a summary of the country’s GDP:

2015 GDP: +8.00%

2016 GDP: +7.70%

2017 GDP: +7.50%

2014-2017 GDP CAGR: +7.80

Economy: About two-thirds of the population works in agriculture-related industries. The country is the world’s largest producer and exporter of cocoa beans and is also a major player in the coffee and palm-oil industries.

2. Democratic Republic of the Congo

By 2014, Congo’s GDP doubled from 3.3 in 2013 to 6.0%. This was brought about by the rebound in oil production (60% of gross domestic product [GDP]) and the strong performances in the non-oil sector, supported by continued public investment, according to AEO.

In 2015, DRC registered its highest economic freedom score in the 2015 index.

IMF states that the “overall growth is projected to average about 3 percent per annum during 2015–20, as oil production is projected to peak in 2018 following the coming on stream of a new oil field. Non-oil growth is projected to slow to around 3 percent in 2015–16, as public investment spending contracts and mining projects are delayed due to the uncertain global outlook for iron ore”.

GDP summary for the country is as follows:

2015 GDP: +8.00%

2016 GDP: +8.50%

2017 GDP: +9.00%

2014-2017 GDP CAGR: +8.62%

Economy: The Democratic Republic of Congo has huge natural-resource wealth, which it hasn’t been able to efficiently monetize because of systemic corruption, conflict, and political instability. That said, its economy is slowly recovering since the tumultuous 1990s.

Source: World Bank, 

1. Ethiopia

According to the Gates Foundation’s report dubbed “One foot on the ground, one foot in the air”, compiled by the Overseas Development Institute, the agriculture sector has enhanced the growth and development of Ethiopia. Specifically, the sector has helped cut poverty by 7% between 2005 and 2011, despite having the lowest human development in the 1990s.

To boost productivity, Ethiopia is “Maintaining teams of agronomists across vast rural areas to boost productivity by recommending best agricultural practices and scientific innovation,” the report continues.

“Further, a doubling of Ethiopia’s road network in two decades, has allowed more farmers to bring their produce to market,” said the report.

On average, Ethiopia’s economy is growing at 10% a year and it is expected to double within the next seven years. This means that by 2025, it will have grown to a middle-income nation. This is as reported by World Bank.

Ethiopia’s GDP in summary:

2015 GDP: +9.50%

2016 GDP: +10.50%

2017 GDP: +8.50%

2014-2017 GDP CAGR: +9.70%

Economy: Ethiopia’s economy is mostly agriculture-based, but the government has made a push to diversify into manufacturing, textiles, and energy generation. But while the country has seen and (per the World Bank) will continue to see high GDP growth, per capita income remains ones of the lowest in the world.

As Theresa May takes over as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, a new visa regulations have been written and this ruled out visa requirements for citizens of Commonwealth member countries.
As per this revision of the visa regulations, all citizens of Commonwealth nations of which Uganda, Nigeria is among no longer require visas when traveling to the UK for a period of six (6) months.
However, people wishing to stay for longer than six months are still required to obtain visas.
People traveling to take up courses longer than six months as well as those settling with their families are also required to obtain visas.

Business visitors are also eligible to travel without visas.

Wasani ni AY,Mwana FA,Ben Pol,Barnaba,,Linex,Msami, Mc Pilipili,Galatone,Glorious Worship Team Concert hiyo itakayo fanyakaukumbi wa DAR LIVE 13,Aug,2016 kuanzia saa 12!@jioni 

The Source ni jarida maarufu kwa hip hop na limekuwa na heshima kubwa kwa muda mrefu. Kiba
atakuwa mmoja wa wasanii wachache sana wa Afrika kuwahi kuandikwa kwenye jarida hilo.
Ameshare habari hiyo njema kwenye mtandao wa Instagram.
“The 1st Bongo Flava artist in history to be featured in the THE SOURCE MAGAZINE! I’m proud to place BongoFlava on cover feature of the number #1 MusicMag on the Planet,” aliandika msanii huyo wa Sony Music.

Hata hivyo hajasema makala yake itatokea kwenye toleo la mwezi gani.
The Source hutoka kila mwezi na kuandika zaidi habari za hip hop, utamaduni na siasa na lilianzishwa mwaka 1988. Ndio jarida la rap lililodumu kwa miaka mingi zaidi.

Dirisha la usajili kwa timu zinazoshiriki Ligi Kuu ya Vodacom Tanzania Bara, Ligi Daraja la Kwanza la StarTimes na Ligi Daraja la Pili msimu wa 2016/2017 lilifungwa saa 6.00 usiku wa Jumamosi Agosti 6, 2016.
Hadi dirisha linafungwa, timu kadhaa hazikuwasilisha kabisa usajili wake licha ya kukumbushwa kwa njia mbalimbali na uongozi wa Shirikisho la Mpira wa Miguu Tanzania (TFF).


Usajili wa msimu huu ni kama msimu uliopita kwamba unafanyika kwa njia au mfumo wa mtandao unaoitwa Transfer Matching System (TMS) ambao (server) yake au chombo chake cha kutunza kumbukumbu kipo Makao Makuu ya Shirikisho la Kimataifa la Mpira wa Miguu (FIFA) - Uswisi.

Kwa kawaida mfumo huu upo chini ya FIFA na TFF hutoa taarifa kwa FIFA tarehe ya kufungua dirisha la usajili na kufunga.

Mfumo huu uhusisha pande tatu ambazo ni klabu, shirikisho (TFF) na FIFA. Kimsingi kazi ya usajili hufanywa na klabu ambako inajaza fomu kwa njia ya mtandao na hupakia viambatanisho kama vile mikataba ya wachezaji na picha za wachezaji.

Zoezi hili hufanywa na Meneja Usajili wa klabu husika wakati shirikisho hufanya kazi ya kuhakiki na kuidhinisha tu na FIFA huratibu na kuusimamia mfumo mzima. 

Kabla ya kutangaza kufunguliwa kwa dirisha la usajili hapo Juni 15, 2016 Shirikisho liliandaa kozi ya mafunzo ya usajili kwa klabu zote 64 zikiwa ni 16 za Ligi Kuu ya Vodacom Tanzania Bara; 24 zitakazoshiriki Ligi Daraja la Kwanza la StarTimes na timu 24 zitakazoshiriki Ligi Daraja la Pili msimu wa 2016/2017.

Baadhi ya timu hazikutuma wawakilishi, lakini ziko zilizofanya jitihada za kuomba usaidizi kwa kufika ofisini TFF kuomba usaidizi wa kufanya usajili na zilifanikiwa. Kwa Young Africans, licha ya kuwa hapa Dar es Salaam, haikuomba usaidizi wowote na hata walipokumbushwa kuhusu suala la usajili, hawakujibu kitu.

Young Africans ambao ni mabingwa wa Ligi Kuu Tanzania Bara mara mbili mfululizo msimu wa 2014/2015 na 2015/2016, ni moja ya vilabu ambavyo havikutuma mwakilishi kwenye kozi iliyofanyika Uwanja wa Taifa kwa siku tatu mfululizo ikigusa wawakilishi wa madaraja ya Ligi Kuu, Ligi Daraja la Kwanza na Ligi Daraja la Pili.

Meneja wa TMS wa Young Africans ni Katibu Mkuu hakuwahi kupata mafunzo ya TMS.

Hivyo sasa klabu zote ambazo hakuzituma usajili wake, hazina budi kuandaa utetezi utakaokwenda TFF ambao utatumwa FIFA yenye mamlaka ya kufungua dirisha, na utetezi huo ukikataliwa timu husika inabidi ishuke daraja ambalo halimo kwenye usajili wa mfumo wa TMS.


TFF kwa sasa inasuburi barua ya utetezi wa klabu ambazo hazikukamilisha zoezi la usajili ili iutume FIFA. Sambamba na hilo TFF inatathimini mwenendo mzima kisha itatoa taarifa kwa FIFA ili kuangalia namna gani ya kushughulikia maeneo yaliyokuwa na upungufu kwa sasa na baadaye. 

Should Police chief Gen Kale Kayihura appear before Makindye Chief Magistrate's court on August 10, he will have to step aside from his office until the case is heard and disposed of, insider police sources have said.

Afrika Kusini iliyopania kupata ushindi kwao, kwenye Dimba la Dobsonville, Soweto jijini Johannesburg, imeshindwa kutamba mbele ya vijana Watanzani Serengeti Boys baada ya kutoka sare ya bao 1-1 katika mchezo wa kwanza wa kuwania nafasi ya kucheza Kombe la Mataifa Afrika.
Wenyeji walikuwa wa kwanza kupata bao lililofungwa na Luke Gareth kwa penalti baada ya mchezaji mmoja wa Serengeti Boys kumfanyia madhambi ndani ya 18 Gareth katika dakika ya 65. Lakini dakika ya 70, Ally Msengi aliisawazishia Serengeti Boys bao pia kwa penalti iliyotokana na Beki, Sechaba Makoena kushika mpira ndani ya eneo la hatari. Mwamuzi wa mchezo alikuwa William Koto kutoka Lesotho.
Kwa matokeo ayo nimwanzo mzuri kwa upande wa timu ya serengeti boys ambayo italazimika kusubi duru ya pili itakayo chezwa hapa Tanzania.
Mchezo wa marudiano utachezwa Agosti 21, kwenye uwanja wa Azam Compolex, Chamazi, Dar es Salaam. Endapo Serengeti Boys itafanikiwa kuitupa nje ya mashindano timu ya vijana ya Afrika Kusini, itatinga hatua ya mwisho ya mchujo kabla ya kufuzu kwa ajili ya fainali hizo.

BUNDA, MARA: Madiwani wa CCM katika jimbo la Bunda wamekataa kupokea madawati yaliyotolewa na Mbunge Ester Bulaya wa CHADEMA.
- Inadaiwa wameyakataa sababu yalikuwa yameandikwa majina ya Mbunge huyo.

Over the past month, Zimbabwe has seen an unprecedented wave of protests against longtime president Robert Mugabe. Since June, Zimbabwe has witnessed protests demanding that Mugabe’s government respect human rights and fix the sinking economy.
 On Wednesday, several people were injured as police dispersed a protest in Harare against the government’s plan to introduce its own bond notes in October in response to a persistent cash shortage.
Protest leader
Pastor Evan Mawarire has emerged as a leader of the demonstrations under the banner of the #thisflag movement. In a video posted on the social media Thursday, he said the protests will take a new shape Saturday in Bulawayo during the Zimbabwe-New Zealand cricket match."When the 36th over starts, you and I are going to stand up as a sign of saying for 36 years [of Mugabe’s rule], we have been quiet, but now we are standing up

The economic situation continues to agitate people. Some Zimbabweans have called for all borders to be shut on Monday to force Harare to lift restrictions of imports introduced last month.

The Government of United State of America (USA) has charged Ghana to end modern day slavery immediately or face the consequences of her lackadaisical attitude towards the fight against the crime.

Leo Agosti 5, 2016, michezo ya 31 ya Olimpiki itafunguliwa rasmi jijini Rio nchini Brazil. Tanzania itakuwepo!
Katika michezo ya mwaka huu, Tanzania itawakilishwa na wanamichezo saba; wanariadha wanne, waogeleaji wawili na mwanajudo mmoja. Timu ya Tanzania inakwenda Rio kinyonge tena kwa mafungu mafungu huku nyuso za mashujaa wetu zikihadithia simulizi tofauti na ndimi zao. Ndimi zimeahidi medali lakini nyuso zimekataa. Tanzania inasikitisha!
Hii ni tofauti na ilivyokuwa miaka 40 iliyopita, 1976, siku moja kabla ya ufunguzi wa michezo ya Olimpiki. Tanzania ilikuwa Tanzania kweli kweli. Tanzania ilikuwa moto!
Siku hiyo ilikuwa Julai 16, 1976, siku moja kabla ya kufunguliwa rasmi kwa michezo ya 21 ya Olimpiki huko Montreal Canada, (kama ilivyokuwa jana, siku moja kabla ya ufunguzi wa Olimpiki ya Rio) dunia ilipata mtikisiko kwa kauli moja tu kutoka Tanzania, “HATUTASHIRIKI OLIMPIKI MWAKA HUU”. Tanzania ilikuwa thabiti.
Kauli hiyo iliyotolewa na Ikulu ya Magogoni, ilipeleka mwangwi dunia nzima na kuzua mtikisiko mkubwa uliopelekea mataifa 28 ya Afrika na mengine matano kutoka nje ya Afrika, kuitikia wito wa Tanzania wa kususia michuano hiyo. Kati ya mataifa hayo, 20 yalikuwa tayari yameshawasili Montreal lakini yakaitikia wito wa Tanzania na kurudi majumbani kwao. Tanzania ilisikilizwa. Tanzania iliheshimika!
Tido Mhando, mtangazaji wa kipindi cha michezo RTD wakati huo, ambaye alikuwa asafiri na timu ya Tanzania, anakumbuka vizuri tukio hilo.
“Tulikuwa tumejiandaa vizuri. Tanzania ilikuwa na timu ya wachezaji zaidi ya 40 akiwemo Filbert Bayi ambaye alikuwa nyota mkubwa kabisa duniani. Wakati huo, ukiwataja wanamichezo maarufu duniani, utamzungumzia Muhammad Ali kwenye masumbwi, Yohan Cruyff kwenye mpira na Filbert Bayi kwenye riadha. Na kwa kuwa hao wengine hawakushiriki Olimpiki, Filbert Bayi ndiyo alikuwa nyota mkubwa zaidi kwenye Olimpiki hizo”. Tanzania iliheshimika. Tanzania iliogopewa!
Kwa maelezo ya Tido, Bayi alitoka kushinda medali ya dhahabu ya michezo ya Jumuiya ya Madola huko Christchurch New Zealand 1974 ambako aliweka rekodi ya dunia ya mbio za mita 1500 akitumia muda wa dakika 3 na sekunde 32.16, rekodi ambayo imedumu mpaka sasa. Kikubwa hapa hakikuwa tu rekodi bali mtindo alioutumia kuiweka…Bayi alikimbia kwa kasi ileile tangu anaanza mpaka anamaliza akimuacha mpinzani wake wa karibu, John Walker, aliyekuwa uwanja wa nyumbani. Tanzania ilitikisa!
“Nikiwa kama mtangazaji wa michezo, nilipewa taarifa kwamba kuna kikao kikubwa cha serikali kikiongozwa na Rais, Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere, kujadili hatima ya Tanzania kwenye olimpiki hizo. Hayupo aliyejua kwamba kikao hicho kitatoka na kauli gani hivyo mimi binafsi kama mwanahabari na wanamichezo washiriki tuliambiwa tuwe tayari tayari kwa lolote. Baadaye zikaja taarifa kwamba serikali imeamua kutoshiriki. Taarifa hizo nikazi-break mimi kupitia kipindi changu cha michezo na hapo hapo zikasambaa duniani. BBC na mashirika mengine makubwa duniani yakaninukuu….kilichofuata baada ya hapo ni hasara kubwa kwa jiji mwenyeji la Montreal. Wanamichezo zaidi ya 300 walijiondoa na kusababisha michezo mingi kufutwa”. Anakumbuka Tido Mhando ambaye sasa ni afisa mtendaji mkuu wa Azam Media.
Kisa cha Tanzania kususia michezo hiyo ni kupinga kitendo cha kamati ya kimataifa ya Olimpiki, IOC, kuiruhusu New Zealand kushiriki Olimpiki hizo ilhali ilikiuka maagizo yake ya kuitenga Afrika Kusini kutokana na sera zake za ubaguzi wa rangi.
Afrika Kusini ilitengwa na IOC tangu 1964, lakini timu ya taifa ya ragga ya New Zealand (All Blacks) ilifanya ziara ya kirafiki nchini humo. Kitendo hicho kilitafsiriwa kama kupuuza maagizo ya dunia ya kuitenga Afrika Kusini.
Tanzania kama kinara wa kupinga ubaguzi, ilikuwa ikisubiriwa itakuja na tamko gani…hatimaye tamko likatoka na kuitikiwa barabara.
Tanzania iliyokuwa na nyota mkubwa kabisa, Filbert Bayi, ilikuwa ikitazamwa kama moja ya mataifa yatakayong’arisha Olimpiki hiyo.
Jaribu kuifikirikia Tanzania ya sasa yenye timu ya wanamichezo saba tu. Wanamichezo wenye majina madogo, siyo tu kimataifa bali hata kitaifa. Siyo ajabu katika watu kumi, ni mtu mmoja pekee akawa anawajua wawakilishi wetu.
Tanzania hii inaweza kweli kutoa kauli itakayoitikiwa na umma wa kimataifa?

Tanzania hii inaweza kweli kichukuliwa kama moja ya mataifa yatakayong’arisha michezo hiyo?