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Monday, October 24, 2016

Tanzania to Export 100,000t of Maize to Zimbabwe




Tanzania recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Zimbabwe for the export of 100,000t of maize in 2016–2017 at USD345 per ton.

Zimbabwe used to import maize from Zambia; however, the Government of Zambia banned maize exports earlier in 2016 due to low supplies of the crop.

According to Tanzania’s Ministry of Agriculture, the country’s production in 2016–2017 is expected to reach 6.3m t against a demand of 5.2m t.

Accordingly, Tanzania consumes 90% of its maize production and exports the rest mainly to Kenya (80%), as well as Somalia, Burundi, South Sudan, Rwanda and Uganda.

Tanzania’s maize production amounted to 6m t in 2015, compared to 4.7m t in 2010, representing an increase of 28%.


 To further increase maize productivity, Tanzania started its first trial for Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) maize, aimed at demonstrating whether the GMO crop can be effectively grown in the country.


Thursday, October 13, 2016

WATANZANIA WAINGIA LIGI KUU YA SWEDEN

Baada ya kupanda daraja Sweden, Kilimanjaro FC kusajili Watanzania

BAADA ya kufanikiwa kupanda daraja, kutoka ligi daraja la saba hadi daraja la sita, Kilimanjaro FC-timu iliyoanzishwa na Watanzania nchini Sweden inakusudia kuongeza nguvu katika kikosi chao kabla ya kuanza kwa msimu mpya wa ligi daraja la 6 nchini humo.

Timu hiyo imeanzishwa kwa lengo la kuwasaidia wanasoka wa Afrika Mashariki siku zijazo kucheza soka barani Ulaya.


“Mikakati yetu ni kujiimarisha zaidi ili ikifika mwezi April mwaka ujao ligi itakapoanza tufanye vizuri zaidi ya ilivyokuwa katika ligi daraja la saba. Malengo yetu ni kutoka daraja la sita twende ligi daraja la tano,” anasema mchezaji wa timu hiyo, Shekhan Rashid nilipofanya naye mahojiano akiwa nchini Sweden.

“Tumejipanga kufanya maandalizi mapema, maana kila kitu kipo sawa, zaidi tunaomba Mungu tu atujalie atujalie uzima. Tutaangalia uwezekano wa kuongeza baadhi ya wachezaji kama watatu ambao ni Watanzania wako hapa Sweden ila hawakuwa na usajili. “

“Usajili wao utatuimarisha maana sasa ni ngumu kusajili mchezaji kutoka Tanzania, sheria hairuhusu. Kuanzi ligi daraja la 3 hadi ligi kuu ndiyo tunaweza kuleta wachezaji kutoka nje,” anasema Shekhan mchezaji wa zamani wa Simba SC, Mtibwa Sugar, Moro United na Azam FC za hapa Tanzania.

“Tunawaomba Watanzania waendelee kutusapoti na tunawashukuru sana kwa sapoti yao maana hii timu malengo yetu ni kuja kuwawekea njia wadogo zetu kurahisha wapate nafasi ya kucheza huku.”
“Kama nilivyokwambia, tukifika kuanzia daraja la tatu tunaruhusiwa kuleta wachezaji kutoka Tanzania kwani tutakuwa katika ligi za kulipwa na itakuwa faida kubwa sana kwa timu yetu ya Taifa.”

“Hakuna kingine, tunafanya hivi kusaidia Watanzania wenzetu. Furaha yangu na wenzangu waliopo huku ni kuja kuona watu wanafaidika na matunda yetu. Mungu atatusimamia kwa hili.”

Thursday, October 6, 2016

Zanzibar kufanyia mabadiliko katiba


Serikali ya Zanzibar imefanyia mabadiliko katiba ili kutoa uwezo kwa Rais wa Zanzibar kuteua wajumbe wa Tume ya Uchaguzi bila kushauriana na kiongozi wa kambi ya upinzani ndani ya baraza la wawakilishi.

Wiz Khalifa Announces BASH Clothing Line Inspired by His Son



Wiz Khalifa wears cool pants and so does his son, Sebastian.
The Taylor Gang rapper has announced BASH, a new fashion line through Junk Food Clothing inspired by his adorable 3-year-old.
“All the designs are based around Sebastian — all of his hobbies and the things that he’s into,” Khalifa told PEOPLE. “I just really wanted it to feel personal to him, so when he sees it, he gets excited. He’s 3 years old, so he might not understand the concept of having his own clothing line. But the fact that all of his favorite things are all over his clothes, it makes him feel special; it makes him entertained by what he’s wearing.”

It’s a natural progression for Khalifa and Bash because both are celebrated for their style choices. “I shop with him a lot, and we match often,” the proud dad explains. “He’s definitely got my sense of style. Everybody tells me how fresh he usually looks, from store-bought stuff, so we’re making his own stuff now.”
Children will be able to rock the line — which includes shirts, sweatshirts, and accessories — and so will their dads. The clothes range from about $35 to $50 in kids and $45 to $80 in men’s. BASH bomber jackets for kids are being sold for $150, while the adult bombers will retail for $250.
Khalifa and ex-wife Amber Rose welcomed Sebastian in 2013.


BASH launches Oct. 15 and will be available at Junk Food’s Venice, Calif. flagship as well as 

Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Break News! TFF yatoa adhabu kwa Simba kutokana na uharibifu wa uwanja wa taifa




Kamati ya bodi ya ligi ya uendeshaji imetoa adhabu kwa vilabu kadhaa kufutia vilabu hivyo kukutwa na makosa mbalimbali.



Kubwa zaidi na lililokuwa likisubiriwa ni kuona hatua gani zitachukuliwa kwa klabu ya Simba kufuatia mashabiki wake kung’oa viti wakati wa mchezo wa ligi kuu Tanzania bara dhidi ya Yanga uliochewa October Mosi kwenye uwanja wa taifa.

Simba imetozwa faini ya shilingi 5,000,000 (milioni tano) pamoja na kulipa gharama za uharibifu wa viti uliofanywa na mashabiki wa klabu hiyo.


Soma taarifa rasmi iliyotolewa na TFF kuhusu adhabu mbalimbali zilizotolewa kwa vilabu vilivyokutwa na hatia katia makosa ambayo vilikuwa vikituhumiwa nayo.

CHINESE AVIATION COMPANY LAUNCHES AFRICAN AIRCRAFT TECHNICAL SUPPORT CENTER IN TANZANIA



Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) has launched a technical field aircraft support center that will provide services to Chinese civil aircraft operators in Africa from its base in Dar es Salaam.
The Chinese aviation company is also in discussions with the Air Tanzania Company Limited (ATCL) to establish a joint venture, provide its technical services and supply spare parts to them and to other local Tanzanian firms. 


According to Milton Lazaro, acting CEO of ATCL, the partnership between the ATCL and AVIC will result in expanded services.

“The alliance between ATCL and AVIC is aimed at enhancing domestic and regional air network within Tanzania and Africa as well as the whole world,” he said, “Through such cooperation, we are very sure that even the number of our aircraft is going to increase and we can expand services.


” The decision to establish an aviation center was reached in October 2014 when the two countries signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen cooperation and bilateral relations between the countries during a visit by Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete to China.


MICROFINANCE SECTOR TO DRIVE HOUSING GROWTH IN TANZANIA




There is an enormous potential for housing microfinance in Tanzania, the Centre for Affordable Housing Finance (CAHF) in Africa indicates in its latest report on Africa’s housing finance markets.
 CAHF attributes the potential to the fact that 41% of Tanzanians who borrow microloans plan to use them for housing construction or improvements.

Nonetheless, Tanzania’s mortgage market is among the smallest in the East African region. According to 2014 Findex, only 4.5% of the adults aged 15 years and above report having an outstanding loan to purchase a home. According to Bank of Tanzania (BOT), the mortgage market recorded an annual growth rate in mortgage loan balances of 45% in 2015.

As at June 30th 2016, total mortgage debt stood at USD219.75m and 3,627 mortgages, compared to December 31st 2015 where the mortgage debt stood at USD164m with 3,390 mortgages. The average loan size as at June 30th 2016 was USD60,586.93, an increase from December 31st 2015 when the average loan size was USD48 364.06.

Typical rates offered by lenders for mortgage products currently vary between 16% and 19%. Given affordability levels, the microfinance sector is especially important in addressing housing supply in Tanzania and is growing steadily.

 Tanzania Housing The demand for housing in Tanzania is estimated at 200,000 houses annually, which results in a current housing shortage of 3m houses. Alternative building materials are being explored as a way to deliver these houses on a rapid scale, according to CAHF.

 The Tanzanian housing demand has been boosted by easier access to mortgages, with the number of mortgage lenders in the market increasing from 3 in 2009 to 21 in 2015.

The average mortgage interest rate in Tanzania fell from 22% to 16% during the same period.




TELECOMS SECTOR REPORT TELECOMMUNICATIONS IN TANZANIA 2016-2017


Tanzania telecoms sector report telecommunications in tanzania include fixed and mobile voice services, Internet, television, and radio.

Executive Summary The telecom sector in Tanzania contributed 2.1% to the country’s GDP in 2014, with USD1b, compared to USD513m in 2009 (+100%).

 Tanzania’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) attributes the growth rate to an increase in airtime used by mobile phone customers and the expansion of broadcasting and internet services.

 In the past 5 years, mobile subscriptions rose by 89%, from 21m in 2010 to almost 40m in 2015 while landline subscriptions decreased by 22%, from 174,511 in 2010 to 142,819, with a teledensity of 79%.
 Internet services’ users in Tanzania reached 17.3m in 2015, compared to only 5.3m in 2011. Table of Contents Tanzania Telecoms History Tanzania Converged Licensing Framework (CLF) Tanzania Telecoms Performances Tanzania Voice Subscriptions Tanzania Mobile Voice Subscriptions Tanzania Landline Voice Subscriptions Tanzania Internet Services Tanzania Fibre Optic Cable Network Tanzania Mobile Internet Network: 4G/3G/2G Services Tanzania Telecom Inclusion Tanzania Mobile Sector Taxation TV Broadcasting Services in Tanzania Radio Broadcasting Services in Tanzania Tanzania Telecoms Outlook Tanzania Telecoms History Before 1993, the Tanzania Posts and Telecommunications Corporation (TPTC) held a monopoly in the provision of communications and was responsible for the regulation of this sector.

 In 1993, the Communications Act was enacted as part of the government’s move to liberalize the communications sector in the country. Since then, the TPTC was split into 3 different entities: the Tanzania Posts Corporation (TPC), the Tanzania Telecommunications Company Limited (TTCL) and the Tanzania Communication Commission (TCC).

 Additionally, the Tanzania Broadcasting Commission (TBC) was established with Tanzania’s Broadcasting Act of 1993.

The main functions of TBC were: issuing broadcasting licenses, regulating and supervising broadcasting activities and maintaining a register of all broadcasters.

To foster convergence of technology and services, TCC and TBC were merged in 2003, to form the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA).


TCRA regulates telecommunications, broadcasting and postal matters in Tanzania, promotes effective competition and economic efficiency, protects the interests of consumers, regulates rates and tariffs, and monitors the performance of the sector. 

TCRA approved in 2005 a new Converged Licensing Framework (CLF), a pioneering move in the African continent, which allows operators to offer any type of services with the technology of their choice with one single license.
 Today, the Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) sector in Tanzania is completely liberalized and competition has grown in mobile cellular services, internet and data communications services.


ZFA yaikaribisha Yanga Zanzibar baada ya kuomba uwanja wa Amaan




Chama cha Soka visiwani Zanzibar ‘ZFA’ kimepokea kwa mikono miwili taarifa za klabu ya Yanga kumuandikia barua Waziri wa Habari, Utalii, Utamaduni na Michezo Zanzibar kuomba kuutumia uwanja wa Amaan kwa mashindano mbalimbali ambayo inashiriki ikiwemo ligi kuu Tanzania bara pamoja na mashindano mengine.
Afisa Habari wa ZFA Ali Bakar ‘Cheupe’ amethibitisha kuiona barua hiyo kupitia mitandao mbali mbali ambapo amesema wao kama ZFA hawana matatizo yoyote na wapo tayari hata baadhi ya michezo ya Ligi kuu Zanzibar kuisogeza hadi saa 12 jioni kuipisha Yanga au Yanga kucheza 12 jioni kupisha ligi kuu ya Zanzibar.
Amesema endapo Yanga wakikubaliwa kuutumia uwanja huo wa Amaa,  ZFA inaikaribisha Yanga visiwani Zanzibar.
“Tumeziona taarifa hizo kupitia mitandao mbali mbali, sisi ZFA tunathibitisha barua hiyo tumeiona, na  sisi kama chama cha Mpira wa Miguu Zanzibar hatuna pingamizi juu ya klabu ya Yanga ambao ni sehemu ya Jamhuri ya Tanzania, sisi tunawambia karibu Zanzibar na tupo pamoja ikiwa watapata ridhaa huko walipoomba,” alisema Cheupe.

Barua hiyo ya Yanga iliyoandikwa na Katibu wao Baraka Deuedit imetumwa moja kwa moja kwa Waziri wa Habari, Utalii, Utamaduni na Michezo Zanzibar huku nakala ikienda kwa Chama cha Soka Visiwani Zanzibar ‘ZFA’.

ETHIOPIA YAFUTA MCHEZO DHIDI YA TAIFA STARS




Shirikisho la Mpira wa Miguu Tanzania (TFF), limepokea barua kutoka Shirikisho la Mpira wa Miguu Ethiopia (EFF), ikielezea juu ya kufutwa kwa mchezo wa kirafiki wa kimataifa uliokuwa ufanyike Oktoba 8, 2016.
EFF imesema kwamba imelazimika kufuta mchezo huo ulikuwa kwenye kalenda ya FIFA kwa sababu za hali ya hewa si rafiki kwa sasa nchini Ethiopia.

Kwa barua hiyo, Kocha Mkuu wa Timu ya Mpira wa Miguu ya Tanzania (Taifa Stars), Charles Boniface Mkwasa atalazimika kuvunja kambi ya timu hiyo ambayo iliweka kwenye Hoteli ya Blue Pear iliyoko Ubungo, Dar es Salaam.
Mchezo huo uliratibiwa kwa mujibu wa kalenda ya Shirikisho la Kimataifa la Mpira wa Miguu (FIFA) ambalo huwa na kalenda ya wiki ya mechi za kimataifa kwa wanachama wake – Tanzania ni miongoni mwao. EFF, ndio walioomba nafasi hiyo.
Ingekuwa ni faida kwa Tanzania kama ingeshinda mchezo huo kwa maana kina alama za nyongeza kama inatokea unaifunga timu mwenyeji.
Matokeo yake yangekuwa ni sehemu malumu kupima viwango vya ubora na uwezo wa timu za taifa. Kwa sasa Tanzania inashika nafasi ya 132 kati ya nchi 205 wanachama wa FIFA zilizopimwa ubora. Ethiopia yenyewe inashika nafasi ya 126.
Argentina inaongoza ikifuatiwa na Ubelgiji anakocheza Mbwana Samatta – nyota wa kimataifa wa Tanzania. Samatta anacheza klabu ya K.R.C Genk inayoshiriki Ligi Kuu ya Ubelgiji. Timu nyingine bora kimataifa ni Ujerumani, Colombia na Brazil.

Katika Bara la Afrika, Ivory Coast ambayo ni ya 34 kwa ubora duniani ndiyo inayoongoza ikifuatiwa na Algeria, Senegal, Tunisia na Ghana

Monday, September 26, 2016

How Eye Contact Alters Our Behavior



There's ample evidence that the gaze of others is highly compelling: We're more attuned to faces whose eyes are trained upon us than faces whose eyes are looking elsewhere. Even newborns pay more attention to faces whose eyes are gazing directly at them than to faces whose eyes are looking off in the distance.
You probably already know this if you've ever been trying to read in a coffee shop or on a subway but suddenly "feel" the stare of a stranger distracting you from your text. (You look up, look back at them, and they usually look away. Unless they're trying to hit on you, in which case they ask what you're reading, whether you come here often, what you're drinking, or where you're headed next, and you spend the next 45 minutes trying to end the conversation so you can finish that chapter.)
Thus the impact of eyes looking at us upon our concentration can work for or against our ability to stay focused. In many cases, us-directed gazes boost our ability to process information related to faces (i.e., concluding that a person is male or female) and enhance our memories of whoever was looking at us. Eye contact can also improve learning in general: A classic study by James P. Otteson and colleagues in 1980 found that young students whose teachers made eye contact with them during lectures had improved recall of verbal material after the class.

When, however, we're trying to focus on something other than a person's face or the information they're trying to deliver by talking to us with an intent stare, eye contact can distract us from non-facial information processing tasks (like that book you were trying to read...).

Other people's eyes also affect our self-awareness: Several studies have demonstrated that feeling looked at inclines people to become more attuned to their own body's physiological responses (heart rate, sweating, and breathing) as well as how they might be perceived by others (e.g., "Does s/he notice I have a toothpaste stain on my t-shirt?"). Mere images of eyes (think: paintings or pictures rather than an actual, IRL person) have even been found to make us act in a prosocial or reputable manner — and such images trump reminders that peers are present and/or will be judging us.
Additionally, we like people (and animated characters) more when these others appear to be engaging us with eye contact. Provided the eye contact is offered in a non-threatening situation, of course. Being gazed at by a potential mate has also been found to increase our attraction to them, so long as that potential mate also looks relatively happy (and/or we really weren't trying to tune out the world and focus on that next great American novel.)

In a recent review of the many powerful effects eye contact has on our behavior, cognition, and arousal levels, researchers Laurence Conty, Nathalie George, and Jari K. Hietanen explain that "direct gaze has the power to enhance the experience that the information present in the situation is strongly related to one's own person." They believe that the self-referential information processing brought about by feeling looked at "acts as an associative 'glue' for perception, memory, and decision-making." This can serve to enhance memory and make us behave more altruistically, they explain, by heightening "the salience of concerns about being a target for others' social evaluation and, consequently, concerns about one's self-reputation." (We do the right thing because we assume we're going to be judged, we're being watched, or, possibly, we just like the person whose gaze looks warm and we'd like to be nice to them out of sheer gratitude for having been favorably noticed.)

The researchers believe that eye contact can and should be used "for therapeutic purposes." They note "that the use of eye contact during therapeutic processes increase the patient’s appraisal of the therapist’s interpersonal skills and effectiveness." Given eye contact's ability to enhance memory for specific context-specific material, they have a hunch eye contact may be particularly helpful for people with Alzheimer's Disease: Alzheimer's Disease (AD), they write, "is characterized not only by memory impairments, but also by psycho-behavioral anomalies that necessarily appear at some point of the disease and impoverish the patient’s relations with others. Interestingly, the processing of eye direction as well as eye contact behavior seems to be preserved in patients with AD. This predicts that the W.E. [Watching Eyes] effects may also be preserved and may therefore be stimulated to improve the quality of social exchange of these patients."

Precautions should be observed, however, in subjecting people with certain diagnoses to excessive eye contact. The gaze of others can trigger intense feelings of shame and other negative self-evaluations in socially anxious individuals, for instance. And people who meet the criteria for borderline personality disorder are more apt to perceive negative emotions in others' facial expressions, potentially inclining them to interpret a kind or innocuous gaze as a threatening (or judgmental) stare.

Additional work suggests that when being confronted or challenged by someone, eye contact can serve to enhance perceived aggression. In fact, a study investigating the role of eye contact in persuasion found that direct gazes impaired actors' ability to change others' opinions, contrary to the assumption that eye contact always works in favor of increasing warm feelings between two people.
Research has shown that most people are comfortable with approximately 3.2 seconds of eye contact from a stranger — more if that stranger seems trustworthy; even more if that stranger later becomes a friend.


All in all, eye contact can have a memory-boosting, prosocial, and stimulating effect. As long, of course, as its wanted by the person being looked at. So if you're trying to use eye contact to your advantage, pay attention to the cues coming from the person you're staring at: If they're returning your gaze, lighting up, becoming more talkative, and straightening their posture or relaxing as you look into their eyes, you're doing great. But if they're shying away, acting nervous, looking annoyed, or they keep trying to turn their attention back towards the book you just distracted them from reading, it's probably a good idea to look (and possibly, go) away. 

Why Some People Get Angrier,More Often Than Others



In the past, I've written that people become angry in fairly predictable circumstances. Specifically, that people become angry when they perceive something as unpleasant, unfair, blameworthy, etc. That's prompted some questions, though, as to why some people get angry more intensely or more often than others. 

As a way of answering that, I'm going to turn to Dr. Jerry Deffenbacher's 1996 model of anger where he outlines how anger results from a combination of the trigger event, the qualities of the individual, and the individual's appraisal of the situation.

Trigger event
To start, let's look at the simplest part of this formula: the trigger event. There is always some sort of event that happens right before someone gets angry that serves as the trigger (e.g., being cut off in traffic, being insulted by a coworker). Typically, people think that their anger is caused by these situations and they say things like, "I got mad because I got cut off by the driver in front of me" or "that guy made me so mad." The implication here is that those events caused their anger directly, and there were no other mitigating factors. Of course, we know that can't be true. If it were, everyone would respond the same way to such situations. In other words, we would all react the same when we were cut off in traffic or when we were insulted.

Individual characteristics
What, then, are the other elements that cause our anger? First, there are the characteristics of the individual--in this case, the person who was cut off or insulted. Here, there are actually two things that matter: personality traits and the pre-anger state. Starting with the personality traits, we know that there are certain characteristics that make people more likely to experience anger (e.g., narcissism, competitiveness, low-frustration tolerance). While an exhaustive review of these personality traits is well beyond the scope of this post, it's perfectly intuitive that a highly competitive person would get angry when cut off in traffic since, to them, driving may be more of a competition with the others on the road. Likewise, a narcissistic person may think of himself or herself as the most important person on the road and be irritated by the other driver for that reason.
The second part of this, the preanger state, includes how the person was feeling physiologically and psychologically right before the situation. When people are tired, anxious, or already angry, they are more likely to respond with anger. Some of this has to do with simple physiological arousal. A nervous person already has an elevated heart rate so doesn't have as far to go to become angry.

Appraisal of the situation
Ultimately, though, whether or not we get angry in response to a particular situation has to do with how we appraise or evaluate the situation. To illustrate this, let me give you an example. About ten years ago, I was seeing a movie with some friends and, even though my friend was well over 17-years-old, he was carded when buying his ticket. The interaction looked like this:
My friend as he handed over his ID: "Are you serious?"
Guy at the counter as he looked at the ID and handed him his ticket: "Sorry, but we are told to ask whenever we are unsure."

That's it. It seemed pretty straightforward to me and, though I recognized that asking for the ID was probably unnecessary, it wasn't much of an inconvenience and it was remedied pretty easily. I thought it was over until we got into the theater and my friend said, "I can't believe that guy! Can you believe he thought I was under 17?!"
That wasn't the end of it either. For the rest of the evening, my friend kept bringing it up, talking about how this guy had tried to embarrass him, how he should be fired, and so on. When I mentioned that it seemed like a simple mistake, he got angry with me, saying, "No one should make a mistake like that!"

I can't tell you why my friend felt so strongly about it. Maybe looking young was personal to him for some reason.  Maybe there was something about how the guy asked for his ID that felt rude to him.  What I can tell you is that our appraisals of the event were very different and his appraisal led to him getting very angry.   

This is what psychologists refer to as cognitive appraisal and it's the cornerstone of Dr. Deffenbacher's model of anger. He argues that we get angry when we appraise a situation as blameworthy, unjustified, punishable, etc. In this instance, my friend had decided that this request was unjustified ("no one should make a mistake like that") and punishable ("he should be fired"). If he'd interpreted the situation a little differently (e.g., "that's a foolish request but it isn't a big deal"), he wouldn't have become so angry.


The important thing to remember about cognitive appraisal is that a person's anger-inducing interpretation or appraisal of a situation isn't necessarily inaccurate. This was an extreme example where my friend and I interpreted the situation in very different ways, and I would never go so far as to suggest that his interpretation was wrong and mine was right. In fact, as I've argued in previous posts, sometimes people are absolutely correct in their appraisal that they have been treated unfairly and, in those cases, anger is a perfectly reasonable emotion to feel.

Top 10 African Air Travel Destinations in 2016



Tanzania is among the top 10 African destinations by international air arrivals for the period January-August 2016.

This was indicated in a recent analysis on international air travel to East Africa by ForwardKeys, a Spanish company focused on traveler data intelligence.
The analysis ranks Tanzania 8th with 3% share of total international air arrivals to Africa.

 South Africa ranks 1st with 13% share, followed by Egypt with 9%, Morocco (8%), Mauritius (5%), Kenya (4%), Algeria (4%), Tunisia (4%), Tanzania (3%), Ethiopia (3%), Nigeria (2%) and other countries in Africa (45%). Olivier Jager, CEO of ForwardKeys, said: “We are seeing a tale of two Africas, with North African countries suffering from political instability and terror activities and Sub Saharan African countries powering ahead […].

” “Looking ahead to the remainder of the year, the picture is highly encouraging for East Africa,” ForwardKeys’ notes. International bookings for travel to East African countries, up to the end of December are 17.3% ahead of where they were at this time last year.

Tanzania Air Transport The total number of air passengers in Tanzania increased by 62% in the past 5 years, from 2.1m in 2010 to 3.5m in 2015, while Tanzania’s cargo handling capacity rose by 7% during the same period, from 23,453t to 25,165t.

The Julius Nyerere International Airport (JNIA), located in Dar es Salaam, is the largest and busiest airport in Tanzania, accounting for over 70% of Tanzania’s air passengers with almost 2.5m in 2015. 

The Kilimanjaro International Airport (KIA), which serves travellers visiting Tanzania’s northern safaris, is the 2nd busiest airport in Tanzania with 780,800 air passengers in 2015.

According to the 2014 World Airport Summit, drivers of Tanzania’s air transport development include the growth of tourism, mining and economic activities.


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Sunday, September 25, 2016

TAIFA STARS KUJIPIMA NA ETHIOPIA




Timu ya Mpira wa Miguu ya Tanzania (Taifa Stars), inatarajiwa kucheza na Ethiopia katika mchezo wa kirafiki wa kimataifa Oktoba 8, 2016.

Mchezo huo utakaofanyika jijini Addis Ababa, umeratibiwa kwa mujibu wa kalenda ya Shirikisho la Kimataifa la Mpira wa Miguu (FIFA) ambalo huwa na kalenda ya wiki ya mechi za kimataifa kwa wanachama wake – Tanzania ni miongoni mwao. Shirikisho la Mpira wa Miguu la Ethiopia (EFF), wameomba mchezo huo ufanyike kwao.

Hii ni faida kwa Tanzania kama itashinda mchezo huo kwa maana kina alama za nyongeza kama inatokea unaifunga timu mwenyeji.

Kocha Mkuu wa Taifa Stars, Charles Boniface Mkwasa atakuwa na nafasi ya kuandaa kikosi chake kuanzia Oktoba 3, 2016 mara baada ya michezo ya Ligi Kuu Tanzania Bara ambako Mwadui itacheza na Azam huku Mbao ikishindina na JKT Ruvu Oktoba 2, mwaka huu kabla ya kupisha kalenda hiyo ya FIFA ya michuano ya kimataifa.

Matokeo ya mchezo huo, ni sehemu malumu kupima viwango vya ubora na uwezo wa timu za taifa. Kwa sasa Tanzania inashika nafasi ya 132 kati ya nchi 205 wanachama wa FIFA zilizopimwa ubora. Ethiopia yenyewe inashika nafasi ya 126.

Argentina inaongoza ikifuatiwa na Ubelgiji anakocheza Mbwana Samatta – nyota wa kimataifa wa Tanzania. Samatta anacheza klabu ya K.R.C Genk inayoshiriki Ligi Kuu ya Ubelgiji. Timu nyingine bora kimataifa ni Ujerumani, Colombia na Brazil.

Katika Bara la Afrika, Ivory Coast ambayo ni ya 34 kwa ubora duniani ndiyo inayoongoza ikifuatiwa na Algeria, Senegal, Tunisia na Ghana.

SIMBA, YOUNG AFRICAN WAPEWA SIKU TATU TU......




Kamati ya Katiba, Sheria na Hadhi za wachezaji imetoa siku tatu kuanzia jana Septemba 24, 2016 kwa viongozi wa klabu za Simba SC na Young Africans SC kukaa chini na kumaliza suala la usajili wa mchezaji Hassan Ramadhani Kessy kwa njia ya mazungumzo ya kuelewana.

Hatua hiyo imefikiwa baada ya mjadala wa muda mrefu kuhusu kesi mbili zilizofunguliwa na Simba mbele ya kamati hiyo inayoongozwa na Mwanasheria Richard Sinamtwa. Kesi ya kwanza iliyofunguliwa na Simba SC ni dhidi ya Young Africans kudaiwa kuingia mkataba na mchezaji Hassan Kessy wakati bado ana mkataba na Simba SC.

Kesi ya pili ni Simba SC dhidi ya mchezaji Hassan Ramadhani Kessy kudaiwa kuanza kufanya mazoezi pia kusajili Young Africans na kwenda nje ya nchi wakati akiwa ndani ya mkataba na Simba SC. Kama hawatafikia mwafaka katika siku tatu walizopewa, mashauri hayo yatarudi mbele ya kamati na kufanya uamuzi kwa mujibu wataratibu, kanuni na sheria zinazoongoza mpira wa miguu Tanzania. Kupitia madai hayo, Simba inataka kulipwa dola 600,000 za Marekani.


Wakati huo huo, kamati imeondoa kifungo cha mwaka mmoja kwa mchezaji George Mpole wa Majimaji ya Songea baada ya klabu hiyo yenye maskani yake Mkoa wa Ruvuma kufikia mwafaka Kimondo FC.

 Pia kamati iliridhia mchezaji Enyina Darlington kutoka Nigeria kuanza kuitumika klabu yake baada ya kukamilisha vibali vya ukazi na kufanya kazi nchini vinavyotolewa na Idara ya Uhamiaji nchini katika Wizara ya Mambo ya Ndani ya Nchi.

Digital Payments Could Increase Tanzania Tax Revenue by USD477m per Year




Digitization of payments could increase Tanzania’s annual tax revenue by at least USD477m per annum, improving the country’s tax to GDP ratio, currently at 12%.

This was indicated in a recent case study on Tanzania’s digitalization of payments by the United Nations (UN) based Better Than Cash Alliance (BTCA).

 The study examines the adoption of Person-to-Government (P2G) and Business-to-Government (B2G) payments in Tanzania.

A digital P2G or B2G payment is defined as a transfer of funds, directly from the account of an individual or business, to the account of the government using a digital channel, instrument or store of value.

The case study calculates that the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) lost nearly USD300m to VAT tax evasion in fiscal year 2014–2015 and another USD177m to the large number of informal businesses outside of the financial and tax system.

 “Digitization of tax payments presents a significant opportunity for Tanzania to make further progress formalizing what is still a highly informal economy, ultimately increasing government revenues,” the study notes.

By digitizing P2G and B2G, Tanzania has already: Empowered its tourism sector by reducing economic leakage from cash payments, such as conservation park entry fees, by over 40%, supporting investment and employment.

Cut bureaucratic inefficiencies, including reducing import customs clearance times from 9 days to less than 1 day.

Increased transparency between citizens and governments, by digitizing tax payments which has provided electronic proof of payments and protects people against fraud. Further expansion of digitalization of payments in Tanzania could be achieved through: Well-structured incentives, like ease of gaining credit based on digital tax history, or discounts have the potential of encouraging payments.

 Enabling risk-based and easier opening of digital accounts which has the potential to include the informal or rural economy and increase government inflows.


Having the necessary payment infrastructure that enables the easy acceptance of various payment instruments and is interoperable across multiple payment channels. Reducing or eliminating digital payment transaction cost to the end user for government payments.


Saturday, September 24, 2016

U.S. Statement at the UPR of Tanzania




The United States acknowledges the Tanzania delegation to the UPR Adoption session.
We welcome the Government’s decision to accept recommendations to fully investigate abuses against persons with albinism and ensure that those responsible for crimes are prosecuted.  We note that violence against persons with albinism continues, although some efforts have been taken to improve respect for albinos’ rights.  

We urge the Government to intensify its efforts to safeguard the rights of these persons and to protect and serve all of its people and populations equally without bias or discrimination.

While we note that the Government formally accepted our recommendation to respect and guarantee the universal right of its citizens in Zanzibar to elect their government through genuinely free and fair elections, we are deeply concerned that respect for human rights and the protection of democracy for all citizens is declining in Tanzania. The Government annulled the Zanzibar election conducted in October 2015 and then held a rerun that was neither inclusive nor representative.  Since the elections, the Government has continued to restrict and limit the space for opposition voices, including a ban on live television coverage of Parliament, closures of several independent media outlets, raids on health service providers, suspensions of several opposition members of Parliament, and an indefinite ban on political rallies and activities including private meetings.

We also note that the Government was still considering our recommendation to ensure that the legal framework and enforcement of laws, including the Cybercrimes Act and other laws affecting members of the media, are fully consistent with the human rights and fundamental freedoms in Tanzania’s Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.  However, we remain deeply concerned that authorities continue to use the Cybercrimes Act of 2015 to arrest individuals for activities protected by the right to freedom of expression.


We urge the Government to cease its rapid back-sliding on human rights and democracy issues and urge progress on implementing the UPR Working Group recommendations over the course of the next four years.

BARUA KUTOKA SAUDI ARABIA,BAKWATA HUENDA IKAFUNGIWA KUPELEKA MAHUJAJI..


ARSENAL KUVUNJA MWIKO WA MUDA MREFU DHIDI YA CHALSE LEO



Arsenal leo wako nyumbani wakiwa na mtihani mzito watakapokuwa wakiwakaribisha mahasimu wao wa jiji la London Chelsea katika mchezo wa EPL utakaofanyika kunako Uwanja wa Emirates saa 1:30 usiku kwa majira ya Afrika Mashariki.

Arsenal wanaingia katika mchezo huu wakiwa na imani kubwa kutokana na kuwa na kikosi imara msimu kunzia upande wa safu ya ulinzi mpaka ushambuliaji ukilinganisha na misimu kadhaa iliyopita.

Taarifa muhimu kwa kila timu
Mshambuliaji wa Arsenal Olivier Giroud leo anaweza kurejea baada ya kukosekana katika michezo miwli iliyopita kutokana na kusmbuliwa na majeraha.

Hata hivyo kiungo Aaron Ramsey bado ataendelea kuwa nje akiunguza jeraha lake la misuli ya paja na kukadiriwa kurudi takriban wiki tatu zijazo.

Kwa upande wa Chelsea, nahodha wao John Terry ataendelea kukosa mchezo wa leo ambao ni mchezo wa tatu mfululizo kufuatia kuendelea na tiba ya jeraha lake la mguu.

Beki mwenzake Mfaransa Kurt Zouma bado ataendelea kubaki nje licha kuwa tayari ameanza mazoezi madogo-madogo.
Kauli za makocha wa timu zote mbili
Kocha wa Arsenal Arsene Wenger juu ya nidhamu kwa timu yake: “Tumeongea kuhusu hilo kwasababu katika michezo miwili iliyopita dhidi ya Chelsea tumecheza tukiwa pungufu.”

“Hivyo mchezo wa leo utakuwa muhimu sana kwetu kupata matokeo, lakini muhimu zaidi kucheza kwa nidhamu kubwa.”
Kocha wa Chelsea Antonio Conte: “Huu ni mchezo mkubwa sana unawakutanisha mahasimu wakubwa. Ni muhimu zaidi kucheza soka safi.

“Zaidi ya hapo baada ya kufungwa na Liverpool kulitufedhehesha. Lakini leo itabidi tupambane sana maana tunafahamu kuwa tunacheza na si tu timu kubwa bali mahasimu wakubwa.”
Dondoo muhimu za mchezo
Head-to-head
  • Chelsea hawajapoteza mechi tisa zilizopita za Premier League dhidi ya Arsenal (wameshinda mara sita, droo mara 3).
  • Chelsea hawajapoteza mchezo wowote kati ya mitano ya mwisho waliyocheza katika Uwanja wa Emirates (ushindi mara 2, droo mara 3) tangu mara ya mwisho walivyofungwa 3-1 Desemba 2010. Na wameruhusu goli moja tu katika michezo yote hiyo.
  • Arsenal wameshinda kupata goli mbele ya Chelsea kwenye mechi sita zilizopita.
  • Katika mechi tano za mwisho dhidi ya Chelsea, jumla ya wachezaji wanne wa Arsenal wamejikuta wakitolewa nje kwa kadi nyekundu.
Arsenal
  • Arsenal wanajiandaa kupata ushindi wao wa nne mfululizo kwenye Premier League kwa mara ya kwanza tangu Oktoba mwaka 2015 walivyoweka rekodi ya kushinda mechi tano mfululizo.
  • Arsenal wamepoteza mchezo mmoja tu kati ya 15 iliyopita (wameshinda mara 8, droo mara nne).
  • Alexis Sanchez ameshindwa kufunga hata goli moja kwenye michezo minne ya ligi akiwa kwenye Uwanja wa Emirates.
Chelsea
  • Kocha wa Chelsea Antonio Conte anaweza kucheza michezo mitatu bila ya ushindi kwa mara ya kwanza tangu mara ya mwisho walivyopata sare nne mfululizo wakati akiwa Juventus Macih 2012.
  • Conte hajawahi kupoteza michezo ya ligi mfululizo tangu Desemba 2009 wakati akiwa Atlanta.
  • Chelsea wamepata clean sheet moja tu kwenye michezo yao ya ligi 12 iliyopita, huku wakiruhusu bao kwenye kila mchezo kati ya michezo sita iliyopita ya ugenini.

  • Diego Costa amefunga magoli matano kwenye michezo mitano ya Premier League msimu huu, akifunga kwenye kila mchezo kati ya mitatu iliyopita.

Friday, September 23, 2016

Mauaji ya Watu Weusi Yaendelea Katika Mji wa Marekani


Gavana wa jimbo la North Carolina ametangaza hali ya hatari katika mji wa Charlotte, wakati ghasia zinaendelea kufuatia polisi kumuua mwanamume mweusi.
Ghasia zilizuka kwa usiku wa pili baada ya kuuawa Keith Lamont Scott kwa kupigwa risasi na afisa mweusi Jumanne.
Muandamanaji mmoja yupo katika hali mahututi baada ya kuzuka ufyetulianaji risasi baina ya raia, maafisa wa mji walisema.
Bwana Scott was ni mwanamume wa tatu raia wa Marekani mwenye asili ya kiafrika kuuawa na polisi katika wiki moja.
Mauaji haya yamesbabisha maandamano makubwa katika siku za hivi karibuni



Polisi ya kupmabana na fujo imetumia gesi ya kutoa machozi walipokabiliana na mamia ya waandamanj. Idara ya polisi inasema maafisa wake wanne wamejeruhiwa.
Awali Gavana wa North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory amesema ameanzisha jitihada kutuma jeshi la ulinzi na maafisa wa polisi wa trafiki kusaidia kukabiliana na maandamano hayo.
"ghasia zozote zinazoelekezwa dhidi ya raia wetu au maafisa wa polisi au kusababisha uharibifu wa mali hazikubaliki," alisema.
Waandamanji wana hasira kuwa bwana Scott, mwenye umri wa miaka 43, ameuawa na Polisi Jumanne mchana katika hali ya kutatanisha karibu na eneo la makaazi.

Bank of Tanzania (BOT )to Add Interest Rate to Monetary Policy Instruments



The Bank of Tanzania (BOT) will add interest rates to its monetary policy instruments by the end of 2016.

The announcement was made by Johnson Nyela, Economic Research and Policy Director at BOT, on September 14th 2016.

Nyela indicates that BOT is in the final stages of the process of adopting interest rates as an instrument for conducting monetary policy.

The use of interest rates as monetary policy instrument involves altering base interest rates, which ultimately determine all other interest rates in the economy.

The base rate is the interest rate at which the Central Bank lends money to commercial banks.

 Currently (2016), the BOT monetary policy instruments include Open Market Operations (OMO) for government securities, as well as purchase of foreign currency and minimum reserve requirements. Through OMO, BOT buys and sells government securities in the open market to expand or contract the amount of money in the banking system.

BOT 2016–2017 Monetary Policy Targets BOT’s 2016–2017 monetary policy targets include 20.5% annual growth of private sector credit, up to 14.8% annual growth of M3 (broad money supply), up to 13% annual growth of average reserve money, and maintaining adequate levels of gross official reserves.

 Gross official reserves include BOT’s holdings of external assets, available to the Bank for direct financing of balance of payments.

BOT’s 2016–2017 monetary policy also aims at keeping inflation close to 5%. August 2016 inflation decreased to 4.9%.


Thursday, September 22, 2016

Tests Prove Tanzania Graphite High Quality





Australian graphite developer Kibaran Resources (ASX:KNL) announced that latest tests prove the high quality and commercial value of graphite from its Epanko project in Tanzania.

The tests further indicate that the Epanko graphite is suitable for usage in cutting-edge technologies.
“These results are important because not only will they help determine optimum processing routes, but they will also assist in maximizing sales prices,” Kibaran’s press release indicates. “They will also help underpin studies to expand Epanko’s planned production capacity by 50% to 60,000 tonnes a year of graphite concentrate.
” Kibaran recently started studies on expanding the production capacity of the Epanko Graphite Project by 50% from 40,000 tons per annum (tpa) of graphite concentrate to 60,000tpa. Kibaran decided to start the expansion studies after securing binding agreements covering all of the project’s 40,000tpa forecasted production.
 Kibaran already has binding agreements for 20,000tpa with German company ThyssenKrupp, 10,000tpa with European graphite trader and 14,000tpa with Japanese trading giant Sojitz. Tanzania Graphite
Tanzania’s largest graphite deposits are located in the central and east southern regions of the country.

Graphite discoveries in Tanzania come mainly from Australia based graphite developers, Magnis Resources (ASX:MNS), Volt Resources (ASX:VRC) and Kibaran Resources (ASX:KNL).


TIC Plan to Attract USD5b FDI to Tanzania by 2020





The Tanzania Investment Centre (TIC) plans to attract USD5b Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) to the country by 2020 to boost its economic growth.

The announcement was made by Clifford Tandari, Chief Executive at TIC during the 2nd TIC Editors Forum held in Dar es Salaam on August 17th 2016.

To achieve its goal of attracting more FDI to Tanzania, TIC is currently working on updating investment laws and policies.

In order to ensure that foreign investors are aware of the investment opportunities available in Tanzania, TIC is conducting business-to-business investment forums.

During a recent interview with TanzaniaInvest, Clifford Tandari said: “We recently held the Tanzania-India business forum and the Tanzania-Poland business-to-business forum to promote FDI from these countries.” He added: “We are currently focused on promoting investments in manufacturing, agriculture—where the majority of Tanzanians are involved – real estate, construction, infrastructure, tourism, and hospitality.” There are several fiscal and non-fiscal incentives available to investors interested in Tanzania.

 Fiscal incentives include tax exemptions on capital goods. Non-fiscal incentives relate to immigration visas and residency permits.

Tanzania FDI
Tanzania Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) net inflows rose by 13% from USD1.8b in 2010 to USD2.04b in 2014. In 2015, FDI net inflows in Tanzania decreased by 34% to USD1.5b from USD2.04b in 2014. According to the 2016 World Investment Report of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), low commodity prices depressed FDI inflows in natural resource based economies across Sub Saharan Africa.


However, over the past 2 years Tanzania remained the first recipient of FDI in East Africa.


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