WHEN seen on arrival by air, Mafia Island doesn’t appear to be much more than a crescent-shaped splash of green off the eastern coast of Africa. Slightly smaller than New York City, the verdant island, 20 miles from mainland Tanzania, is densely covered in coconut trees, with nothing but green flora visible in the interior and just a few intermittent stretches of white sand breaking up the coast.
STUDIES on irrigated agriculture conducted in the early 1980s by the Rufiji Basin Authority (RUBADA) recommended wetland rice as the main crop for both large scale and small scale irrigation.
USUALLY when you think about health, the first thing that comes to your mind is sick patients and a trip to the hospital. For other people, their current health status requires them to take medication daily without fail. Does health in general always have to border on the state of being unhealthy and not vice versa?
A SEVEN day visit in Dar es Salaam by Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) regional patron, Mr Abdulrahman Kinana marked a new beginning in charting out strategies to strengthen the party. Among the issues covered during the tour led by the veteran politician, a member of the National Executive Committee (NEC) - was fair nomination of party candidates at all levels and involvement of youths in the party’s leadership.
A FOUR-DAY meeting organised by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Dar es Salaam is deliberating on and identifying priority areas for a five-year research initiative funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to be implemented in the country.
OPPORTUNITIES for collective ownership of Tanzanite mines located in Simanjiro district, Manyara region have opened wide as Richland Resources Ltd, the company that owns Tanzanite One Mining Limited works on the final stages of listing on the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange (DSE).
ISALU High School located in Hai district, Kilimanjaro region caters for Tanzanian youths who are less privileged and missed opportunities to join government schools. “We care for children hailing from poor families who are talented and want to pursue Advanced Level secondary education.
