DEOGRATIUS Ernest, 32, moved to Tanga last year. He is a sociologist and has built a network which covers public hospitals and a number of schools in Tanga region, reaching out to people living with disabilities. Ernest, a graduate of St Augustine University, studied medical anthropology before joining CCBRT in July 2010.
THE art and science of beekeeping is as old mankind. Over the centuries it is still carried out in a relative traditional manner worldwide. Scientific research findings have established that a modern approach to honey production is the easiest and most efficient way of eradicating poverty.
RECENTLY during a casual conversation with a colleague, he confessed how for the first time in his life he went into a pharmacy and asked for sanitary ware, which he wanted to buy for his wife. The three lady attendants looked at him in bewilderment. A moment later they all burst out laughing.
Expectation is that by December, this year, negotiations for the East African Community (EAC) monetary union protocol may be complete, ready for signing. This is the third stage of the integration roadmap. It is another stage of the region’s integration process spearheaded by the European Central Bank in collaboration with the EAC secretariat.
Maritime piracy was once thought to be a thing of a bygone age. Unfortunately it has resurfaced in recent years and poses a serious threat to both crew and property on the high seas. For countries like Tanzania, it also poses a serious threat to existing and potential future investments.
PEACE of the country and its slow economic growth are walking what observers see as a tight rope placed in the people’s path by the vice of corruption.
IN a region characterized by many cases of domestic violence or human rights violation, it is important for people to learn defensive mechanism to deal with such situations.
BACK in May 2009, when a commuter bus started roaming the streets of Dar es Salaam, with the word “Daladala” written all over it, some people might have thought it was just a passing phase.
ST. Augustine University of Tanzania (SAUT) in Mwanza, north of the country, celebrated the nation’s 50th independence anniversary last year with a bold programme of expansion that showed a satisfactory past and signalled a hopeful future. Established over a decade ago, the university now has nine constituent colleges and three centres in the country.
