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Tanzania: several Telecom officials charged with fraud

June 8, 2018 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Tanzanian prosecutors on Thursday charged two chief executives of mobile phone companies and four other suspects with fraud. The move is part of a crackdown […]

Nine lions poisoned in Tanzania, 17 since 2015

June 6, 2018 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Tanzania’s National Parks spokesman Pascal Shelutete on Tuesday said about nine lions at the world famous Serengeti National Park have been poisoned. Officials of the […]

Online Freedom: Tanzania’s govt wins court case against bloggers, activists

May 30, 2018 Steven Addamah 0

Tanzania’s government has won a court case about online content regulations against bloggers and activists in the East African nation, local media reported. The regulation, […]

Swahili becomes first native African language to get Twitter recognition

May 9, 2018 Geraldine Boechat 0

Social media platform Twitter has officially recognized the use of Swahili as a language on the platform. It became the first African language to achieve […]

AfDB to launch 12 new projects to support SMEs in 6 African countries

March 28, 2018 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

The African Development Bank (AfDB) will launch twelve new projects to support agribusiness SMEs in 6 African countries, The Bank said in a statement. The […]

South African Shoprite eyes Kenya entry

February 28, 2018 Steven Addamah 0

South African retailer giant, Shoprite Holdings, will open seven prime shopping malls in Kenya in the coming months, the firm’s chief executive, Pieter Engelbrecht said. […]

Indian telecom operator Airtel shapes Africa exit plan

February 14, 2018 Geraldine Boechat 0

India’s biggest mobile carrier Bharti Airtel Ltd, which owns telecom assets in 14 African countries, on Wednesday said it is looking at a potential initial […]

Tanzania: Catholic Bishops accuse President Magufuli of harming democracy

February 12, 2018 Steven Addamah 0

The Catholic Bishops in Tanzania Sunday denounced the violations of democratic principles and freedom of expression by President John Magufuli’s administration. In a pastoral letter, […]

Zambia-Cholera: church services & street vending banned, protests erupt

January 12, 2018 Steven Addamah 0

Residents in a slum in Lusaka, Zambia’s capital, are violently protesting over a regulation imposed to control the spread of a cholera epidemic in the […]