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Mosquitoes are most dangerous species on Earth. The deadliest insect causes 1 million death every year by transmitting dangerous malaria disease. Mosquitoes carry malaria germs from one place to...
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TMGOF Centre of Extracts of Information for Extractive Industry and TMGOL Sponsor of Tomorrow in tapping Local Content Opportunities 18 January 2016 Dear Mr. President John Pombe...
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Wavuvi wanaofanya shughuli zao katika bahari ya hindi wanatumia milipuko hatari na ambayo hairuhusiwi katika kuvua samaki. Wanatumia mabomu ya chupa yaliyoweka mafuta ya taa na aina fulani mbolea...
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Scientists in Tanzania have discovered a new kind of bacterium which is causing sporadic outbreaks of infections among newly born babies at Bugando Medical Centre(BMC) in Mwanza. The new...
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Rights activists in Tanzania have condemned the decision of a district commissioner to lock up civil servants for coming to work late. Paul Makonda ordered police in the Kinondoni area of the...
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Co. to be split into generation, transmission, distribution Tanzania to invest $1.2 billion in co. over 10 years Tanzania’s government plans to sell shares in the state-owned power utility to...
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US-based Symbion Power LLC, is currently looking for partners in the construction of a $1.3 billion (about Sh2.7 trillion) power plant in Mtwara that will see Tanzania exporting electricity to a...
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The Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) has imposed a 1.2-million-euro fine on the Tanzania-based Federal Bank of the Middle East (FBME), citing the bank's failure to comply with anti-money laundering...
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As drought continues to cripple its hydropower plants, Tanzania is struggling to produce enough electricity – and is moving toward using more fossil fuels to make up the shortfall. Hydropower...
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The future alternative to the traditional electric utility may emerge first in Tanzania. The East African nation has developed the best system of regulating and spurring off-grid power systems...
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Toshiba Corp. will work with Tanzania Geothermal Development Co. to promote geothermal power generation and human resources development in the African nation. The two companies have concluded a...
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Among the geographically and culturally diverse countries from Khartoum to Cape Town, the two top rice producing countries are Madagascar and Tanzania with 2.5 million tonnes and 1.4 million...
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Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) interim service providers have assured the Tanzanian government and Tanzanians at large that preparations for commencement of operations expected next month are going on...
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Petra Diamonds has recovered an extremely rare 23.16 carat pink diamond from its Williamson mine in Tanzania. The pink diamond – one of the most highly coveted of all the coloured stones...
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South African bank agrees to pay sum for former London unit now known as ICBC Standard Bank in UK's first deferred prosecution agreement A former unit of South Africa's Standard Bank based in...
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Millicom has arranged with an undisclosed international bank that will provide a $100 million five-year credit facility for the deal Dar es Salaam. Millicom International Cellular that trades as...
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Trade between Tanzania and India during the first eight months of this year reached US$2.5 billion, which was about 67 per cent of the total trade volume in 2014, figures from The Indian High...
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Tanzania has solar resources equivalent to Spain's, and potential for wind power exceeding that of California, according to initial renewable energy mapping studies. These findings will be...
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To his neighbours, Paulo Sergio was an affable man in his 40s who liked gardening. But to Brazil's police, he is the biggest bank robber in the South American country's history who set up a...
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Earlier today High Education Students loans Board (HESLB) released forth and last phase of loans applicants for academic year 2015/16. Total number of applicant?s secured loan for the last phase...
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