Railway project to link Tanzania, Uganda and South Sudan

Construction of a $4.7 billion railway line linking Uganda and South Sudan to the port of Dar es Salaam is scheduled to begin in 2014. The Tanzanian government confirmed that the design, engineering studies and legal arrangements were ready but that...

Tanzanian tourism to target the USA

Tanzania as a tourist destination for American travellers is the focus of a two-part seminar to be run in Dar es Salaam and Arusha in mid-January 2012. The main focus of the seminars is how to market Tanzania to a...

Tanzania celebrates 50 years of independence

Mainland Tanzania celebrates five decades of independence on 9 December with a series of events in Dar es Salaam and the other major cities. The national flag will be hoisted on the summit of Kilimanjaro after a marathon relay involving nearly...

Plans to redesign Tanzanian capital

The Tanzanian capital city Dodoma is to have a radically-redrafted master plan introduced in January by an international South Korean-based engineering company Saman Corporation and Tanzanian firm Tahus. The plan comprises 262,053 hectares, of which 25,499 hectares would be zoned as...

Plans to redesign Tanzanian capital

The Tanzanian capital city Dodoma is to have a radically-redrafted master plan introduced in January by an international South Korean-based engineering company Saman Corporation and Tanzanian firm Tahus. The plan comprises 262,053 hectares, of which 25,499 hectares would be zoned as...

New refuse trucks for Dar es Salaam

Four refuse trucks have been donated to the Kinondoni district in Dar es Salaam by an environmental agency. The vehicles are worth $300,000 and were a gift from the Ecology Protection Company (ECO). The trucks have the capacity to haul 27...