News and opinion on public works procurement
The reconstruction of Mandela market in Sumbawanga Town, Rukwa region which was reduced to ashes on December 26, 2016 is set to cost nearly $1m upon its completion before the end of the financial year. During his tour to the town in October last year, President John Magufuli directed Sumbawanga Municipal Council to allocate $129,853 […]
The Tanga International Competence Center (TICC) announced plans to construct toilets at all the primary schools in the city. The TICC Director, Ruth Nesje, told journalists that the organisation has already got the permission to implement the project from the Tanga district council. The director said the project is useful because it protect the health […]
Construction of the Young Africans leadership (Yanga) stadium is soon to commence. The club’s Building and Infrastructure Committee secretary-general, Saidi Mrisho made the announcement and said that they are in the final stage of embarking on construction of own state of the art stadium. Saidi Mrisho said the stadium will be called the Kigamboni Sports Complex […]
THE Judiciary of Tanzania has started the construction of six High Court buildings to be known as Integrated Justice Centres (IJC), a major project to be implemented in five regions of Dar es Salaam (which will have two buildings), Mwanza, Dodoma, Arusha and Morogoro. Such court buildings are like one stop centre, meaning that one […]
Kenya is feeling the economic effects of the coronavirus, despite having no infections, as imports from China fall because of travel bans for people and goods. Airlines are incurring losses, and small traders in Kenya said they fear their stocks will soon run out, putting them out of business. There is little activity these days […]
A firm bilateral relationship between Tanzania and Turkey has emerged with the East African nation expected to benefit through education, tourism and other investments. Ankara’s declaration of 2005 as the Year of Africa gave an impetus to the political, commercial and cultural relations between Turkey and African countries. That year, Turkey also gained observer status […]
The latest report by IMARC Group, titled “Tanzania Mobile Money Market: Industry Trends, Share, Size, Growth, Opportunity and Forecast 2019-2024”, finds that the Tanzania mobile money market size reached US$ 45.5 Billion in 2018. Mobile money refers to a service in which the users can pay bills, transfer funds between banks or accounts and deposit […]
Authorities in Jinja have opened spill gates to control rising water levels at Kiira and Nalubale dams. The exercise, which commenced on February 28, involves releasing water from the lake. The operations manager for Eskom Uganda Ltd (EUL), Mr Peter Tentena, on Sunday said the directorate of water resources and management in the Ministry of […]
Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) has disbursed US $1m as part of compensation for affected persons in the construction of the Mwache-Mteza bridge. The development entails the hurldle in the process has now eased and the bridge will now see life. Kinango MP Benjamin Tayari said the money was forwarded to the National Land Commission […]
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has poured $3.6 Million to construct facilities in Tanzania targetting at contributing to uplifting the lives of more than 300, 000 people. The country’s humanitarian arm Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) has constructed two housing complexes with health and educational facilities, as well as a motherhood and childhood centre, collectively valued […]