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Recent News from Tanzania
TANZANIA: Information gap challenges Zanzibar's antimalaria campaign
In December 2005, Tanzania became one of 15 beneficiaries of a US $1.2-billion initiative to fight malaria in sub-Sahara Africa, where 90 percent of all global malaria deaths occur.
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Tanzania gets $300 mln debt relief from AfDB
Tanzania is to get a debt relief package amounting to at least 300 million U.S. dollars from the African Development Bank (AfDB).
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Mobitel Tanzania to upgrade network to GPRS and expand
MIC Tanzania Ltd (Mobitel) challenged the competition with an aggressive network expansion in 2005. Buzz services are offered nationwide, even in highly remote areas. The company now lead its premium brand into 2006 with an overwhelming additional expansion and extensive upgrade, costing no less than $70 Million.
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Tanzania economy upbeat despite drought, says bank
The bank still predicts a favourable economic outlook, which it bases on the signals that the new administration of President Jakaya Kikwete will adopt an expansionary fiscal policy.
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Tanzania gets Aids help
Germany has signed an €18m aid agreement with Tanzania, as part of its budget support and to help it in its fight against Aids.
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Haynes Capital Corp. Opens Office in Tanzania, East Africa 
Haynes Capital Corp. announced today the opening up of its Tanzania office. Haynes' decision to open an office in Africa comes as Tanzania is experiencing a boom in interest from foreign investors eager to develop the continent's oil and mineral reserves.
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COMESA, industry association join hands to boost coffee exports
Africa's largest economic group, the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), has recently signed a memorandum of understanding with a regional coffee association to promote the export of fine or specialty coffee and strengthening the industry in the region.
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Bill Gates Foundation awards grant to AKF
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded a grant of $5.5 million to Aga Khan Foundation USA (AKF USA) for a microinsurance initiative in Pakistan and Tanzania.
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Tanzania draws more foreign investments in 2005
Tanzania has attracted more foreign investment in the past year when more than 2,000 investment projects were registered with the country's investment center.
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UK to provide $545 million to Tanzania
The British government has announced that it will provide US$545 million over the next three years to support the implementation of the Tanzanian government’s National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty, Mkukuta.
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Millennium Challenge Threshold Program Announced for Tanzania
The board of directors of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) February 1 announced the approval of up to $11.15 million in assistance to initiate a “multi-sectoral attack” on corruption in Tanzania, according to an MCC fact sheet issued the same day.
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Tanzania’s new age leader
Tanzania, once dubbed the ‘man-eat-nothing’ society by its East African neighbours to reflect its socialist leanings, is now outperforming both Kenya and Uganda and is set to increase the growth gap over the next decade.
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Tanzania ’to be industrialised by year 2010’
President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete yesterday said the economy of Tanzania had the capacity to grow to the levels of the emerging Asian economies.

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Chembio Appoints Distributor for its Rapid HIV Tests in Tanzania

Chembio, whose HIV STAT-PAK(TM) Dipstick is part of the national testing protocol in Uganda, established a regional office in Tanzania in June 2005 led by Dr. Jay Drosin.
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Donors pledge $593 mln in budget support to Tanzania
Donors have pledged 693 billion shillings ($593 million) in budgetary support to Tanzania to be disbursed in the 2006/07 financial year.
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Kikwete woos Arab bank to invest in Tanzania
President Jakaya Kikwete has appealed to the Arab Economic and Development Bank for Africa (BADEA) to invest in Tanzania’s water sector.
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Computer firm launches training in Dar es Salaam
The Microsoft Corporation has launched an unlimited potential initiative in Tanzania to enhance computer literacy among Tanzanians.
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Once-a-Day AIDS Pill Could Be Ready Soon
Two drug companies say they've put aside commercial rivalry to achieve a goal that seemed out of reach for 20 years: a single-pill, once-a-day AIDS treatment.
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Tanzania: Sex And Condom Education Essential – Govt
Tanzania's education ministry has reaffirmed its position on the introduction of reproductive health and HIV/AIDS education at primary school level, despite condemnation from Catholic bishops.
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Tanzania: Year in Brief 2005 - a Chronology of Key Events
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Privatization, a key to Tanzania’s present economic growth
Tanzania this month marked 44 years of its independence in 1961. During the 44 year period, the country has undergone stages of economic development in various sectors including that of finance, so says Managing Director of Dar es Salaam Community Bank Edmond Mkwawa in this interview by Our Reporter Patrick Kisembo.
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Tanzania president says to fight graft, ease tension
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzania's new president, Jakaya Kikwete, vowed on Friday to fight corruption and pledged to ease political tension in the semi-autonomous islands of Zanzibar, which have witnessed violence in recent months.
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Tanzania records a big number of investors in 2005
(SomaliNet) Tanzania has recorded a 23.3% increase in number of investors in the past year from around the World with 560 investors in figures, released in Dar es Salaam on Wednesday by the Tanzania Investment Center.
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Tanzania Sets Up Six New Zonal Blood Banks
Tanzania
's blood bank service has set up zonal blood transfusion centres to improve the country's ability to provide blood on demand.
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Tanzania to Turn UN Focus On Africa
Tanzania will use its presidency of the United Nations Security Council this month to focus world attention on the crises and opportunities for peace and development in East Africa.
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Annan hails Tanzania change of guard
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has commended the peaceful change of the government in Tanzania.
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