The Tanzanian government has ordered thousands of Masai tribesmen to abandon traditional grazing lands to make way for a conservation site. But the Maasai are refusing to leave their ancestral land. They say the real reason they are being forced out is to give a Dubai-based hunting company exclusive access. Wildlife Instead, the hunting company, [...]
Emelda Mwamanga Launched First Lifestyle Magazine in Tanzania
March 27, 2013 | Posted by
Nine years ago, without any experience in journalism, Tanzania’s Emelda Mwamanga started her country’s first lifestyle publication, Bang! Magazine, which now also reaches audiences in neighboring Uganda, Kenya and Zambia. She had returned home from South Africa shortly after completing a degree in industrial, organizational and labor studies at the University of Cape Town, and [...]
China Pouring Fake Drugs Into Africa, Endangering Millions
December 28, 2012 | Posted by
Though China is increasingly becoming the most visible and active foreign presence on the African continent, there is a downside, as revealed by a recent expose in the UK’s The Guardian: As many as a third of the malaria drugs in countries like Uganda and Tanzania are fake or substandard—putting the health of millions at [...]
Attention Focused on How Africans Hurt by Huge Corporate Land Grabs
December 20, 2012 | Posted by
With the African continent being advertised across the globe as the next great investment opportunity for Western big business, the downside of such business interest is now apparent: Investors and corporations are engaged in large-scale land grabs all over Africa, leasing or buying huge tracts of land—with government consent—and consequently driving tens of thousands of [...]
Curbing Tanzania’s ‘Land Grabbing Race’
December 20, 2012 | Posted by
From next month (January 2013), Tanzania will start restricting the size of land that single large-scale foreign and local investors can “lease” for agricultural use. The decision follows both local and international criticism that major investors are grabbing large chunks of land here, often displacing small-scale farmers and local communities. The Permanent Secretary in the [...]
In Tanzania, Albinos Face Death and Persecution
December 1, 2012 | Posted by
Tanzania is a country with a much higher percentage of albinos than the rest of the world, and it’s also a place where albinos face serious danger because of widespread beliefs that the flesh and body parts of albinos hold some type of magic. According to a recent report that aired on NPR, albino killings [...]
EasyJet, Africa’s 1st Low-Cost Airline Begins Flying This Week
November 28, 2012 | Posted by
The launch of Africa’s first low-cost airline promises to open the continent’s skies to first-time fliers and cut costs for tourists currently hit with some of the world’s most expensive air tickets. Fastjet, part-owned by easyJet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, will take its first scheduled flight in Tanzania this week and plans to expand first [...]
Dar Es Salaam: Emerging Industrial, Commercial Hub in East Africa
October 7, 2012 | Posted by
From Football Fanatics to Storytellers and SNAKE oil salesmen -traders and traffic jams-herbalists and Rwandan hookers…CHINESE CARPETBAGGERS AND CHAOS- Dar Es Salaam or ” place of peace” is a city emerging into a hub for industrial and commercial activities in East Africa. Dar is Far -out! My journey from Johannesburg had taken over 7 days [...]
Uganda Tourism Growth Rate is Fastest in Africa, Surpassing South Africa
October 1, 2012 | Posted by
According to the Kenya’s Secretary of Tourism, Dr. Nelson Githinji, Uganda is now in the top position in tourism industry growth in Africa. According to the 2011 tourism review in Africa, Uganda’s tourism sector grew by 25% in 2011 while that of South Africa and Tanzania realized growth of 21% and 13.4%, respectively. Githinji observed [...]
Tanzania to Host ‘African Green Revolution’ Forum
September 24, 2012 | Posted by
As the world searches desperately for ways to boost food production by at least 70 percent by 2050 to feed an increasingly hungry planet, many are looking to Africa as the place where a large part of this potential can be realised, mainly for its huge portion of arable land. Arusha, Tazania, will soon become [...]
