Mining conference in Arusha

The Tanzanian Mining and Energy Conference and Exhibition (TMECE) is being held in Arusha from 19-20 October. At last 25 countries will be represented at the event which has been organised by Tanzania’s ministry of energy and minerals. With the...

Work to begin on Serengeti road

Construction of Tanzania’s controversial highway through the Serengeti national park is due to begin during the current financial year, according to the country’s ministry of works. The Makutano Juu – Mto Wa Mbu section that will link Mara and Arusha...

Tanzania and Uganda to build dam on Kagera river

Tanzania and Uganda have signed a memorandum of understanding to undertake the development and operation of a 16MW hydropower project on the Kagera river that divides both countries. The Kikagati-Murongo power plant will be situated in Kikagati in southern Uganda while...

Safari International Marathon in Arusha

The second edition of the annual Safari International Marathon is scheduled to take place in Arusha on 18 September. Organisers hope to attract over 1,000 participants, with contestants confirmed from the US, South Africa, Kenya, Uganda, Canada and Germany as...

Tanzania to help drought victims

The Tanzanian government is to assist neighbouring countries affected by a severe drought by allowing them to negotiate directly with its ministry of agriculture to procure some of its 1.7 million tonnes of surplus food at reduced rates. The move...

Evictions to make way for shopping mall in Arusha

Residents in Kaloleni near the city centre are to be evicted from land owned by the Arusha International Conference Centre (AICC) to make way for a shopping mall being built by the AICC. Its managing director Elishilia Kaaya confirmed that...

Centre of Arusha set for property renewal

Tanzania’s National Housing Corporation is to pull down several old buildings that it owns in central Arusha to construct high storey replacements in the next five years. The chairman of the NHC has said that the buildings are “old, worn...

Arusha airport to open for regional flights

Some international flights will be able to use Arusha municipal airport (ARK) according to an annoucement by the Tanzanian government made at the recent Karibu Tourism Trade Fair. Regional flights from Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Kenya will be able to...

EAC hosts former German president

Horst Kohler, the former president of Germany, is to attend a high level East African Community (EAC) roundtable discussion in Arusha on 16 June. The summit takes place at 14.00 in the Thembo Hall of the Mount Meru hotel, under...

Permanent site for Tanzanian tourism fair

The Tanzanian government has granted the Karibu Travel and Tourism Fair (KTTF) a 20-hectare site to build a permanent venue in Kisongo, a satellite town of Arusha. The prime minister Mizengo Pinda said that over the last 12 years the...