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African Energy Chamber

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    • Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) Joins African Energy Week (AEW) 2024 as Uganda Gears up for East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) Start
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Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) Joins African Energy Week (AEW) 2024 as Uganda Gears up for East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) Start

The East African Crude Oil Pipeline represents the single largest investment in Uganda and Tanzania

The Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) – the country’s state-owned oil corporation – has joined the African Energy Week (AEW): Invest in African Energy conference as a Gold Sponsor. Taking place November 4-8 in Cape Town, the event serves as the largest event of its kind on the continent, uniting…

United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
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Tanzania geared towards policy, institutional and legal reforms to promote gender-responsive land governance

At policy and legislative levels, the Government of Tanzania is committed to the implementation of the AU Declaration on Land Issues and Challenges in Africa

A high-level Policy Dialogue for building consensus and political will for policy, legal and institutional reforms and the development of strategies to strengthen land administration institutions is has kicked off in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. “The dialogue includes the preparation of a strategy/roadmap to ensure that historical women’s land rights…

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland

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    • Finland's Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen and Tanzania's Minister for Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation Mahmoud Thabit Kombo
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Tanzanian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Thabit Kombo to visit Finland

The Tanzanian Minister for Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation, Mahmoud Thabit Kombo, will visit Helsinki on 8–11 October and meet Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen

Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen will meet Tanzania's Minister for Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation Mahmoud Thabit Kombo in Helsinki on 9 October. The visit programme includes political consultations between Finland and Tanzania. The foreign ministers will discuss ways to promote the bilateral relations and economic cooperation between the two countries. Other…

African Development Bank Group (AfDB)
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Tanzania: African Development Bank grants $129 million loan to agricultural project generating decent jobs for young people

Digital technologies, including satellite technology and artificial intelligence, will be utilized to improve agricultural productivity and decision-making processes for young farmer cooperatives

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) on 20 September 2024 approved a $129.71 million loan to Tanzania for the implementation of a youth-focused agribusiness program. The loan will fund the first phase of the “Building a Better Tomorrow: Youth Initiatives for Agribusiness” program, which aims…

African Development Bank Group (AfDB)

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    • AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina (7th from left, front row), Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina, Africa50 CEO Alain Ebobissé, and other participants at the 2024 Annual General Shareholders Meeting in Antananarivo. Adesina's wife, Grace, stands to his right
    • Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina shows AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina a national craft at a Madagascar exhibition during the 2024 Annual Meetings in Antananarivo. Africa50 CEO Alain Ebobissé looks on
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Africa50 investment platform gets thumbs up for its innovative financing, strategic partnerships and performance

Africa50 has mobilized over $1.1 billion in capital commitments and catalyzed an additional $4.4 billion in external financing in just seven years of operation

Presidents of Madagascar and Tanzania praise Africa50's critical role in addressing the continent's infrastructure challenges; Africa50 has mobilized over $1.1 billion in capital commitments and catalyzed an additional $4.4 billion in external financing in just seven years, Adesina. Africa50 (www.Africa50.com), the investment platform established by African governments and the African Development…

U.S. Embassy in Tanzania
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United States (US) Elevates Tanzanian Women in Politics with United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Wanawake Sasa Project

The USAID Wanawake Sasa project expands on the United States global commitment to empower women and girls and its partnership with Tanzania

Today, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) launched the Wanawake Sasa (Women Now) project, a TSH 8 billion (USD 3 million) project to advance women and girls’ political participation and leadership. At the launch event, USAID/Tanzania Mission Director Craig Hart was joined by the Honorable Dorothy Gwajima, Minister…

U.S. Embassy in Tanzania
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Three Winners Announced at the United States (U.S.)-Tanzania Tech Challenge

Launched in June, the U.S.-Tanzania Tech Challenge sought innovative solutions to promote information integrity, fostering greater participation and involvement in civic activities

Three organizations, Jamiii Forums, Smart Foundry Ltd., and The Launchpad Tanzania were today named the winners of the U.S.-Tanzania Tech Challenge, which brought together leading technologists, government officials, civil society, academia, and media professionals to address critical challenges and explore innovative solutions in the realms of civic participation, media literacy,…

U.S. Embassy in Tanzania
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Three Winners Announced at the United States-Tanzania Tech Challenge

Through the program, Jamii Forums will receive US$100,000, Smart Foundry will receive US$80,000, and The Launchpad will receive US$70,000

September 20, 2024 – Three organizations, Jamiii Forums, Smart Foundry Ltd., and The Launchpad Tanzania were today named the winners of the U.S.-Tanzania Tech Challenge, which brought together leading technologists, government officials, civil society, academia, and media professionals to address critical challenges and explore innovative solutions in the realms of…

United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
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Feed the Future Announces $80 Million to Double Down on Food Security in Malawi, Tanzania, and Zambia

These food security “accelerator” countries demonstrate both high need and high agricultural potential

Today, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and Administrator and Feed the Future Coordinator Samantha Power announced that the United States government, working with Congress, has committed more than $80 million of new Feed the Future funds and supplemental resources to rapidly respond to impacts of recent droughts and the lingering…

Merck Foundation

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    • Senator, Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation, Hon. Dr. Dorothy Gwajima (M.P.) Minister of Community Development, Gender Women and Special Groups, Tanzania and Prof. Dr. Frank Stangenberg-Haverkamp Chairman of Merck Foundation BOT during the Press Conference in Dar Es Salaam (1)
    • Senator, Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation, Hon. Dr. Dorothy Gwajima (M.P.) Minister of Community Development, Gender Women and Special Groups, Tanzania and Prof. Dr. Frank Stangenberg-Haverkamp Chairman of Merck Foundation BOT during the Press Conference in Dar Es Salaam (2)
    • Senator, Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation, Hon. Dr. Dorothy Gwajima (M.P.) Minister of Community Development, Gender Women and Special Groups, Tanzania and Prof. Dr. Frank Stangenberg-Haverkamp Chairman of Merck Foundation BOT during the Press Conference in Dar Es Salaam (3)
    • Senator, Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation, Hon. Dr. Dorothy Gwajima (M.P.) Minister of Community Development, Gender Women and Special Groups, Tanzania and Prof. Dr. Frank Stangenberg-Haverkamp Chairman of Merck Foundation BOT during the Press Conference in Dar Es Salaam (4)
    • Senator, Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation, Hon. Dr. Dorothy Gwajima (M.P.) Minister of Community Development, Gender Women and Special Groups, Tanzania and Prof. Dr. Frank Stangenberg-Haverkamp Chairman of Merck Foundation BOT during the Press Conference in Dar Es Salaam (5)
    • Senator, Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation, Hon. Dr. Dorothy Gwajima (M.P.) Minister of Community Development, Gender Women and Special Groups, Tanzania and Prof. Dr. Frank Stangenberg-Haverkamp Chairman of Merck Foundation BOT during the Press Conference in Dar Es Salaam (6)
    • Senator, Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation, Hon. Dr. Dorothy Gwajima (M.P.) Minister of Community Development, Gender Women and Special Groups, Tanzania and Prof. Dr. Frank Stangenberg-Haverkamp Chairman of Merck Foundation BOT during the Press Conference in Dar Es Salaam (7)
    • Senator, Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation, Hon. Dr. Dorothy Gwajima (M.P.) Minister of Community Development, Gender Women and Special Groups, Tanzania and Prof. Dr. Frank Stangenberg-Haverkamp Chairman of Merck Foundation BOT during the Press Conference in Dar Es Salaam (8)
    • Senator, Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation, Hon. Dr. Dorothy Gwajima (M.P.) Minister of Community Development, Gender Women and Special Groups, Tanzania and Prof. Dr. Frank Stangenberg-Haverkamp Chairman of Merck Foundation BOT during the Press Conference in Dar Es Salaam (9)
    • Senator, Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation, Hon. Dr. Dorothy Gwajima (M.P.) Minister of Community Development, Gender Women and Special Groups, Tanzania and Prof. Dr. Frank Stangenberg-Haverkamp Chairman of Merck Foundation BOT during the Press Conference in Dar Es Salaam (10)
    • Senator, Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation, Hon. Dr. Dorothy Gwajima (M.P.) Minister of Community Development, Gender Women and Special Groups, Tanzania and Prof. Dr. Frank Stangenberg-Haverkamp Chairman of Merck Foundation BOT during the Press Conference in Dar Es Salaam (11)
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Merck Foundation Africa Asia Luminary 2024 to be conducted under the patronage of Tanzania President on 29th and 30th of October 2024

A community awareness session, Merck Foundation Health Media Training, will be conducted for African journalists

The 11th Edition of Merck Foundation (www.Merck-Foundation.com) Africa Asia Luminary will be officially inaugurated by The President of the United Republic of Tanzania, H.E. Dr. SAMIA SULUHU HASSAN, Chairman of Merck Foundation Board of Trustees, Prof. Dr. Frank Stangenberg-Haverkamp and Merck Foundation CEO, Senator, Dr. Rasha Kelej; The First Ladies…