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‘AFTCREE Expo aims to mainstream culture, tourism into economies of African states’
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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August 16, 2025
Chuks Akamadu is the Managing Director/CEO of Afrocultour Limited, organisers of the Songs of Nigeria Festival (SONIFES), Nigeria Entertainment, Economic Roundtable (NEER) and others. An accomplished intellectual property lawyer, erudite cultural...
Tanzania’s medical tourism goes sky-high, it’s in Africa’s top-five list
Daily News Tanzania
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August 15, 2025
DAR ES SALAAM: The Director of Economic Diplomacy and International Trade at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation, Ambassador John Ulanga, has revealed that Tanzania has made significant progress in the medical tourism...
International Hunting for Harmony - How a Tanzanian Village Balances Life and Wildlife
Bulawayo 24 News
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August 15, 2025
The midday sun hung low over Kimokoa Village, turning the dust into gold and the air into a shimmering haze. In the distance, the flat, dry landscape of the Longido Game Control Area stretched endlessly, its acacia trees standing like sentinels...
Tanzania earns 116bn/- as revenue from medical tourism doubles
Daily News Tanzania
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August 15, 2025
DAR ES SALAAM: THE Director of Diplomacy from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador John Ulanga, has said there has been a 19 percent increase in medical tourism, which earned Tanzania 166.5bn in four years. He said that from 2021 to 2025,...
Tanzania’s tourism bounce drives surge in hotel occupancy
The Citizen
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Dar es Salaam. Tanzania’s tourism and hospitality sector is experiencing a robust recovery and remarkable growth, according to the latest data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). In January 2023, the national hotel bed occupancy rate...
Stone Age humans traveled for miles to find the perfect rocks
Yahoo News
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It may not seem like it at first, but there’s a big difference between the Stone Age human ancestors who crafted tools from nearby rocks, and those who trekked to find the right materials. The ability to mentally map surrounding...
Tanzania lifts the lid on its healthcare upsurge
Daily News Tanzania
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August 15, 2025
DAR ES SALAAM: TANZANIA’S healthcare sector enjoys massive growth, and today, it meets all global standards, the Chief Executive Officer of Global Medicare, Abdumalik Mollel, revealed today, August 15, 2025, in Dar es Salaam. He said the sector...
Tanzania sees all hospitals with CT Scan as it marks JKCI’s 10th anniversary
Daily News Tanzania
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August 15, 2025
DAR ES SALAAM: THE Tanzanian government has made a significant investment in the procurement of CT scan machines for all regional hospitals across the country. The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Seif Shekalaghe, announced...
What is chikungunya virus? Symptoms and advice as cases rise among travellers returning to UK
The Independent
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August 15, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Tanzania’s CCM puts healthcare at heart of 2025–2030 Manifesto, stakeholders react
The Citizen
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Dar es Salaam. The ruling party, CCM has placed healthcare at the core of its 2025–2030 election manifesto, unveiling an ambitious vision to transform Tanzania’s health system. The term health appears 63 times in the document, underscoring its...
Africa travel is booming - but here's how to do it the right way
Nine
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August 15, 2025
"I hate the term bucket list, it implies a checklist. And Africa is so much more than that," Jacques Smit from Sabi Sabi Collection tells me. And yet, when it comes to an African holiday, the term bucket list is almost unavoidable. Right now,...
Dare to be a contrarian and take the journey less travelled
The Citizen
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When it comes down to it, travel is all about the memories one creates, whether going to the farthest point in the world or eating raw meat with members of the Hadzabe tribe, who thrive away from civilisation. It's those moments that make the...
Priscilla Ojo shares throwback photo of her maternity shoot with husband, Juma Jux, in Tanzania
Kemi Filani News
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August 14, 2025
Priscilla Ojo, the daughter of Nollywood actress Iyabo Ojo, has shared a throwback maternity shoot of herself and husband, Juma Jux. Taking to her Instagram page, Priscilla revealed that the photos were taken in Zanzibar before she travelled to...
Nigeria Grants Tanzania Air, A Foreign Carrier Operating Permit
MENAFN
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August 14, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCCA) has granted a Foreign Carrier Operating Permit to Air Tanzania to commence scheduled flights between Dar es Salaam and Lagos. Commencement of direct flights between Tanzania and...
Tanzanian digital platform sets sights on Africa-wide expansion
The Citizen
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Dar es Salaam. Tanzanian digital commerce platform Piku is setting its sights on expansion across East and West Africa within the next three years, aiming to position itself as a continental player while creating jobs and bringing foreign revenue...
Tanzania’s TASHICO, Nigerian Chamber of Shipping seek collaboration for sector growth
Business Day
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August 13, 2025
R-L: The Chief Financial Officer, Stac Marine, Mr. Lateef Aliu; Deputy Attorney General of Tanzania, Mr. Samwel Maneno; Vice President, Nigerian Chamber of Shipping (NCS), Ify Akerele; Tanzanian Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Selestine Gervas Kakele;...
Abdulrazak Gurnah: searching for signs of Zanzibar’s most famous writer, all I found was trinkets and tourists
The Conversation
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August 14, 2025
Zanzibar has long been an island of arrivals for traders, sailors, slaves and, more recently, waves of tourists. I arrived as a wedding guest and a reader of the Zanzibar born novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah, in search of the literary and emotional...
Ambassador de Boer: Tanzania and Netherlands relations have blossomed in making agriculture “attractive”
The Citizen
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After four years of service in Tanzania, Dutch Ambassador Wiebe de Boer is packing his bags, but not without leaving behind a trail of meaningful partnerships, economic progress, and fond memories. “We have had a great time here the past four...
Tanzania signs 158.3bn/- strategic deals to boost hunting tourism
Daily News Tanzania
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August 13, 2025
Home/Business/Investment/Tanzania signs 158.3bn/- strategic deals to boost hunting tourism DAR ES SALAAM: THE Ministry for Natural Resources and Tourism has signed four investment agreements under the Strategic Wildlife Investment Concession...
U.S. issues travel warning for 5 countries: ‘Practice enhanced precautions’
Syracuse.com - New York
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August 14, 2025
The United States has issued a travel warning for Americans traveling to five countries. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in an update to its global travel alert that polio is circulating in Finland, Germany, Spain, the...