Financial inclusion up

The government, through the National Economic Empowerment Council (NEEC), is in talks with various commercial banks with a view to see how they can issue loans to Village Community Banks (Vicobas) in a deliberate economic empowerment effort.

Tanzania has the most conducive conditions for expanding access to financial services for the under-served populations in Sub-Saharan Africa, a new study has established.

>INTERVIEW. The United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) has a project called Better Than Cash Alliance (BTCA) that advocates for electronic payment systems in developing countries. The project’s government and corporate relations specialist, Mr Tidhar Wald, visited Tanzania to engage the government in various issues. BusinessWeek Reporter Alawi Masare spoke with him

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Tanzania leads Africa in financial inclusion
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TANZANIA the first country in Sub-Saharan Africa and ninth globally for demonstrating most conducive environments for financial inclusion, according to the new Global Microscope 2014 by The Economt Intelligence Unit. The new study released th month ...
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Mwalimu Bank partners Airtel Tanzania to promote financial inclusion  The Citizen Daily

The Guest of Honour; the Deputy Minister for Finance Hon. Adam Malima (MP) presenting the award of the Best Presented Financial Statements under the category of Regulators applying IPSAS to the Social Security Regulatory Authority, Director General Mrs. Irene Isaka . The Guest of Honour; the Deputy Minister for Finance Hon. Adam Malima (MP) congratulating SSRA for emerging the 1st Winner of the Best Presented Financial Statements under the category of Regulators applying IPSAS. 2nd left is...

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"Karibu:" Inclusion in a Word
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The greatest challenge of my latest trip to Zanzibar, was balancing my enthusiasm for exploring the island and meeting new people, with my need to protect my safety. Though I come from East Africa, and had traveled to Zanzibar briefly a few times previously, ...
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This year the International Day of Democracy is tomorrow. It comes at a momentous time for Tanzania, which has clocked 22 years since the introduction of multi-party politics and embarked on the new constitution process as it looks ahead to the 2015 General Election.

>The director general of the Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB), Dr Edward Hoseah, yesterday welcomed the inclusion of an anti-corruption body in the proposed new constitution.