Kimchi and Arabic coffee in Unesco list

Historical ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Songo Mnara have been removed from the world list of endangered heritage sites, it has been announced.

The World Heritage Committee meeting in Doha (Qatar) has found that management and safeguarding of the Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara in the United Republic of Tanzania have improved to the point where the site can be removed from the List of World Heritage in Danger.   Located on two islands close to each other just off the Tanzanian coast about 300km south of Dar es Salaam, Kilwa Kisiwani and Songo Mnara were Swahili trading cities.  Their prosperity was based on control...

A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling… It seemed as one problem was solved, a new one arose.

Her mother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to boil. In the first she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs, and in the last she placed ground...

The Performers Rights Society of Kenya (PRISK), a collective management organization licensed to represent performers in musical an dramatic works, has released its’ list of top royalty earners for the year 2014.

A press release by PRISK states that the body witnessed a 303% growth in royalties distributed.

Royalties paid to the lowest and highest earning members also grew by 200% and 62% respectively.

“We are delighted to announce an unprecedented 303% growth in royalties distributed. We...

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Coffee conference in the offing
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AUTHORITIES here are preparing to host the 14th International Coffee exhibition and conference next year, Journalists in Zanzibar Town were informed that it is yet another opportunity for the Isles to advertise itself as best tourism destination in the ...

Tanzania is yet to brand its coffee because issues such as the formation of a legal framework, policy and regulations have not been dealt with.

Breeding a new plant to save coffee from extinction

As coffee smuggling from Kagera Region into neighbouring Uganda is increasingly denying the government of Tanzania billions of shillings worth in foreign exchange, there seems to be no hope for a quick solution to the problem.