Simbachawene appoints new Dart executive

Aidan Eyakuze 
Twaweza East Africa today announced the appointment of Aidan Eyakuze as its new Executive Director. Eyakuze, who was selected after an extensive international search, will take up his new post on 1 March, 2015. He will replace Twaweza’s founder and current head, Rakesh Rajani.

Educated as an economist, Eyakuze has been a thought leader on issues of development in East Africa for the past 15 years. He currently serves as Associate Regional Director of the Society for...

Amref Health Africa has announced the appointment of Dr Githinji Gitahi as its new Chief Executive Officer. Dr Gitahi joined the organisation on June 1, 2015, and will be based at the global headquarters in Nairobi.
Making the announcement, the chair of Amref Health Africa’s International Board of Directors, Mr Omari Issa, said that Dr Gitahi was selected through an extensive, competitive international search and after a rigorous process of assessment, interviews and review of reports from...

Tanzania, 23 November, 2015 – Sanjay Rughani becomes Standard Chartered Bank Tanzania’s first local Chief Executive Officer. Sanjay assumed the Bank’s top role earlier in the month succeeding the former CEO, Liz Lloyd, who has taken up the role of Group Company Secretary for the Bank, based in London.  Sanjay joined the Bank in Tanzania in 1999 as Manager, Finance and Business Support. Within two years he was promoted to the role of a Regional Finance Manager for Africa, based in London. He...

Mhandisi Ronald Lwakatare.

Waziri wa Nchi, Ofisi ya Rais Tawala za Mikoa na Serikali za Mitaa (TAMISEMI) Mhe. George Boniface Simbachawene (Mb) kwa Mamlaka aliyopewa chini ya Kifungu cha 2(2) cha Amri ya kuanzisha Wakala wa Mabasi Yaendayo Haraka (DART), (The Executive Agencies) (The Dar Rapid Transit Agency) (Establishment) Order ) Tangazo la Serikali  namba 120 la 2007, amemteua Mhandisi Ronald Lwakatare kuwa Kaimu Mtendaji Mkuu wa Wakala wa Mabasi Yaendayo Haraka Dar es salaam (DART)...

BET Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA, VIAB), announced that it has hired Kay Madati as Executive Vice President and Chief Digital Officer. Madati, a Tanzanian citizen who has lived in Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States, will lead BET’s teams responsible for all aspects of digital, social and mobile strategy and oversee operations, content creation, technology and product development across the suite of BET Network’s digital platforms

Madati, whose appointment...

Waziri wa Mambo ya Ndani ya Nchi, George Simbachawene na Mkewe Mariana Simbachawene, wakiweka picha ya Baba Mzazi wa waziri huyo Marehemu Boniface Simbachawene wakati wa ibada ya mazishi yaliyofanyika katika Kijiji cha Pwaga kilichopo Jimbo la Kibakwe , wilayani Mpwapwa mkoani Dodoma.

Spika wa Bunge la Jamhuri la Muungano wa Tanzania, Job Ndugai akitoa heshima za mwisho mbele ya jeneza lililohifadhi mwili wa Baba Mzazi wa Waziri wa Mambo ya Ndani ya Nchi, George...

The Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) now has a new boss -- Mr Rished Bade. President Jakaya Kikwete has appointed Mr Bade the new Commissioner General for TRA. He takes over from Mr Harry Kitilya, who retired last December.

>President Barack Obama has nominated a top White House aide and a former judge his country’s ambassador to Tanzania.

President Jakaya Kikwete yesterday appointed 13 new district commissioners and transferred seven others.