Tanzanian analysts welcome exchange of power in Kenya

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) approved an African Development Fund (ADF) Loan of USD 144.9 million1, to Kenya - Tanzania Power Interconnection Project.
The project will allow the two countries to exchange power. In addition, the Kenya-Tanzania Interconnection Project plays an important role in promoting regional integration through power trade.
The project is expected to improve the supply, reliability and affordability of electricity in the...

Bishops Castle Community College's Tanzanian exchange
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THE Community College in Bishop's Castle hosted two teachers from their link school in Tanzania. During their stay Mr Mzee and Madame Mbele supported, observed and delivered lessons and also visited two of the college's feeder primary schools.

Tanzanian army officer killed, five injured in fire exchange
Global Times
A soldier with the Tanzania People's Defence Forces (TPDF) was killed and four others and one police officer injured on Saturday in a 15-minute exchange of fire with hardcore criminals in the east African nation's coastal region of Tanga, police said Saturday.
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United States Ambassador Mark Childress met with eighteen secondary school students and four coordinators of The Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES) program in Tanzania. The students (15-17 years of age) from Zanzibar and the mainland have been selected to live and study in the United States for up to a full academic year under the YES program.
Among these students 11 are from Zanzibar and 7 from three regions in Mainland Tanzania, including Kilimanjaro, Tanga and Coastal regions. ...

Chinese, Tanzanian presidents exchange greetings on 50th anniversay of ties
Xinhua
BEIJING, April 26 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Tanzanian counterpart Jakaya Kikwete have exchanged messages of congratulations to mark the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries.

Tanzanian presidential hopeful accuses state power firm workers of sabotage
Reuters Africa
DAR ES SALAAM Oct 22 (Reuters) - Tanzania's ruling party presidential candidate, running on an anti-corruption ticket, said state power company employees were draining dams at night to cut electricity supply so they could benefit from fuel import deals ...

The government of Japan has offered a 11.8 billion Japanese Yen (Sh210 billion) loan for the Kenya-Tanzania power interconnection project.

A friend who just returned to Nairobi from an extended Easter break came back with a different outlook that tells us a lot about how countries like Kenya and others in the region like Tanzania are changing or will change.