Tanzanians start own Sh480bn equity fund

The Mkoba Private Equity Fund, which was recently launched by President Jakaya Kikwete, has been described as a true economic boost meant to support development and growth of small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

Finance minister Saada Mkuya has finally broken silence on the whereabouts of $300 million (Sh480 billion) reportedly went missing at the Treasury.

The government is looking for $300 million (Sh480 billion) in form of grants for rural energy programmes to increase supply from the current 7 per cent to 30 per cent by 2025.

KATIKA kupanua wigo wa kibiashara, Benki ya Equity Tanzania imezindua rasmi huduma ya benki kwa kutumia simu za mkononi ijulikanayo kama ‘Eazzy 24/7’. Eazzy 24/7 inayopatikana kupitia mitandao yote ya...

Tanzania National Agro-dealer Association (Tanada) chairman Michael Mahecha said cooperation between the two is instrumental in addressing the challenges facing input supplies to farmers.

The Rwanda Stock Exchange (RSE) yesterday officially welcomed Equity Group Holdings as its latest banking securities counter, the firm said in a statement yesterday.

Makala: Joseph Shaluwa MAMBO yanakwenda yakibadilika. Ubunifu kwenye biashara ni jambo lenye msingi sana katika nyakati hizi za soko la ushindani.  Hata hivyo, wataalam wa uchumi duniani wanashauri kuwa, wakati watu wa masoko wakibuni mambo muhimu ya kuboresha huduma zao wanapaswa kujali muda wa mteja ambao kwa hakika ndiyo chachu ya kupandisha uchumi. Zamani ilikuwa benki unakwenda na kitabu, unapanga foleni ndipo...

>Tanzania joined the international community yesterday in celebrating International Women’s Day, with a variety of activities aimed at demonstrating mainly two things: one, there is still a lot to be done to attain the necessary gender equity and two, women have the capacity to do what men can, if a level playing field would prevail in human societies.

Equity Bank’s net profit rose by 230.9 per cent during the year ending September 2015 as the financial entity steps up efforts to reach the unbanked segment of the population.