TZ export-import gap up 20pc

Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto will take a 20 per cent pay cut, it has been announced.

The Tanzania Food and Drugs Authority (TFDA) recalled substandard antimalarial drugs Metakelfin off drug store shelves and destroyed S-26 breast milk substitute baby formula.

20pc standard seven leavers shun public schools
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ABOUT 20 per cent of the 63,378 standard seven leavers who were offered learning places in public secondary schools in Dar es Salaam this year snubbed the offer, opting for private schools, instead. The Dar es Salaam Regional Administrative Secretary ...

>Increased excise tax on tobacco products is hitting hard on the profitability of Tanzania Cigarette Company which recorded 20 per cent drop in the first half of 2014. TCC which is listed on the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange recorded Sh35.3 billion as profit after tax for the six months ending June 30, 2014 compared to Sh44.3 billion it recorded in the same period last year, according to the firm’s financial statement.

 Farmers lose up to 20 per cent of grain their harvests because of poor storage, it emerged here during a capacity building workshop for stakeholders in the agriculture sector. A farm input supplier, Mr Gesso Bajuta, attributed most of the losses to attacks by pests, noting that the problem could be contained with ample supply of pesticides.

The call made by the permanent secretary in the ministry of Industry and Trade, Mr Uledi Mussa, that the Tanzania Electric Supply Company (Tanesco) should purchase electricity poles locally, instead of importing them, should be taken with the seriousness that it deserves.

China imposes a one-year ban on the import of ivory, amid criticism that demand among Chinese consumers is fuelling poaching in Africa.

There is no scientific proof the Madagascan-made tonic is effective in treating the virus.

 By Staff Writer

ENOC Africa, a Tanzanian oil company, has won a tender to import fuel under the Petroleum Bulk Procurement System (BPS) for the month of October this year.

The tender, which attracted six oil companies including five foreign and international companies, was awarded to ENOC Africa after offering the lowest Weighted Average Premium per Metric Ton of $ 45.771 per MT.

Other companies (all international) that participated in the tender include Addax Energy SA which quoted $...