Tanzania has followed South Africa and Botswana with the launch of an international gold trading centre in the gold-rich region of Geita as part of its efforts to fight the smuggling of minerals, according to a report on Tuesday. South...

A French consortium will build a new railway line linking Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) and the central business district within the next two years, according to a report on Tuesday. The commuter rail, complemented by a Rapid Bus...

Bank to launch ‘Green Baseload’ Facility to provide concessional finance to support reliable and affordable renewable energy baseload “Desert to Power” initiative enters implementation stage with Yeleen Project in Burkina Faso The African Development Bank will double its climate finance...

Legislature to expedite pending bills crucial to delivery of Big Four Agenda Kenya is keen to speed up implementation of projects under President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Big Four Agenda, where a big number of the developments face delays over lack of...

Fifa’s revamped 24-team Club World Cup tournament, which will replace the Confederations Cup, will include three African teams. They will be joined by eight European clubs, as well as six teams from South America, three each from Asia and North...

An Information and Communication Technology (ICT) expert, Mr Oluwafemi Osho, on Thursday, says Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology has the capacity to aid precision in medicine and healthcare. Osho, a Lecturer in Cyber Security Science, Federal University of Technology, Minna, made...

Tanzania plans to invest 170 billion Tanzanian shillings ( $72.4 million) in a five year ambitious project to transform its agriculture sector under the second phase of its National Agricultural Sector Development Plan. The budget was tabled before parliament earlier...

Music Diva Tiwa Savage is to perform at wireless festival in London alongside with some renowned artists. The organizers of the Wireless Festival have announced that the singer would join a powerful line up of artists that include Cardi B,...

Bank of Tanzania is striving to review financial laws to embed new development and dynamics of financial sector, with rapid growth of digital financial services in the country. This was during an event to launch the Visa on mobile app...

The founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation and Chairman, Heirs Holdings, Mr. Tony Elumelu, has challenged African leaders to prioritise the future of the African continent. Elumelu, who is also the Chairman of the United Bank for Africa Plc, said...