Air Tanzania set to introduce a second plane soon
The Management of Air Tanzania Company Limited (ATCL) plans to bring into the country a second plane in less than a month for Lusaka- Zambia, Harare-Zimbabwe and Johannesburg-South Africa flights, the company’s More...
Leadership not about personal gain, says SBL don
Dr George Njenga (left) of SBS interacts with Sandeep Sharma of Fina Bank and Eric Rugwizangoga of WELL International, at the launch of TED. The New Times / T. Kisambira. Leadership should not be considered a personal More...
East Africa’s economy registers fastest growth
The Chair of Africa Progress Panel, Mr Kofi Annan The East African economy has grown by 5.8 per cent in 2011, underpinned by strong economic expansion of three countries namely Tanzania, Ethiopia and Uganda. African More...
IMF cuts sub-Saharan Africa 2012 growth forecasts
People shop in a supermarket in downtown Nairobi. REUTERS/Antony Njuguna JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Sub-Saharan Africa’s economies will expand at a slower rate in 2012 than earlier projected, undermined More...
Twiga Stars worry Mkwasa
Twiga Stars players Senior national women soccer team, Twiga Stars, faces a daunting task of bolstering stamina ahead of the Africa Women Championship (AWC) Qualifiers against Ethiopia scheduled to take place at More...
Nigerian military officers on Rwanda study tour
Nigerian Army delegation led by Brig. Gen. Yushau Mahmood Abubakar (R) at Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre yesterday. The New Times / John Mbanda. Brig. Gen. Yushau Mahmood, the team leader of a 21-member group of More...
Fuel subsidy loot by the government, and insecurity in Nigeria
Five months after the removal of fuel subsidy, nothing is said to be working in Nigeria. Â The removal of oil subsidy which was effected on 1th January, 2012. Nigerian oil: chaos over black gold This government More...
African soccer legend Rashidi Yekini dead
Africa was on Friday left stunned by news of the death of former national team striker Rashidi Yekini. The 48-year-old passed away at his family home in Ira, Kwara State after months of illness. He was taken for More...
FDI into Africa accelerates as investor perceptions begin to shift
•         FDI projects into Africa have more than doubled from 339 in 2003 to 857 in 2011 •         Intra-African investment has grown exponentially increasing from 27 in 2003 to 145 in 2011 More...
Nigeria market attack ‘kills at least 34′
Map locating Potiskum in northeastern Nigeria where an attack on a cattle market by gunmen armed with explosives has left at least 34 dead. An emergency source said the toll was likely to climb. Dozens of people More...
