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Align curricula with needs of the local labour market, universities challenged

Universities must upgrade their digital infrastructure and prioritise immersive, hands-on training to keep pace with relentless technological breakthroughs

  1. Tanzania, India sign agreement to advance traditional medicine

  2. ‘Insensitive’ online comments under scrutiny

  3. Dar port’s five-month surge sharpens focus on clearance, evacuation

  1. Government mulls national water grid to end recurring shortages

  2. African ministers renew push for UN reforms

  3. UN demands Rwanda leave Congo, extends UN peacekeeping mission

  4. Nine killed, 10 injured in South Africa shooting, police hunt for suspects

  5. Unilever Tea loses appeal against Sh27 billion tax

  6. Africa’s power list: Billionaires to watch in 2026

Africa

UN demands Rwanda leave Congo, extends UN peacekeeping mission

The latest M23 advance in mineral-rich eastern Congo came a week after Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame met US President Donald Trump in Washington...

  1. Nine killed, 10 injured in South Africa shooting, police hunt for suspects

  2. Africa’s power list: Billionaires to watch in 2026

  3. Prateek Suri unveils Maser’s multi-million-dollar philanthropy vision for Africa

  1. South Africa arrests Kenyans working on US refugee applications

  2. M23 says it will withdraw from seized Congo town after US request

  3. M23 says hundreds of Burundi soldiers captured in latest Congo offensive

  4. Oil tensions rise as Dangote targets Nigerian regulator over fuel imports

  5. US ends temporary legal status for Ethiopians

  6. Food rations to Sudan to be reduced due to funding shortages, WFP says

World

US Epstein files release highlights Clinton

The U.S. Justice Department released thousands of heavily redacted documents related to the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Friday that made scant reference to...

  1. They quit government to protest Trump. Now they are running for Congress to stop him

  2. Ex-Harvard morgue boss gets eight years for selling body parts

  3. Trump orders 'blockade' of sanctioned oil tankers leaving, entering Venezuela

  4. Pakistan's military chief Asim Munir in spotlight over Trump's Gaza plan

Business

Shilling steady on $175m injection, increased exports

A combination of central bank interventions and a surge in export earnings has helped stabilise the Tanzanian shilling, enabling the local currency to withstand volatility that peaked mid-year

  1. BoT injects $45 million into the forex market

  2. Tanzania regional trade surplus widens by 56 percent

  3. Auric Air launches Kahama, Mwanza flights in response to rising demand

  4. Rollout of universal health insurance on the horizon

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