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Tanzania’s student loan success now meets funding crossroads

The Board’s latest annual performance report for the 2024/2025 academic year suggests that while public financing has fundamentally transformed social mobility, it is reaching the limits of what...

  1. Mbeya MP urges youth to help save forests

  2. Police ground 21 defective school buses in Kilimanjaro

  3. Samia says strong, principled courts key to Tanzania’s peace

  1. Stories of courage, loss and survival after escaping FGM

  2. Dr Migiro calls on members to rise above differences for nation

  3. Halotel hands over Subaru XT Forester to 10th anniversary campaign winner

  4. Trump says nations doing business with Iran face 25 percent tariff on US trade

  5. Travel chaos as students return to school

  6. Baba Levo, AG hit snag in Kigoma MP election petition

Africa

China, Russia, Iran start 'BRICS Plus' naval exercises in South African waters

China, Russia and Iran began a week of joint naval exercises in South Africa's waters on Saturday in what the host country described as a BRICS Plus operation to "ensure the safety of shipping...

  1. Ethiopia begins $12.5 billion construction of 'Africa's biggest airport'

  2. South African factory activity slumps further in December, Absa PMI shows

  3. China's top diplomat heads to key strategic points in Africa

  1. AU Vs Israel: Why is Somaliland strategically important?

  2. Israeli foreign minister visits Somaliland, angering Somalia

  3. At least 30 killed in Nigeria market attack, police say

  4. Guinea coup leader Doumbouya wins presidential election, results show

  5. Mali and Burkina Faso announce reciprocal travel ban on US

  6. China opposes recognition of Somaliland, affirms support for Somalia

World

Trump says nations doing business with Iran face 25 percent tariff on US trade

Tariffs are paid by US importers of goods from those countries. Iran, a member of the OPEC oil producing group, has been heavily sanctioned by Washington for years.

  1. Iranians tap Musk's Starlink to skirt internet blackout, sources say

  2. Trump says weighing tough response to Iran crackdown, Tehran says ready for war but also dialogue

  3. Trump says he will talk to Musk about restoring internet in Iran​

  4. Trump tells China to keep away from the Americas after Venezuela raid

Business

Why 2026 could see pain at the pump finally easing in Tanzania

Global market forecasts suggest that crude prices are likely to remain subdued in 2026 in the wake of rising production among major exporters

  1. Government tags Buzwagi park as catalyst for Shinyanga’s economic growth

  2. Why Stanbic is named Tanzania's Best Bank for 2025

  3. Call for caution as Africa pumps $11bn into AfDB

  4. ZITF touted as small traders’ gateway to international markets

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