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Daily Archives: Jun 28, 2026

Caroline Vutagwa

The Contentious SIM Card Tax In Tanzania Is Suspended

It turns out that the Tanzanian government has suspended a new tax that was introduced in the beginning of this month. This tax had the country’s mobile users charged TSH 1000(USD 0.62) every month for every SIM card. The contentious tax was meant to raise about USD 130 million annually...
Caroline Vutagwa

Tanzania Receives USD 54.3 million From South Korea’s Exim Bank For...

Tanzanian government has now singed a credit agreement which is worth USD 54.3 million (TSH 86.880 billion) with South Korea’s Exim Bank which will aid in the construction of data centres for the National Identity system. The country’s Finance minister William Mgimwa and Exim Bank’s chairman and President Yong Hwan...
Caroline Vutagwa

Kenya: BTP Proactive Communications Launch An Anti- Vandalism Campaign

BTP Proactive Communications, a company formed with the merger of UK based BTP Advisers and Kenya’s Proactive Media, hosted the Kuwa Shujaa Anti-Vandalism Campaign in Nairobi. The event was aimed at creating awareness on vandalism on infrastructure. The campaign was to seek to elicit a response to the problem of...