Health
Dodoma brings 111,515 residents into health coverage
Tanzania's capital region has extended universal health coverage to people with limited means in two phases, and is launching it with free health checks.
East Africa
Tanzania
The latest news from Tanzania: politics, business, technology, culture, sport and more.
Health
East Africa's health ministers move to buy medicines together and make more at home
All eight EAC states are now on a joint procurement platform, and the region is building centres of excellence and a network of mobile labs.
Health
East Africa and four UN agencies plan a joint framework for health and youth
UNFPA, WHO, UNICEF and UNAIDS met the EAC secretary general in Arusha. He wants a memorandum signed within three months.
Business
East Africa's countdown to a single currency in 2031
Finance officials and central bankers are working on budget discipline, tax harmonisation and reconnected capital markets. No member yet meets all four entry tests.
Business
East African trade jumps 37% to $52.3bn, turning a deficit into a surplus
Exports rose 41% in the second quarter, sales to the rest of Africa grew faster than the total, and inflation across the region fell to 7.8% by June.
Technology
East Africa works to make cross-border online shopping easier to trust
Member states met in Dar es Salaam to push the EAC's e-commerce strategy and prepare for the AfCFTA's digital trade rules. Trade inside the bloc has grown twelvefold since 2005.
Business
East Africa plans to sell itself as one destination, with AFCON 2027 as the showcase
Tourism ministers adopted a ten-year marketing strategy under the brand "Visit East Africa: Feel the Vibe" and moved forward on a single tourist visa.
Health
Tanzania's hospitals have nearly doubled their beds since 2021
Twenty-seven years after Julius Nyerere's death, the country he set against poverty, ignorance and disease reports ICU beds up sixfold and maternal deaths sharply down.
Technology
East Africa's digital customs win praise from tax chiefs
Commonwealth tax administrators visiting Arusha commended the region's shared customs territory and its electronic tracking of cargo across borders.
Business
London court to test what 'responsible gold' means
The families of two young Tanzanians shot dead near a mine in 2019 are suing the body that certified its gold. Thirty more Tanzanians have joined them.
Health
East Africa plans 34 mobile labs to catch outbreaks early
Health ministers from eight countries also agreed to buy medicines together and to share outbreak intelligence in real time.
Technology
Africa is 0.15% of gene studies. Six countries want to fix it
Tunisia, Egypt and Senegal have national genome projects and three more are planning them. A new paper sets out what will decide whether patients benefit.
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