MIRADI KWANZA: August 2014Vivutiotz: Tourism Attractions in Tanzania and Africa

Africa's ports lag in capacity for wider ships

AFRICAN countries with coastlines could significantly lose out on the growing multi-billion dollar international maritime trade if they fail to urgently initiate plans to upgrade their ports,

REAL estate is currently one of the booming businesses at the Coast especially in Mombasa, Kilifi and Kwale counties.

The coastal city of Mombasa has seen a tremendous expansion of the construction industry which for a long period was stagnant.

By the start of the millennium,

Real estate investment, at the moment it seem to be the subject most talk about and look to venture into. Word on the street is that it’s probably the best way to invest your money, get good returns and bring great wealth to you. Real estate investment has a great

Fredrick Gichui, the owner of Athi Fish Farm and Hatchery. PHOTO | EVANS HABIL

Seeing fish dart in water makes me happy. It reminds me that one should enjoy doing what they love. I went into commercial catfish farming about three years ago.

I have a five-acre fish farm in Athi River on the

India Business Forum (IBF) will provide a high level multi-stakeholder platform for Tanzanian and Indian business persons to share business experiences and technology, in a bid to strengthen ties between

The Agricultural Research Institutes in Tanzania has been advised to conduct an intensive research on crops to identify the types which are all weather- tolerant and can last longer so as to reduce the rate of post harvest losses.

Small scale farmers cultivating maize, palm oil, banana, cabbage and tomatoes in Kigoma Region have a reason to smile after securing a big market for the crops in Burundi.

This was revealed yesterday by Chairman of Kigoma based Women Platform, Doroth Takwe, at the just-ended meeting between chairpersons of nine platforms and the Tanzania Women Chamber of Commerce (TWCC). The other platforms are Tunduma, Sirari, Mtwara, Kigoma, Holili, Mutukula, Namanga and Mwanza.

She said the market was obtained last week through the Tanzania Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture (TCCIA) during

Five Project Management Mistakes

#1: Inadequate Planning

I have heard project managers say that the time they spend planning could be better spent actually “doing the work”. This is not right. Before the project work begins, the project manager must make sure that the work is properly understood and agreed to by the project sponsor and key stakeholders. The larger the project,

6 Things Project Managers Shouldn’t Do: #1 Overcommit

I think there’s a good chance that many of us would agree that we’re all doing more work with less help and at a faster pace than ever before. Whether that is due to an increased amount of competition, heightened innovation and creativity brought by technology and access to information, or just plain old economics pushing down upon all of the organizations, the fact is, we’re all slammed

My project sponsor turned up at my desk the other day. This was unusual – normally I have to make an appointment to see her, as she’s very busy in a senior role and isn’t as hands on as other project sponsors that I have worked with. I looked up from my screen.

“I’ve just come from the budget meeting,” she said. “And we need to cut 20% from the project budget.”

In my previous role as VP of Marketing in the corporate arena, and in the past 10 years of advising entrepreneurs and small businesses in their marketing efforts (and in my own business), I’ve seen great marketing strategies and tactics implemented, as well as terrible ones. In tough economic times like these, as in all times, small businesses must be very prudent in

The new practice guide about navigating project complexity from PMI is 113 pages about working on difficult projects. But how do you know if it applies to your project? After all, what makes a project complex?

Winston Smith, General Manager, Terrestrial Services for GIN and iWayAfrica

Pan African telecoms operator, Gondwana International Networks (GIN) has announced that its iWayAfrica business has launched a managed infrastructure and services solution for the SME market in Uganda.

The new product offering

Once again the African Business Awards ceremony brought together some of the most successful business people from across the region.

aNALYSIS

Before, during and after the US Africa summit one of the most frequently repeated factoids supporting the Africa Rising meme was that 'seven out of ten fastest growing economies are in Africa.' In reality this is both a far less accurate and much less impressive statistic than it sounds. More generally,

Africa: Global Leaders to Focus On Boosting SME Competitiveness At the World Export Development Forum

Geneva and Kigali, Rwanda — Rwanda's capital, Kigali, will take centre-stage of the trade and development world on 15-17 September as global thinkers, business leaders and practitioners arrive for

World Export Development Forum 2014 Targets the Private Sector for more Trade and Jobs

Geneva and Kigali — The urgent need to create trade and employment opportunities by increasing the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) will be at the core of

Oil is a risky business, from spending billions of dollars looking for it, buying and using the drilling equipment, refining hazardous chemicals, waste management, transporting and storing the oil and gas, commodities and stock markets, but most of all the biggest risk is

The management of the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange (DSE) want to change. One way is by nurturing young people into taking an interest in capatial markets.

Today, the DSE has a market capitalisation of about

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania – China said that its current investments in Tanzania have reached $2.5 billion. This makes them the second largest investor in the country.

The Economic and Commercial Representation of China in Tanzania said the two countries bilateral trade volume topped

Tanzania: Women in Seven Regions to Be Taught Business Skills

WOMEN in the country have been urged to change the way they do business and ensure they

Finance for non-financial sorts: How accounting influences key business decisions

A criticism of accountants is that they too often get caught up in the details and miss the ‘big picture’ of business. This week we are going to take steps to address this criticism by taking a look at key business decisions and

Tapping into Sub-Saharan Africa’s cashless society

Mobile financial services are moving into the radar of mobile operators, financial institutions, technology firms and governments, particularly in regions where

Tanzania Investment Centre (TIC) has said that the country has managed to attract giant United States’ investors in mining, maritime, tourism, agribusiness, oil and gas sectors.

This emerged recently during a breakfast networking meeting between

Vocational Education and Training Authority (Veta) has designed an animal and bird chasing machine to reduce destruction of crops on the farms.

Speaking recently in Ngongo village, Lindi Region, Veta instructor Emmanuel Bukuku said the machine can

E-Lab, a three-month-old startup founded by 19-year-old Kenyan Alex Mativo, who is also its CEO, developed a new method to get rid of hazardous e-waste by turning it into

SAP has announced a seven-year plan to up-skill local African talent and drive sustainable innovation and growth in Africa. With more than 1,300 customers across the continent, SAP is already enabling African businesses and governments of all sizes to grow

While attending DEMO Africa, Microsoft Corp. announced strategic cooperation agreements with three incubator organizations across the African continent to enable startups,

Are you managing a complex project? Complexity is a result of a number of factors including vague or changing requirements, unclear scope, multiple international teams and high levels of uncertainty. Sound familiar?

Controlling your project’s budget can be challenging; there are many obstacles that can lower your budget’s health but there are many tactics you can use to keep it healthy.

Here a are a few tips to help:

OK, I’ll come clean right at the start, this article has nothing to do with the zombie’s depicted by popular fiction, I am not going to be discussing employees who have recently risen from the dead and who will wander the halls of your project leaving a trail of body parts and dead colleagues…

The project zombies I am discussing

While farmers and researchers are coming up with more sustainable and innovative ways to farm across the globe, it’s not always easy for the information to be shared or accessed. Many organizations are taking a new approach to

Boston, MA -- (ReleaseWire) -- 08/21/2014 -- The health and wellness trend continued to drive sales of juice in 2013. Moroccans began to pay more attention to their health, and took precautions to prevent major diseases. Hence, juice became important, as these products contain large

PRETORIA - With less than four weeks to go to the 8th annual Hotel Investment Conference Africa (HICA), the Tourism Business Council of South Africa (TBCSA) and its partner Gauteng Tourism Authority are encouraging both

Some of the 200 rabbits Laeititia Mukungu rears at her grandparents’ farm in Bukura, Kakamega County. PHOTO | ISAAC WALE

MY CASSAVA PLANTS ARE YELLOWING
I ventured into cassava farming last year. They have been doing well until

Bahati, located in Nakuru County, is an attractive region, with its good

weather

and rising population making farming one of the most profitable ventures.
It is here that Stephen Muthui, a lecturer at

A pen in his right hand and a notebook in his left, Joel Opapa takes stock of his vegetable harvest at the

African Sugar Producers Heading for Rough Waters As EU Quota Ends

LOCAL sugar producers are heading into rough waters as the annual sugar quota which allowed them export to European Union comes to an end in 2017.

Entrepreneur Regina Agyare is the founder of Soronko Solutions, a Ghanaian software development company.

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

Experts say Africa has to rely on small businesses to provide employment
The continent has the highest rates of early-stage entrepreneurship in the world
It's a leader for female entrepreneurship, says Global Entrepreneurship Monitor
Yet countries with many new startups also see high levels of discontinuance

(CNN) -- From ambitious teens taking on the world and tech pioneers breaking boundaries to maverick slum dwellers dreaming big and trailblazing innovators tackling social problems

Kenya: New Portal to Offer Free Online Courses to Africa's Managers and Entrepreneurs

The African Management Initiative (AMI) has launched the first series of online courses developed with top business schools aimed at reaching one million African entrepreneurs and managers in the next decade.

Currently reaching over 800 managers, the first course

By Rosalind McLymont

The United States missed an opportunity to deepen its trade relations with Africa at this week’s U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, D.C., a leading African executive says.

By Rosalind McLymont

A two-day visit to Chicago by African transportation ministers, held just ahead of this week’s historic U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, D.C., underscores U.S. intent to play a driving role in the development of the Africa’s

Tanzania: VETA Mtwara Trains Future Oil Experts

Lindi — FOLLOWING huge discoveries of on-shore and off-shore natural gas reserves in Mtwara and Lindi regions, the Vocational Education and Training Authority (VETA) in South East Zone is offering courses that would enable its graduates to win

Rwanda: Tech Entrepreneur Encourages Rwanda's Young Women to Venture Into ICT

Kigali — Akaliza Keza Gara is only 27, but she's achieved much for women in Rwanda's technology sector in just a short space of time.

She is the founder and managing director of Shaking Sun, a multimedia business specialising in website development, graphic design and computer animation.

For big picture investors, it’s a tough old world at the moment. Europe is stagnating; China is starting to slow down; and those super-size consumers in America already have everything. Fortunately, there is one huge market that hasn’t been tapped yet.

Africa, of course.

Africa: Shaba - 'US, China and Europe Must Look At Africa As a Partner'

US and African leaders meeting in Washington D.C, on Tuesday (05.08.2014) will discuss trade and investment opportunities, while US companies are planning $14 billion (10.4 billion euros) worth of investments in Africa.

Africa's Go-Getting Cities Offer an Entrepreneurial Launchpad

Ask ten people what they think about Africa's rising cities and you get ten different opinions. The only thing they will agree on is that traffic is awful. In truth, 52 cities with more than a million inhabitants are becoming a magnet for innovation which has echoes in the industrial revolution.

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