Dar es Salaam is the largest city and financial hub of Tanzania. It is also the capital of the Dar es Salaam Region. With a population of over five million people,Dar es Salaam is the largest city in East Africa and the sixth-largest in Africa. Located on the Swahili coast,Dar es Salaam is an important economic center and one of the fastest-growing cities in the world.
Tanzania,officially the United Republic of Tanzania,is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda to the northwest;Kenya to the northeast;the Indian Ocean to the east;Mozambique and Malawi to the south;Zambia to the southwest;and Rwanda,Burundi,and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west. Mount Kilimanjaro,Africa's highest mountain,is in northeastern Tanzania. According to the 2022 national census,Tanzania has a population of around 62 million.
The East African Community (EAC) is an intergovernmental organisation in East Africa. The EAC's membership consists of eight states:Democratic Republic of the Congo,the Federal Republic of Somalia,the Republics of Burundi,Kenya,Rwanda,South Sudan,Uganda and Tanzania. Salva Kiir Mayardit,the president of South Sudan,is the current EAC chairman. The organisation was founded in 1967,collapsed in 1977,and was revived on 7th July 2000. The main objective of the EAC is to foster regional economic integration.
The University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) is a public university located in Ubungo District,Dar es Salaam Region,Tanzania. It was established in 1961 as an affiliate college of the University of London. The university became an affiliate of the University of East Africa (UEA) in 1963,shortly after Tanzania gained its independence from the United Kingdom. In 1970,UEA split into three independent universities:Makerere University in Uganda,the University of Nairobi in Kenya,and the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania.
Mark James Mwandosya is a Tanzanian CCM retired politician and a former Member of Parliament for Rungwe East constituency,who is currently serving as the chairman of the Board of Directors of Ewura Tanzania and the chairperson of the Energy Regulators Association of East Africa Annual General Assembly.
Benjamin Mkapa Stadium also known as Tanzania National Main Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located in Miburani ward of Temeke District in Dar es Salaam,Tanzania. It opened in 2007 and was built adjacent to Uhuru Stadium,the former national stadium. It hosts major football matches such as the Tanzanian Premier League and home matches of the Tanzania national football team.
African Lyon is a football club in Dar es Salaam,Tanzania. Currently they play in the top level of Tanzanian professional football,the Tanzanian Premier League,after winning the First Division League's Group A in the 2015/2016 season.
National Bank of Commerce (Tanzania),whose full name is National Bank of Commerce (Tanzania) Limited,sometimes referred to as NBC (Tanzania),or as NBC (Tanzania) Limited,is a commercial bank in Tanzania. It is one of the commercial banks licensed by the Bank of Tanzania,the country's central bank and the national banking regulator. In August 2019,the bank was fined TSh 1 billion (US$435,000) because of the failure to establish a data center in the East African nation.
Exim Bank (Tanzania) (EBT),is a commercial bank in Tanzania,the second-largest economy in the East African Community. The bank is licensed by the Bank of Tanzania,which is the country's central bank and national banking regulator.
Liberata Mulamula,(néeRutageruka is a Tanzanian diplomat and politician who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation from April 2021 to October 2022. She was appointed by President Samia Suluhu,on 31 March 2021 and was sworn into office on 1 April 2021.
Libérat Mfumukeko is a Burundian diplomat and civil servant. He is currently an IDA / World Bank Borrowers’Representative where he co-chairs the Africa Group 1,and is also a Chargéde Missions at the Presidency of the Republic of Burundi. He was the Secretary General of the East African Community (EAC) from 2 March 2016 to 25 April 2021,replacing Richard Sezibera.
Jokate Mwegelo is a Tanzanian politician and Secretary General of the Chama cha Mapinduzi’s Youth Wing (UVCCM).Before being appointed,she was an entrepreneur and a media personality. In July 2018,the President of the United Republic of Tanzania Dr. John Pombe Joseph Magufuli appointed Hon. Jokate Mwegelo as the new District Commissioner for Kisarawe district in Pwani region. She was then appointed as the District Commissioner for Temeke District in Dar es Salaam Region in July 2021. Hon. Jokate Mwegelo was appointed by the President of the United Republic of Tanzania Dr. Samia Suluhu Hassan as the District Commissioner for Korogwe District in Tanga Region in January,2023 . She is a member of Chama Cha Mapinduzi,previously served as Secretary in charge of Public Relations and Mobilization UVCCM - youth wing of Chama Cha Mapinduzi.
The 17th EAC Extra Ordinary summit was held on 8 September 2016 in Dar es Salaam,Tanzania. The summit was held with regards to the European Union and East African Community Economic Partnership agreement. Furthermore,the unrest in Burundi and South Sudan was discussed.
The 18th EAC Ordinary summit was held on 20 May 2017 in Dar es Salaam,Tanzania. The focus of the summit was the European Union and East African Community Economic Partnership agreement. Also on the agenda of the meeting was the status of the EAC political federation and the speedy integration of South Sudan. The leadership of the community was also transferred from John Magufuli of Tanzania to Yoweri Museveni of Uganda. The Burundian crisis was significantly neglected during the summit,however,Yoweri Museveni the new chairman of the member bloc vowed to quickly find a solution to the crisis.
Herman Cornel Lupogo was a Tanzanian military officer and government administrator. After graduating from Makerere University,he enlisted in the Tanzania People's Defence Force in 1965. He held various positions in the army,including head of the National Leadership Academy,and served as a brigadier during the Uganda–Tanzania War of 1978 and 1979. He retired with the rank of major general in 1992,and subsequently worked as a government administrator. He chaired the Tanzania Commission for AIDS from 2001 until 2007,and died in 2014.
Augustino Steven Lawrence Ramadhani was a Tanzanian jurist and Christian leader. He was Chief Justice of Tanzania from 2007 to 2010,and a Judge of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights from 2010 to 2016. From 2017 to 2018 he was episcopal vicar of the Diocese of Dar es Salaam.
Events of 2021 in Tanzania.
Josephine Lemoyan is a Tanzanian sociologist,social services analyst,and politician. She is a member of the Maasai people. After completing degrees in social sciences at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania,and the University of Hull,in England,she specialised in WASH systems from the early 1990s. Working with governments and NGOs,she advised on wastewater treatment facilities and water and soil conservation. In 2017,she was elected as one of the Tanzanian Members of Parliament for the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA). She served on the EALA's Commission,which oversees the body's administrative functions and served on the committee to evaluate projects and facilities that support the East African Community's common market and custom's union integration. As a member of the Committee on Regional Affairs and Conflict Resolution,she worked on legislation to integrate regional laws on livestock movement,trade,and to protect the ecosystems and safe and secure movement of people and goods on Lakes Tanganyika and Victoria.
