Omar Mohammed
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Tanzania Rules That Airtel Operations Were Privatized Illegally
Tanzania ruled that the local unit of Indian mobile-phone company Bharti Airtel Ltd. was originally transferred from the state illegally and will start talks to try to retake what the government says is its rightful share of the business. → Read More
Tanzania Lays Ownership Claim to Bharti Airtel's Local Unit
Tanzania said Bharti Airtel Ltd.’s local unit belongs to state-owned Tanzania Telecommunications Co., a claim that sets up an ownership dispute between the government and the Indian phone operator. → Read More
A Bus Crash Claims the Lives of Dozens of Children in Northern Tanzania ·
The East African nation has one of the highest road fatality rates on the continent. → Read More
After a clash with Dangote, investors won’t be so sure Magufuli’s Tanzania is a place to do business
For almost a year, Tanzanian officials had been in a bitter $600 million dispute with Dangote Cement over investment incentives related to a new cement plant in Mtwara, southern Tanzania. The Nigerian company had claimed the government was reneging on promises made by the previous administration of president Jakaya Kikwete, who left office thirteen months ago. The cement... → Read More
America, I Used to Love You ·
The election of Donald Trump has broken the hearts of many around the world who love America. → Read More
Tanzania offers lessons for journalists facing censorship
In Tanzania, journalists are working to find a balance between being cautious about stories and avoiding self-censorship. → Read More
How Tanzanian journalists use WhatsApp to report the news
A growing number of Tanzanian journalists are leveraging WhatsApp's popularity and turning it into a tool for finding breaking stories. → Read More
Kenya is failing to create enough jobs for its young people
East Africa's biggest economy has the highest rate of youth unemployment in the region. → Read More
Africa’s economic slowdown is not deterring investors
The total value of transactions dropped from 2014, but the number of deals increased. → Read More
A Zimbabwean park denies reports that it wants to shoot its lions
Bubye Valley Conservancy says it simply wants to "re-home" some of its over-populated animals to a viable habitat. → Read More
South Africa’s ANC says the US is trying to overthrow its government
The rhetoric may just be campaign season electioneering by the ANC. → Read More
Kenya is in danger of being kicked out of the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro
International bodies say the government is not doing enough to fight doping. → Read More
Ugandan citizens say Twitter and Facebook have been blocked as the election gets underway
Voters in Uganda went to the polls this morning (Feb. 18) to vote for the country's next president in what is considered to be the most competitive election since the advent of multiparty democracy a decade ago. As the nation's voters woke up and went to cast their ballots, some Ugandans found that access to... → Read More
Kenya wants to build its own version of Guantanamo
President Uhuru Kenyatta says the special prison will be for "violent, extremist offenders". → Read More
Ugandan engineers have built a solar-powered bus for Africa’s roads
Ugandan engineers have built a solar-powered electric bus that they say is a first of its kind in East Africa and think it will revolutionize the automative market in the region. The Kayoola, as its called, is a 35-seater that can run for up to 80 kilometers on two power banks that can also be... → Read More
A British helicopter pilot was shot down and killed by elephant poachers in Tanzania
Roger Gower was on an anti-poaching patrol with local rangers. → Read More
Suspected mass graves have been found near Burundi’s capital
Mass graves were used to bury people killed by Burundi security forces as violence escalated in the eastern African country, according to the human-rights organization Amnesty International. Using satellite images, witness accounts, and video footage taken between December and January, the organization says it has identified at least five graves in Buringa, an area on the outskirts of... → Read More
Corruption remains a huge challenge for African economies
A poll last month by Transparency International found that a majority of Africans feel corruption on the continent is getting worse. It turns out they may be right. Sub-Saharan Africa tied Eastern Europe and Central Asia for the most corrupt region in the world, according to Transparency International's 2015 Corruption Perceptions Index. Of the 46 countries surveyed... → Read More
The “Netflix of Africa” is taking on Netflix in Africa
iROKO TV, the self-declared home of Nollywood, the extremely popular Nigerian-made films, has raised $19 million from the French cable service Canal+ and the Swedish-based media company Kinnevik AB. The streaming service says it will invest the capital in original content and further expansion across the continent. The platform, once dubbed the "Netflix of Africa" built... → Read More
This is another bad sign for Africa’s economies
The story of global headwinds slowing down Africa's economic growth is not going away. If anything it is intensifying. The continent saw foreign direct investment (FDI) fall by a third to $38 billion in 2015, recent data from the UNCTAD, the body responsible for international trade. This decline is against the overall trend, where global... → Read More