Dar es Salaam - The African Mirror

Nov

2023

UAE’s post-oil ambitions steer a multibillion-dollar push into African freight

UNITED Arab Emirates-based companies and funds are doubling down on a foray into Africa's freight and logistics scene. Earlier this week, Emirati maritime giant, DP World, inked a US$250 million port contract with Tanzania to operate part of Dar es Salaam's port for 30 years. DP World will exclusively manage four city dock moorings and share control of another four with the Tanzania Port Authority. Plasduce Mbossa, the authority's director general stated contracts will be reviewed every five years. Tanzania's deal with UAE follows President Samia Suluhu Hassan's previous agreement, allowing DP World to consultatively oversee all Tanzanian ports. Although…

Oct

2023

By BONFACE ORUCHO, BIRD STORY AGENCY

African Football League’s grand debut marks a new era of football excellence

NEWS

THE African Football League (AFL) made its grand debut on October 20, heralding a new era in African football. This unique pan-African super league has brought together the continent's elite club teams, and its inauguration was nothing short of spectacular. The Benjamin Mkapa Stadium in Dar es Salaam, filled to capacity with 60,000 fans, set the stage for the opening ceremony. It was followed by an electrifying inaugural match between Simba Sports Club and Egypt's Al Ahly, which ended in a thrilling 2-2 draw. Notable figures including Zanzibar President Hussein Ali Mwinyi, CAF President Patrice Motsepe, FIFA's Chief of Global…

May

2022

By The African Mirror

Dar es Salaam’s bus rapid transit: why it’s been a long, bumpy ride

AFRICITIES

INFRASTRUCTURE projects are often subject to political aspirations. But when they are not realised as promised or their costs multiply over the years, the projects turn into public controversies. After a while, the aspirations, promises and controversies settle as the infrastructure system becomes an integral part of the environment and society. Dar es Salaam Bus Rapid Transit is such a project. It was planned to improve urban transport by gradually replacing minibuses in Tanzania’s largest city. Author MALVE JACOBSEN, Post-doctoral researcher, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz Various challenges, like unclear construction plans, residents’ protests and unexpected costs, led to several…

Sep

2021

By The African Mirror

Africa’s skyline to get a multi-billion facelift

AFRICITIES

SETH ONYANGO, BIRD Last week, Tanzania’s AICL Group and Edinburgh-based investment company Crowland Management unveiled designs for a skyscraper that would be right at home in the glitzy skyscraper-rich emirate of Dubai. Instead, the upcoming 1.3 billion US dollars tower will be built close to Tanzania's capital, Dar es Salaam. Upon completion, the Zanzibar Domino Commercial Tower will be a 70-storey, spiralling skyscraper on a man-made island off the west coast of the country’s Zanzibar archipelago. It will also be the second-tallest building in Africa, after Egypt’s Iconic Tower, 28 miles east of the capital Cairo. Nonetheless, the Domino will…

Sep

2021

By The African Mirror

Tanzania gunman ‘was a terrorist’

NEWS

TANZANIA police have described a slain gunman who killed three police officers and a private security guard on a rampage through a diplomatic quarter of Tanzania's main city Dar es Salaam last month as a terrorist. In the August 25 attack, Hamza Mohammed shot police officers with a pistol at a city intersection before taking their rifles and heading to the nearby French embassy where he shot the security guard. Hamza was eventually shot dead. "Our investigation has found that Hamza was a terrorist," Camilius Wambura, Director of Criminal Investigation (DCI), told reporters in the lake city of Mwanza. The…

Mar

2021

By The African Mirror

Tanzania’s new president pushes for unity, hope

NEWS

TANZANIA’S new President Samia Suluhu Hassan has pleaded for unity and no finger-pointing after the death of John Magufuli, her COVID-19 sceptic predecessor. Hassan urged the east African country to look forward with hope and confidence. Wearing a red hijab, she took her oath of office on the Koran in a ceremony at State House in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam. She is the first female head of state in the country of 58 million. Vice president since 2015, Hassan gave a brief and sombre address after she was sworn in, addressing a heavily male crowd that included two…

Feb

2021

By The African Mirror

Dege Eco Village

MULTIMEDIA

DEGE Eco Village in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania is a satellite township under construction. The $550million project kicked off in 2014 and is nearing completion. It covers an area of 1,21 km2 and intends to offer decent housing to middle, higher and even lower income earners. [origincode_photo_gallery_wp id="6"]