Maziwa Makuu Project, HR & Digital Consultancy

Broadcasting sector constitutes few players who own multiple TV stations and or radio channels. IPP Media, for instance, owns three TV channels, namely ITV, EATV, and Capital Africa Media Group owns four TV channels, known as DTV, Channel 10, CTN and C2C, whereas Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation owns two TV channels, TBC1 and TBC2. Most current information available from TCRA indicated that there are now 29 television stations and 47 radio stations nationwide. With regards to radio broadcasting, FM radio stations dominate the airwaves, most of them focusing on musical entertainment. As of December 2012, TCRA managed to perform a digital broadcast switch, which entails the end of the analogue broadcast as most broadcasting is now digital, the fact that improved the signal quality and increased the coverage area. Given a number of broadcasting players in addition to the nature of products, this sector offers an attractive environment for further investments. Some specific are...

The development of ports in Tanzania has a long history extending well over a century commencing with the initial coastal settlements at Dar es Salaam and Tanga in the 19th century. Both ports served hinterlands stretching to Moshi and Arusha in the north and from Dar es Salaam across the country to Kigoma on Lake Tanganyika and Mwanza on Lake Victoria. Lake ports were also developed at these locations to serve the lakeside communities and provide trading nodes to surrounding settlements. Initially, railways were constructed providing access to the hinterlands and linking the lake ports to the coast. The coastal ports became important ports of call for both freight and passenger shipping movements and were the main gateways for international travel between the country and foreign destinations, particularly in the Middle East and Europe which by the 20th century were the primary trading partners. Both sea and inland waterways ports in Tanzania are managed and operated by the Tan...

Although wind energy is one of the most efficient renewable energy sources, it is very variable compared to other sources of energy.    It is also more sensitive to variations in topography and weather patterns compared to solar energy. Wind energy can be harvested at an economical level of the wind turbine is sited in a windy area and a careful choice of the type of wind turbine that matches the wind pattern of the site is made. Thorough knowledge of the wind speed characteristics at a site of interest is very important in planning to harvest the wind energy. A study on wind speed pattern and the available wind power in Tanzania was conducted by Kainkwa and Uiso (1989). The research revealed that a large part of the country has high wind potential. Some sites that had steady and strong winds were identified. It was suggested that further detailed studies should be conducted to investigate the actual wind power at those specific sites. The Setchet site in Hanan...

The main provider of landline (fixed line) telecommunication in Tanzania is Tanzania Telecommunications Company Limited (TTCL). However, there are several registered mobile phone providers, namely Vodacom Tanzania, MIC (Tigo), Bharti (Airtel) Tanzania, Zantel, Halotel, Benson Online, and Dovetel (Sasatel); most of which provide both data and voice solutions.There are also 13 registered Internet Service Providers (ISP), for example, Africa Online, Cats-Net, Raha, UhuruOne, TTCL, Zan Link, ZanLink, SimbaNet, University Computing Center, Millicom, and DATEL. Detailed information on tariffs and services is available online. National ICT Infrastructure Backbone Internet connectivity in Tanzania is available virtually across the entire country. Connections are also reliable, quick and cost-effective. The national ICT infrastructure backbone services are provided by a special unit of Tanzania Telecommunication Company Ltd (TTCL). All regions are now connected to the National I...

Solar Power Generation: A Worthy Investment In Tanzania Tanzania has high levels of solar energy, ranging between 2,800-3,500 hours of the sunshine per year, and a global horizontal radiation of 4–7 Kilo watt per hour (kWh) per m2 per day.  Solar resources are especially good in the central region of the country, and it is being developed both for off--grid and grid-connected solutions. Off-grid solar photovoltaics: To date, about 6 MWp (megawatt peak) of solar Photovoltaic ( PV) electricity has been installed countrywide for various applications in schools, hospitals, health centers, police posts, small telecommunications enterprises and households, as well as for street lighting. More than half of this capacity is utilized by households in peri-urban and rural areas. The government, through the Rural Energy Agency (REA) and various donors, has supported a number of solar PV programs that target off-grid areas where the cost of lighting from solar is less than from a diesel ...

Airports in Tanzania play an important part in the country’s transport infrastructure. In addition to providing international gateways, airports have historically been used in domestic traffic and have been indispensable for pioneering development opportunities in remote rural areas. Overall, the country has 368 airports with the Tanzania Airports Authority (TAA) responsible for 58 airports on the mainland.The majority of the airports are private airfields owned by mining companies and tour operators.  Tanzania has 4 international airports located in Dar es Salaam (JNIA), Zanzibar (ZIA), Kilimanjaro (KIA), and Mwanza (MWZ). The government through the Tanzania Airports Authority (TAA) and Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority (TCAA) has implemented a number of development projects which are designed to further modernize the airports, particularly: JNIA, KIA, and ZIA. At present, there are over 3 million air passengers a year of which approximately 48% are International and...