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TANZANIA:AGRA GUARANTEE 10 PC RISK ON FARMERSS
The AGRA President, Ms Jane Karuku, told NIPENEWZ over the weekend that under their current programme where they are taking 10 per cent of the risk and the other 90 per cent by the banks, to support poor farmers, 48bn/- ($30m) is available and run by Standard Chartered Bank and NMB.For more details visit http://www.nipenewz.com/tigo.htm

TANZANIA:FIRM TO DISTRIBUTE 100,000 COFFEE SEEDLINGS
“We have already secured land to produce the seedlings and the work is due to start as soon as possible,” the company’s director, Mr Sabas Shirima told NIPENEWZ on Sunday.

STRONG BATU JALF-YEAR RESULTS SPUR SHARE PRICE WAY
The release of half-year results has had a positive effect on volumes traded.Strong results by the British American To***co Uganda (BATU) have increased demand on its counter, raising its shareprice.For more details visit http://www.nipenewz.com/tigo.htm

EAST AFRICAN BREWERIES SEES MORE EARNINGS GROWTH
EABL Chief Executive Devlin Hainsworth said he expected earnings to grow further as the company targets customers who buy alcohol from the illicit and home brew market, which is estimated to be the same size as the established beer market.

KENYA TO SUPPLY TANZANIA WITH OIL
Kenya’s Energy minister Kiraitu Murungi said the pipeline would link Nairobi to Arusha, with supplies pumped through refinery.For more details visit http://www.nipenewz.com/tigo.htm

EXIM BANK 15TH ANNIVERSARY
Speaking during the Exim Bank Tanzania 15th Anniversary Staff Celebration held in Dar es Salaam as well as other branches in the country over the weekend under the theme ‘A Brilliant Past, A Golden Future’, Mr Manek said his bank will invest massively in staff training to enable the bank provide unmatched and tailor-made services.For more details visit http://www.nipenewz.com/tigo.htm

TANZANIA:EXPERTS PUSH FOR COMMERCIAL FARMING
This was said on Wednesday in Dar es Salaam by Dr Damian Gabagambi, an agricultural economist from Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) at the second National Reference Group (NRG) meeting on Understanding Linkages and Stakeholders Experience.For more details visit http://www.nipenewz.com/tigo.htm

COMMERCIAL SUGARCANE FARMING,KAGERA FARMERS URGED
Agricultural engineer, Issa Ndemwa noted that Misenyi District, in particular, has the potential to produce large tonnage of sugarcane as it had abundant valleys suitable for sugarcane production.For more details visit http://www.nipenewz.com/tigo.htm

DAR KINSHASA SIGN DEAL TO SMOOTHEN BUSINESS
The Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) Director General, Mr Harry Kitilya, said at the signing ceremony in Dar es Salaam that the MoU seeks to ensure customs laws were enforced rightly and act as a significant anti-dumping strategy.For more details visit http://www.nipenewz.com/tigo.htm

NEW BYLAWS IRK MANZA FISH DEALERS
The chairperson of the Tanzania Fishers Union (TAFU), Mr Thomas Chamoto, told NIPENEWZ that the regional authorities, had since last year, introduced bylaws that required among other things fish traders to pay 50,000/- for any fish cargo that enters into fish processing industries.For more details visit http://www.nipenewz.com/tigo.htm

MODERN SHOPPING MALL FOR MWANZA
The project manager, Engineer Koyoya Fuko, said yesterday that the construction took off early this week, and it is a joint venture between Mwanza City Council and the Local Authorities Provident Fund (LAPF).For more details visit http://www.nipenewz.com/tigo.htm

TANZANIA SHILLING APPRECIATE ON TOURISM COFFEE INFLOWS
The shilling, according to Bank of Tanzania (BoT), in the last one week appreciated by almost 3/- a US dollar from 1,580.15 of last Monday to 1577.98 of on Wednesday.For more details visit http://www.nipenewz.com/tigo.htm