Developing Telecoms
Newsletter Sign Up
Keep up-to-date with the latest telecoms news in emerging markets globally. Subscribe to Developing Telecoms FREE weekly newsletter.
Afghanistan
Bosnia and Herzegowina
Cook Islands
Samoa
South Sudan, Republic of
Sweden
Uruguay
Business/Industry/Finance User
Your personal data will not be shared with third parties. Click here to view our privacy policy. 995
Recent reports in the Tanzanian press indicate that the government hopes to encourage investors to establish mobile phone assembly lines in Tanzania in order to bring affordable smartphones to unserved members of the population.
This effort will be part of plans to help the country reach 80 percent internet access in by 2025.
Tanzania opens tender for smartphone assembly partnership telecompaper.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from telecompaper.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Covid-19 and the escalating assault on press freedom across Southern Africa
By Tatenda Mazarura• 25 May 2021
With the world’s attention focused on combating Covid-19 governments in Southern Africa have taken advantage of the health crisis to escalate censorship, overlook or allow ill treatment of journalists and impose restrictions to silence free speech.
(Photo: medpagetoday.com/Wikipedia)
With the world’s attention focused on combating Covid-19 governments in southern Africa have taken advantage of the health crisis to escalate censorship, overlook or allow ill-treatment of journalists and impose restrictions to silence free speech. Journalists across southern Africa have been intimidated, threatened, fined, jailed, assaulted and even killed for doing their job.
MPs demand answers as mobile cash scams persist
20
MPs demand answers as mobile cash scams persist
MEMBERS of Parliament yesterday took the government to task after it emerged that mobile money thieves continue to scam unsuspecting Tanzanians despite biometric registration of lines.
Debating the 2021/22 budget estimates for the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), the lawmakers, some of whom admitted to have been victims of the scams, wondered why the acts increased instead of disappearing.
T he Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) initiated the mandatory biometric registration of mobile phone SIM cards in May 2019 in collaboration with the National Identification Authority (NIDA) so that every user is known by authorities.
BASATA set to host ethics training for artistes
29
BASATA set to host ethics training for artistes
AFTER the Deputy Minister for Information, Culture, Arts and Sports, Pauline Gekul, had paid a visit to the National Arts Council (BASATA) and expressed frustration over the ongoing stunts executed by some of artistes, the council has convened a forum to provide ethics training for the artistes.
Deputy Minister for Information, Culture, Arts and Sports, Pauline Gekul
During the visit, Pauline, among other issues, sought to know whether artistes are attending the forum, which is held every Monday.
Matiko Mniko, BASATA s Acting Executive Secretary, in his response said artistes do not attend and the Deputy Minister questioned whether there is a fine for anyone who does not turn up for the event, including those who are most notorious, as far violation of the rules are concerned.