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STANBIC Bank Tanzania Limited has lost a bid to challenge payments of over 200m/- as compensation to their former Chief Legal Counsel Solomoni Sioi for allegedly wrongful termination of his employment serves.   This follows the decision of the Court of Appeal to “strikeout” with costs an application for stay of execution of a decree of the High Court’s Labour Division at Dar es Salaam regarding the employment dispute. Justices Mbarouk Mbarouk, Augustine Mwarija and Sivangilwa Mwangesi ruled in favour of Sioi, the respondent, after upholding a ground of objection he had presented through his advocate Godwin Nyaisa. They ruled that the application in question was hopelessly time barred as was filed in contravention of the Rule 11 (4) of the Court of Appeal Rules, as amended by Government Notice No. 362 of 2017. As per the Rule, according to the justices, the Bank, as applicant, ought to have filed the application within 14 days of service of the notice of execution on the appellant...

VODACOM Tanzania has registered net profit of 170.2bn/- for the period ended March this year from 47.5bn/- in 2017 representing 200 per cent change on account of strong revenue growth from mobile data and M-Pesa businesses.   The company’s preliminary results for the year ending March 2018 published yesterday, M-Pesa revenue grew by 16.7 per cent to 291.2bn/- equivalent to 30.1 per cent due to greater customer spend across growing mobile ecosystem. Similarly, the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange (DSE) listed Vodacom Tanzania’s mobile data revenue grew by 34 per cent to 141.6bn/- on account of network densification, capacity upgrade and 4G expansion. “We believe our M-Pesa customer base will continue to expand as we focus on building greater activity through our ‘Lipa kwa M-Pesa’ merchant platform and establishing new partnership which enhances the mobile money ecosystem,” Ian Ferrao, Vodacom Managing Director said in a statement. He added, “We expect further increases in smartphone p...

NMB Bank has embarked on working and facilitating local contractors pursuing public projects countrywide that will enhance their capacity to compete with foreign contractors in undertaking small and mega construction projects.   Temeke Municipal Council Executive Director Nassibu Mmbaga said after opening of one day seminar in Dar es Salaam yesterday that lack of finance is still hindering local contractors to compete with foreign counterparts. “NMB initiative to facilitate local contractors is welcomed in empowering them to compete with foreign contractors in handling small and mega projects implemented in Temeke Municipality and elsewhere,” he said. He added, “Most of the small and mega construction projects in municipal council are implemented by foreign contractors due to low capacity of the local contractors in handling them.” He said with active bank’s participation in facilitating local contractors, more jobs will be created with the projects funds entering into the econom...

VODACOM Tanzania has registered net profit of 170.2bn/- for the period ended March this year from 47.5bn/- in 2017 representing 200 per cent change on account of strong revenue growth from mobile data and M-Pesa businesses.   The company’s preliminary results for the year ending March 2018 published yesterday, M-Pesa revenue grew by 16.7 per cent to 291.2bn/- equivalent to 30.1 per cent due to greater customer spend across growing mobile ecosystem. Similarly, the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange (DSE) listed Vodacom Tanzania’s mobile data revenue grew by 34 per cent to 141.6bn/- on account of network densification, capacity upgrade and 4G expansion. “We believe our M-Pesa customer base will continue to expand as we focus on building greater activity through our ‘Lipa kwa M-Pesa’ merchant platform and establishing new partnership which enhances the mobile money ecosystem,” Ian Ferrao, Vodacom Managing Director said in a statement. He added, “We expect further increases in smartphone p...

LACK of awareness on business formalisation denies the right to social protection measures to majority of people working in informal sector.   It was during the “Informality and Social Protection” workshop in Dar es Salaam, jointly organised by Mzumbe University-Dar es Salaam Campus (Tanzania), University of Nairobi (Kenya) and Roskilde University in Denmark with support of the Danish Ministry of Foreign affairs (Danida). Dr Godbertha Kinyondo from Mzumbe University, Department of Administrative Studies told participants that the mentioned challenges emerged during the second phase of a four-year (2017-2010) research project, titled “Informal Worker Organisations and Social Protection” conducted by the Universities in Tanzania and Kenya. The research according her, focused on three sectors which were construction, petty traders and transport, aiming at investigating the emerging collective forms of informal workers access to social protection measures, labour agency and welfare o...

IT was only last week that the locally-made 106-minute feature drama film, T-Junction, scoped-up another award. It was awarded the Best Cinematography, at the just-ended Burundi International Film Festival (Festicab) in Bujumbura.   This brings the number of awards this locally- made film has won in the East African Community (EAC) to eight, since it’s launched, at last July’s Zanzibar International Film Festival (ZIFF). Please to remember, this achievement is apart from it having gained 13 official selections, at a string of other international festivals and the Best African Feature, at the 19th Zimbabwean International Film Festival Trust. Needless to say, its makers - Kijiweni Productions (KP) - who are based here in the Upanga section of Dar es Salaam, are proud of having received awards from four out of the five EAC countries, so far. Therefore, it should not come as a surprise to hear that the writer, producer and director of the 2017 T-Junction, Amil Shivji, is also please...

MEMBERS of Parliament (MPs) from both ruling party (CCM) and the opposition camp yesterday set aside their differences inside the National Assembly here to congratulate Simba Sports Club as the new champion of the Tanzania Premium League.   The debating Chamber turned into a place of celebrations with the MPs mostly the fans of the club in excitement mood failed to hold back their joy and offered standing ovation immediately after the Parliament Chairman Najma Giga announced the presence of the Club inside the House. Most of the lawmakers displayed books of the Ministry of Defense and the National Services, which were in red colour as the responsible Minister Hussen Mwinyi was preparing to table his ministry’s budget estimates for 2018/2019 financial year. Players of Simba and some of the top leaders, including the vocal spokesperson Haji Manara had paid a visit to the Parliament to observe Parliamentary proceedings. The celebrations took place after question and answer session w...

IT was only last week that the locally-made 106-minute feature drama film, T-Junction, scoped-up another award. It was awarded the Best Cinematography, at the just-ended Burundi International Film Festival (Festicab) in Bujumbura.   This brings the number of awards this locally- made film has won in the East African Community (EAC) to eight, since it’s launched, at last July’s Zanzibar International Film Festival (ZIFF). Please to remember, this achievement is apart from it having gained 13 official selections, at a string of other international festivals and the Best African Feature, at the 19th Zimbabwean International Film Festival Trust. Needless to say, its makers - Kijiweni Productions (KP) - who are based here in the Upanga section of Dar es Salaam, are proud of having received awards from four out of the five EAC countries, so far. Therefore, it should not come as a surprise to hear that the writer, producer and director of the 2017 T-Junction, Amil Shivji, is also please...

IT is Guljit Dhani versus Ahmed Huwel upfront as the race for this year’s National Rally Championship (NRC) continues to be tough after the end of the third round in Iringa over the weekend.   Dhani from Kilimanjaro and Huwel from Iringa are jointly leading the race with 43 points each at the end of Iringa Rally. The duo has ended the two-round lead previously sealed by Rajpar Dhani also from Kilimanjaro. Dharam Pandya from Dar es Salaam was the first to claim the pilot seat following his victory in the season opened in Tanga in March this year. Ahmed Huwel joined the top list after winning the third round, a victory which awarded him 25 points while Guljit Dhani finished second ahead of the third-placed Pandya. Pandya with 40 points is second overall in the seeding points. Third overall is Dar es Salaam youth Tufail Tufail who is parading 31 points. Tufail opened the season with 8 points after finishing sixth in Tanga before claiming 15 points in Kilimanjaro where clinched the t...

JACKSON Mmary and his team Rwanda Energy Group (REG) are well set for the epic final match of the Rwanda National Volleyball League title in Kigali after winning a tough playoff over the weekend.   Tanzanian volleyball ace Mmary told the ‘Daily News’ from Kigali yesterday that his Rwandan team fought bravery to win the second playoff match against University of Tourism Technology & Business Studies (UTB). The in-form REG slashed UTB 3-1 again to cruise to the final showdown. REG recorded the same score in the first playoff match a week before and needed another win to sail through. The winners started impressively with a 25-22 victory in the first set, but again lost second 24-26 for UTB level the score. But REG came back strongly to win the third set with 25-20 score before sealing the victory with 28-26 in the fourth set. Mmary said: “I’m so happy with the win, the match was tough, but now we have a last game to win so as to clinch the title.” He said he and his team are tr...