Recently at Dar es Salaam’s Hyatt Hotel, January Makamba, the CCM member of parliament for Bumbuli and the Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Energy and Minerals was invited to speak at the monthly gathering of the influential CEO’s Roundtable. After thanking his hosts for the invitation – he called the forum’s Chairman Ali Mufuruki [...]
Serengeti in the Media: Budget 2009/2010
June 16, 2009
Serengeti Advisers’ partner, Mr. Aidan Eyakuze, joined Hon. John Cheyo (DP-Bariadi) and the Leader of the Opposition in Parliament Hon. Hamad Rashid Mohamed (CUF-Wawi) on the Hamza Kassongo Hour on Sunday 14th June to discuss the government’s 2009/2010 budget. For a summary of his comments, go here and here.
Watching CRDB: an analysis of the effects of the financial crisis
May 19, 2009
The leading story on the global economic crisis in The Citizen newspaper on May 6th, 2009 is important for two reasons. First, it attempted to put some real numbers on the impact of the global economic crisis on Tanzania’s banking system. The East African Central Bank Governors concluded a meeting in Kigali, Rwanda on May [...]
Feeling the effects of the economic crisis
May 6, 2009
Coming at the heels of news that the government has agreed a possible loan deal with the IMF, The Citizen reports today that local banks are starting to feel the strain of the global financial crisis as some creditors may be unable to pay-off their loans. Money quote: The Citizen has reliably learnt that [...]