Tanzania

Tanzania is located in the southwestern region of Africa. It was once a hub for slavery with its coastline on the Indian Ocean. Though a very rural country, there is the ability for the country to grow and expand immensely. The countries imports and exports are from around the globe. With a growing population of almost fifty million, the country is making its way into becoming a less impoverished country. Tanzania imports and exports a few materials. The majority of the countries exports are gold, raw tobacco, precious metal ore, oily seeds, and copper ore. The country imports refined petroleum, palm oil, packaged medicaments (medications), cars and wheat. Many of the imports are found in the cities and urban areas but when you get into the rural areas, they become scare and less available. India is the number one trade partner with Tanzania. Seventeen percent of the exports and nineteen percent of the imports are from India. Tanzania also imports from China, United Arab Emirates, Switzerland, and Kenya. Tanzania exports items to South Africa, China, and Japan. Kenya shares a boarder with Tanzania, which results in lots of trade between the two countries.…

information as opposed to how much shillings the country loses each year from the illicit capital flight. However, the Wickstead & Hickson (2010) report from Global Financial Integrity shows that in the past 40 years, Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) lost 624 billion dollars in illegal “capital flight.” In each single dollar released for SSA in foreign support between 2000 and 2008, $2.24 billion left SSA illegally (p. 27). Illicit similar to other developing nations, affects the country’s economy.…

China has extended to Tanzania a number of economic supports in terms of direct aid, loans and investment in various areas such as military training and support, health, education and infrastructure development, just to mention a few. Among the iconic Chinese projects in Tanzania include the provision of ¥988 million RMB (equivalent to a $500 million USD) interest free loan for the construction of the TAZARA railway line. The railway can now facilitate exports and imports from Tanzania, Zambia,…

The dawn of globalization has intensified Sino-Tanzania bilateral relationship into venturing on new economic potentials for mutual benefits. Since 1990s, Tanzania businessmen have started doing business with China by importing Chinese products such as construction materials, textiles and machineries. Likewise, since 2000, Chinese enterprises and people have increased their economic ventures in Africa and Tanzania in particular. (H.L. Sigalla, 2014:92). The TIC data indicates there are 675…

Ethos is the most recognizable appeal present in his article. As Kikwete introduces education’s ability to redefine a country’s fate, he says, “This is what happened in my country, Tanzania” (par. 4). Kikwete is from Tanzania, and, therefore, he knows more about that country’s reform than those who are not. The author’s attempts to prove his credibility do not end there. Kikwete makes it known that he held a high leadership position in Tanzania. Within the article, he states, “as president of…

and the United Republic of Tanzania, the two countries under investigation to expand our hospitality services in the luxury camping…

April 3,1934 in London,England. She is a British ethologist, she is known for doing a long term research on chimpanzees at Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania. She was interested in animal behaviour at an early age, which she left school at age eighteen. She worked as a secretary and a film production assistant, until she gained passage to Africa. When she was in Africa, she became Louis Leakey, a paleontologist and anthropologist ,assistant. Her assistance with Leakey led to her…

The Mogadishu city state experienced autonomous growth after the events of Arab slave trade. In Kenya, there were Lamu, Malindi and Mombasa city states that experienced massive growth from the Arab slave trade. In Tanzania, there was Kilwa city that followed the similar growth pattern to its neighbouring city states. These city states emerged from the agricultural villages that generated goods on small scale. Gradually, the local villages strengthened their agricultural economies to produce…

Jane Goodall Warns of Chinese Threat to Africa Few people on the planet understand the ecosystem of Africa like Jane Goodall. The 80-year-old primatologist, ethologist, and anthropologist is best known for her work with chimpanzees in Tanzania. The former Dutch Baroness saw first hand what the colonial powers did to the African wildlife habitats. She spent the better part of her life fighting for those who did not have a voice to fight for themselves. Now, Goodall sees a resurgence of…

ethologist, and anthropologist. She is also a prominent humanitarian, environmentalist, and a very inspired and intent United Nations messenger of peace. She is most distinguished for her many significant years dwelling among the extremely beguiling and clever Chimpanzees in their natural, wild habitat. Throughout her influential scientific journey she possessed unwavering patience, cleverness, and selflessness, which overall resulted in her extraordinary impact left on the world. As one may…