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Emerging signs of structural transformation in Tanzania

“How was school today and please don’t forget to bring milk on your way back home”. This simple conversation between Halima, a 36–year-old woman from Dodoma and her young daughter on their mobile phones was almost impossible 15 years ago: only 2 percent of Tanzanians had a phone and only one of two children attended a primary school (Figures). Today those figures reach 50 and almost 100 percent respectively.

Daily life has evolved in Tanzania with technology and education as the main drivers.

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A farmer picks her coffee crop. The government seeks to profile fresh market opportunities in newly independent South Sudan Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo to expand the country’s export trade. Photo FILE 

The general manager in charge of Market Development at the EPC, Maurice Abuom, said that it was important to consolidate trade with DRC and South Sudan – both huge importers of value-added goods and services.

“Most of our Kenya’s trade is concentrated in the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa and the East African Community and this deliberate marketing attempt to consolidate our position even further is crucial,” Mr Abuom said.

prepaidafrica: A farmer picks her coffee crop. The government seeks to profile fresh market opportunities in newly independent South Sudan Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo to expand the country’s export trade. Photo FILE  The general manager in charge of Market Development at the EPC, Maurice Abuom, said that it was important to consolidate trade with DRC and South Sudan – both huge importers of value-added goods and services. “Most of our Kenya’s trade is concentrated in the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa and the East African Community and this deliberate marketing attempt to consolidate our position even further is crucial,” Mr Abuom said. High-res