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Minister urges Kengeja traders to relocate from roadside to modern market

ZANZIBAR, Jan. 8 -- ENTREPRENEURS in Kengeja, Mkoani District, have been urged to abandon unsafe roadside trading and relocate to modern markets designed to improve their working conditions and liveli... Read More


Feeding the Islands: Why Zanzibar is struggling to grow enough rice

ZANZIBAR, Jan. 7 -- IN the rice paddies of Kibonde Mzungu, early morning mist clings to the surface of flooded fields while farmers set to work transplanting seedlings. For these families, rice is mor... Read More


ZMBF launches project to boost Zanzibar's seaweed sector

ZANZIBAR, Dec. 25 -- THE Zanzibar Maisha Bora Foundation (ZMBF), in partnership with the Ministry of Blue Economy and Fisheries, has officially launched the Seaweed Socio-Enterprise Programme (SESEP),... Read More


Mwinyi leads burial of veteran Muhammed

ZANZIBAR, Nov. 27 -- ZANZIBAR President, Dr Hussein Mwinyi on Wednesday led scores of mourners in the burial of veteran politician Ali Ameir Muhammed, who passed away on Tuesday. The Zanzibar Second ... Read More


Mwinyi pledges faster, friendlier investment climate

ZANZIBAR, Nov. 19 -- ZANZIBAR President Hussein Mwinyi has pledged to speed up reforms to create a faster, friendlier and more predictable investment climate, positioning the Isles as East Africas top... Read More


Mwinyi's five-year plan to transform Zanzibar

Dar es Salaam, Nov. 19 -- WHEN President Hussein Ali Mwinyi stepped before the newly inaugurated 11th House of Representatives on November 10, 2025, his message to the nation was clear: Zanzibar is en... Read More


Know House rules, serve people, Z'bar lawmakers told

ZANZIBAR, Nov. 17 -- NEWLY elected members of the Zanzibar House of Representatives have been urged to study, understand and strictly adhere to the laws and standing orders that govern the House as th... Read More