Photo: Marinne DamhaugPhoto: Marinne Damhaug
Development Cooperation // 13/01/2010 //

Zanzibar (Unguja) har siden 10. desember 2009 vært uten strøm grunnet et problem med den undersjøiske strømkabelen som forsyner øya med energi.

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Development Cooperation // 03/02/2010 //

Please be informed that the Embassy's telephone lines, the landlines, are out of order. If you need to contact the Embassy, please use our emergency number: +255 782 777005. Sorry for any inconvenience.

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Photo: Ørnulf Strøm
Development Cooperation // 22/12/2009 //

The Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar and the Government of the Kingdom of Norway signed an agreement in August 2008 where Norway agreed to provide funds for the Tanga – Pemba Sub Sea Cable Project. Norway have agreed to contribute 300 million NOK and Zanzibar and Tanzania will allocate the outstanding funds to cover the total project costs, estimated to amount to NOK 400 million – approxima...

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Development Cooperation // 06/01/2010 //

Norfund has recently invested USD 4 million in Africado Limited, Tanzania's first avocado plantation. The plantation is situated on the slopes of Kilimanjaro and has already created jobs for about 100 people, and this number is expected to increase. The plantation creates an alternative source of income for the small scale farmers in the area, where coffee is the dominating product today.

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Development Cooperation // 03/02/2010 //

In order to follow up the Parliamentary Appropriation Doc. 10 (2008 – 2009) – on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in a global economy, the Embassy has developed this country paper to try to give potential Norwegian actors and investors’ useful information and guidance in a Tanzanian setting.

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Study and work // 25/01/2010 //

Are you interested in spending the summer in Norway while earning study credits? Here is an overview of summer programmes at Norwegian universities and university colleges.

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Photo: Mari Martinsen
Development Cooperation // 22/12/2009 //

The Norwegian government has  signed an agreement with NELSAP an arm of Nile Basin Initiative in December 2009 to finance a feasibility study for the interconnection of a power line between Kenya and Tanzania at a cost of $3.4 million. The study will take 15 months and will see the cost of power go down and improve livelihoods. If the initiative proves successful, plans are underway to create a...

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Development Cooperation // 21/12/2009 //

Som følge av Schengens krav om opptak av fingeravtrykk for pass vil passrutinene ved Norske utenriksstasjoner bli noe endret i 2010. Justisdepartementetet opplyser at pliktig opptak av biometri i Norge er utsatt til 07.04.10.

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Development Cooperation // 11/12/2009 //

-This is one of the largest research programmes ever funded by Norway says Ambassador Jon Lomøy who participated in the launch of the ‘Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation in Tanzania’ programme on Monday 30 November.

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