10 years of Norwegian support to the Sauti za Busara festival and promotion of women in music

Sauti za Busara is an important platform for freedom of expression and promotion of cultural diversity

Four energetic evenings of live music performances on three stages in the historical Ngome Kongwe (Old Fort) in Zanzibar, have been completed. Featuring a wide selection of performances by artist from different parts of the African continent, the 17th edition of the Sauti za Busara festival has yet again showed…

Speech by H.E. Ms. Jacobsen at Arusha Technical College Graduation Ceremony

The Norwegian Embassy and Arusha Technical College entered into an agreement back in 2014 to provide technical assistance

The 11th Arusha Technical College Graduation Ceremony, ATC Campus Arusha Saturday 18th January 2020. Remarks by Elisabeth Jacobsen, Ambassador, Royal Norwegian Embassy in Dar es Salaam. By H.E. Ms. Jacobsen I am aware that today four hundred and thirty six (436) graduates will be awarded certificates in various stages of…

Investing In The Future

Norway and Tanzania has cooperated in the energy sector since 1970

The Norwegian Ambassador to Tanzania, Her Excellency Ms. Elisabeth Jacobsen, travelled to Arusha to celebrate Norway’s energy and education cooperation with Arusha Technical College in Kikuletwa. Norway and Tanzania has cooperated in the energy sector since 1970. This year marks 50 years of energy cooperation. Based on a relationship of…

Visit from Innovation Norway

The Embassy welcomed Innovation Norway’s new Regional Director for East Africa, Marit Brandal, on February 5

The Regional Director, accompanied by Senior Adviser Esther Kituyi, met with the Embassy and important Tanzanian partners; Tanzania Private Sector Foundation (TPSF), Tanzania Investment Centre (TIC) and Association of Tanzania Employers (ATE), and Norwegian companies in Tanzania. Innovation Norway visited Dar es Salaam to gain a better understanding of the…

Norway tops up its donation to UN Tanzania by USD 7 million (TZS 16 billion)

On Friday 25 January 2019 the Royal Norwegian Embassy announced an agreement with the United Nations in Tanzania where Norway will contribute USD 7 million to the UN! The funding will go towards the Kigoma Joint Programme (KJP) and the National Plan of Action to Combat Violence Against Women and…

MTI Investment Company visits Tanzania

In Tanzania, MTI partners range from the makeup store chain Atsoko to Eco-homes, a contracting company utilizing affordable and environmental friendly building materials

Tuesday 22 January 2019 the Norwegian ambassador to Tanzania, Elisabeth Jacobsen and Embassy staff met with MTI Investments and some of their investors from Norway and Sweden. MTI Investment is an East African/Nordic Investment Company. They use their university-based approach to make micro-investments in businesses and utilize their academically based…

Tanzanian rural areas ready for electricity

Through the Rural Electrification Densification Programme 303 villages close to an existing line will be connected

Norway supports Tanzania in achieving it’s Sustainable Development Goal on energy. Through the Rural Electrification Densification Programme 303 villages close to an existing line will be connected. Some of these villages have been under the line for more than 20 years waiting to be connected to electricity. Implementation is now…

Norwegian-funded pediatric ward at the Mnazi Mmoja National Hospital Zanzibar launched

The pediatric ward has been financed by Norwegian taxpayers through the Royal Norwegian Embassy which provided Tshs 1.4 Billion, Zanzibar Ministry of Health which provided Tshs. 500 Million and a Norwegian philanthropist, Mr Trond Mohn who contributed Tshs 2.2 Billion

On Friday, 11th November 2016, Zanzibar President and Chairman of the Revolutionary Council, H.E. Dr Ali Mohammed Shein launched a Norwegian-funded pediatric ward at the Mnazi Mmoja National Hospital, Zanzibar. The pediatric ward has been financed by Norwegian taxpayers through the Royal Norwegian Embassy which provided Tshs 1.4 Billion, Zanzibar…