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TOL Gases PLC has called on the Government to give more opportunities to companies with the capacity and expertise to produce medical oxygen for use in hospitals, arguing that private-sector producers have sufficient capacity to meet the country’s current and future demand. The call was made today in Dar es Salaam by TOL Gases PLC Managing Director Daniel Warungu while speaking to journalists after the conclusion of the company’s 31st Annual General Meeting. Warungu said private companies have invested heavily in oxygen production and therefore the Government should consider purchasing medical oxygen from them instead of investing in additional production plants. “We are making significant investments to produce oxygen and ensure the availability of medical oxygen in hospitals. Our request is that, instead of the Government also investing in production, it should establish mechanisms to purchase oxygen from the private sector. TOL Gases has significant capacity and extensive expertise ...

Tanzania’s Minister for Energy, Hon. Deogratius Ndejembi, has held talks with Rwanda’s Minister of Trade and Industry, Hon. Antoine Kajangwe, aimed at strengthening cooperation between Tanzania and Rwanda in the development of the energy sector, particularly the oil sub-sector. The two ministers met today, August 17, 2026, at the Ministry of Energy offices in Mtumba Government City, Dodoma, where they discussed various areas of cooperation between the two countries, with a particular focus on the oil sector. The meeting was attended by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Energy responsible for Oil and Gas, Dr. James Mataragio; Rwanda’s High Commissioner to Tanzania, General Patrick Nyamvumba; and the Ministry of Energy’s Commissioner for Oil and Gas, Goodluck Shirima.

Tanzania’s Minister for Home Affairs, Patrobas Katambi, and Minister for Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation, Ambassador Mahmoud Thabit Kombo, have held a meeting with the Director-General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Amy Pope. Pope was accompanied by IOM Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, Frantz Celestin; IOM Chief of Mission in the United Republic of Tanzania, Ashraf Hassan; and IOM Director of Communications, Mohammedali Abunajela. The Tanzanian delegation also included Zanzibar Commissioner of Immigration, Hassan Ali Hassan, and the representative of the Commissioner General of Immigration, Commissioner of the Legal Division, Novaita Mrosso. Amy Pope is in Tanzania on an official working visit. On August 17, 2026, she met with the President of the United Republic of Tanzania, Dr. Samia Suluhu Hassan, in Zanzibar.

 

Energy Minister Deogratius Ndejembi has announced that President of the United Republic of Tanzania, Dr. Samia Suluhu Hassan, is expected to officially inaugurate the Julius Nyerere Hydropower Project (JNHPP), with an installed generation capacity of 2,115 megawatts, on August 22, 2026, at the project site in Rufiji, Coast Region. Minister Ndejembi made the announcement on August 15, 2026, in Dar es Salaam, while addressing journalists at the Ministry of Energy’s offices about the upcoming inauguration, which will be attended by government leaders, local and international guests, citizens and development stakeholders. “The inauguration of the Julius Nyerere Hydropower Project is a historic event and an important milestone in Tanzania’s journey to building a reliable energy system, while stimulating production, investment and economic growth. This is the largest power generation project ever implemented in the country using funds from the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania, w...