The U.S. Commercial Service Tanzania, in cooperation with the organizers of the Offshore Technology Conference, invites you to register as an International delegate for OTC 2018. Celebrating 50 years since 1969, the Offshore Technology Conference is the world’s foremost event for the development of offshore resources in the fields of drilling, exploration, production and environmental ...
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By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 22 March, 2018 | Topics:
Commercial Opportunities, Events
In celebration of International Women’s Day, on March 7, the U.S. Embassy and University of Dar es Salaam’s Gender Center held a panel discussion titled “Leave No Woman Behind” for 300 women at the prestigious Nkrumah Hall on the University of Dar es Salaam campus. The U.S. Chargé d’Affaires, Dr. Inmi Patterson, and University of ...
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By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 8 March, 2018 | Topics:
Events, Press Releases
Join us for the World of Concrete 2018 Conference & Exhibition in Las Vegas, Nevada. The U.S. Department of Commerce is recruiting a delegation to attend the World of Concrete 2018, scheduled for January 23-26, at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV. World of Concrete (WOC) is the commercial construction industry’s most important ...
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By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 4 December, 2017 | Topics:
Events, Press Releases
Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA. From August 7 to 8, the Chargé d’Affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam Inmi Patterson traveled to Arusha, to meet with the representatives of the Tanzanian people and to learn more about the vibrant cooperation between Americans and Tanzanians. “The U.S. Government is proud to work with all ...
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By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 15 August, 2017 | Topics:
Events, Press Releases
Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA. From July 20 to 21, the Chargé d’Affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam Inmi Patterson traveled to Iringa, Tanzania to visit, and raise awareness of, U.S. efforts to empower local Tanzanians to develop healthy and educated communities, promote local and regional economies, strengthen stable and democratic institutions, and ...
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By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 24 July, 2017 | Topics:
Events, Press Releases
Last week from July 9-16, 2017, as part of the 20th year of the Zanzibar International Film Festival (ZIFF), the U.S. Embassy brought over Judd Ehrlich, an Emmy-winning American documentarian, to conduct a workshop for up-and-coming Tanzanian documentary filmmakers and screen his movie Keepers of the Game to more than 400 people in Pemba and ...
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By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 20 July, 2017 | Topics:
Art & Culture, Events, Press Releases, Video
The U.S. Embassy Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania is recruiting a delegation to participate in the Big Iron Farm Show in Fargo, North Dakota, September 12-14, 2017. Big Iron is the largest farm equipment show in the Upper Midwest in the United States. It is focused on large-scale (250+ hectare) farming, attracting over 700,000 attendees and ...
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By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 15 June, 2017 | Topics:
Commercial Opportunities, Events
The U.S. Embassy in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania is currently recruiting a delegation to attend Solar Power International, September 10-13, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Solar Power International is expected to attract over 650 exhibitors and over 18,000 attendees from more than 100 countries. Focused on providing the latest updates and information on the solar industry, SPI ...
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By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 24 May, 2017 | Topics:
Commercial Opportunities, Events
Fifty-One Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVs) committed to two years of service in a swearing-in ceremony at the Peace Corps office in Dar es Salaam today. The volunteers, who will work in the health and agriculture sectors, will be stationed in 20 districts across Tanzania, including Iringa, Mufindi, Kondoa, Mbinga, Masasi, Ludewa, Lushoto, Songea, Kishapu, Makete, ...
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By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 19 April, 2017 | Topics:
Events, Press Releases
On March 3, 12 Tanzanian innovators received a combined 568,575,000 TSh and entry into a valuable mentorship program to turn their ideas into reality. The first round of the ongoing Data for Local Impact Innovation Challenge (DLIIC), which is funded by the U.S. Government’s President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), selected projects around the ...
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By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 13 March, 2017 | Topics:
Events
U.S. Embassy Public Affair Officer, Marissa Maurer, and Director General of the Tanzania Library Services Board, Dr. Alli Mcharazo, signed a Memorandum of Understanding on November 23 to open a new American Corner in downtown Dar es Salaam. Watch this space for more details on this exciting new partnership!
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By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 26 November, 2016 | Topics:
American Spaces, Education, Events
On September 16, 2016 representatives from Duke, Northwestern, and Vanderbilt universities, in partnership with EducationUSA, facilitated an education fair for students at the U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam. Over 150 students participated, along with their guidance counselors. The information session covered admission policies, the application process, campus life, and financial aid packages offered at ...
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By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 19 September, 2016 | Topics:
Education, Events
On September 15, U.S. Embassy staff and former YALI Mandela-Washington fellows participated in a U.N. Day of Democracy program organized by the Tanzanian Youth Alliance for more than 120 Tanzanian youth.
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By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 16 September, 2016 | Topics:
Education, Events
On Monday June 20th, the U.S. Embassy’s Wildlife Anti-Trafficking Coordinator Shana Tischler facilitated a session on Wildlife Conservation with students from Kondo Secondary School. The presentation kicked off a week long program focused on environmental and wildlife conservation. The students engaged in a discussion on what has caused Tanzania to lose nearly 60% of its ...
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By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 28 July, 2016 | Topics:
Education, Events
To commemorate World Malaria Day the Government of Tanzania in collaboration with Malaria Safe, a coalition of international and local private companies, held a 5 km “Malaria Safe Walk” on Saturday, April 23, to raise awareness about malaria treatment and prevention. Photo (left): USAID Director Daniel Moore offers remarks at the conclusion of a 5-kilometer ...
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By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 25 April, 2016 | Topics:
Education, Events
Joan Mayer of USAID hands out packets of improved seeds at an agricultural demonstration plot in Iringa where the U.S. Government’s global hunger and food security initiative, Feed the Future, is working to improve food security and nutrition.
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By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 18 April, 2016 | Topics:
Education, Events
USAID staff Janean Davis (far left) and Florida Henjewele (far right) with women in Iringa who are part of a USAID-supported land tenure project. The women have been issued certificates of land use rights that protect them from exploitation.
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By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 18 April, 2016 | Topics:
Education, Events
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the prime investor in a collaboration with Tanzania’s Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, the Elderly, and Children that funded the creation of the mHealth public private partnership. Along with investments of over 1 million USD from private companies, this partnership developed a text messaging ...
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By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 15 March, 2016 | Topics:
Education, Events
On March 2, representatives of the Government of Tanzania, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Vodafone Foundation, and other partners gathered in Sengerema to celebrate a pioneering new toll-free emergency line and ambulance taxi service that could help save at least 2,700 lives of pregnant mothers and babies in rural Tanzania each year. In ...
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By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 2 March, 2016 | Topics:
Education, Events
On March 2, 2016 at the Port of Dar es Salaam, U.S. Chargé d’Affaires, a.i., Virginia Blaser, Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism Hon. Professor Jumanne Maghembe, and Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Hamad Masauni inaugurated “Canine Detection Program Tanzania.” The event marked the culmination of an intensive training program for four Tanzanian police officers ...
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By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 2 March, 2016 | Topics:
Education, Events, Press Releases
February 22, 2016 – U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director, Dr. Tom Frieden, shown here at a Bowser Filling Station with two Tanzanian water truck drivers, examines new pathways to improve chlorination in Dar es Salaam’s water supply by targeting bowsers (trucked water tanks). CDC has supported the Government of Tanzania’s efforts to ...
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By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 24 February, 2016 | Topics:
Education, Events
Two 2014 Mandela Washington Fellows, Rose Funja and Abella Bateyunga, just completed a four-week training program funded by a grant won through the annual Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund competition (AEIF). The project took place at COSTECH (Commission for Science and Technology) and involved 45 girls from 11 secondary schools who were trained on basic computer ...
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By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 14 January, 2016 | Topics:
Education, Events
Are you a member of the private sector, academia, or civil society interested in partnering with USAID to help adolescent girls in Tanzania stay in school and succeed? Then the
#LetGirlsLearn Challenge Fund may be for you! A new USAID – US Agency for International Development announcement invites organizations and companies to work with us to ...
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By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 2 November, 2015 | Topics:
Education, Events
The 818th Mobility Support Advisory Squadron (MSAS) conducted a Vehicle & Equipment Maintenance Assistance Team Phase II with the Tanzania Peoples Defense Force (TPDF) 501st Maintenance Battalion 31JUL2015-15AUG2015. The training focused on providing the TPDF with fundamentals to repair their High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) fleet with drivers training being a Point of Instruction ...
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By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 19 August, 2015 | Topics:
Education, Events
A group of 19 high school students will arrive in the United States this week to participate in the Youth Exchange and Study (YES) Program. The students will study in the U.S. for one academic year from August 2015 through June 2016. The YES Program was created in 2003 by the U.S. Department of State’s ...
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By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 13 August, 2015 | Topics:
Education, Events
On Monday, March 30, the Authorized Association Consortium (AAC) of Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) kicked off a 2-day Constitution and Strategic Plan Workshop at the Kurasini Training and Conference Centre in Dar es Salaam. At the opening of the workshop, Acting Wildlife Director Herman Kerario expressed gratitude to the United States Agency for International Development ...
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By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 31 March, 2015 | Topics:
Education, Events
On March 4, 2015, the U.S. Ambassador to Tanzania, Mark Childress, gave an interview to TBC presenter Agnes Tuniga. It was broadcast on the weekly program “International Sphere” that same night. The interview focused on wildlife issues, the importance of wildlife conservation in Tanzania and the need to improve anti-poaching efforts. The event was in ...
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By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 4 March, 2015 | Topics:
Education, Events
In commemoration of World Wildlife Day on March 3, 2015, U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam today launched a video that highlights the importance of wildlife conservation in Tanzania and the need to improve anti-poaching efforts and wildlife conservation. The video is available on YouTube at the following URL:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwSVt4tkb0Q , and on the U.S. Embassy’s Facebook ...
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By U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam | 3 March, 2015 | Topics:
Education, Events
