Plans to further develop the Sino-Tanzanian economic and trade cooperation have been proposed by the Chinese Minister of Commerce Chen Deming during a recent meeting with Tanzanian government officials. According to Mr. Deming, proof that the current bilateral economic and trade cooperation is developing quickly is demonstrated by the fact that China's imports from Tanzania increased by 46.7 percent during the first 11 months of 2009 and by the fact that the country received more than USD 200 million in Chinese direct investments.

According to a report by the East African Business Week (EABW), during a meeting between the members of the East African Community that took place earlier this week, presidents of the member states signed the East African Common Market Protocol as a step towards the goal of the free movement of goods, labor and services in the region.

A recently published report by the East African Business Week (EABW) has revealed that more than USD 4 million has been injected into the Tanzania private sector pharmaceutical industry by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which also injected approximately SD 1.5 million into the Ugandan private sector pharmaceutical industry, in an attempt to create a sustainable private sector drug seller program in the two countries.

According to a recent report by The Daily News, Turkey is prepared to begin increasing its overall bilateral trade with Tanzania from USD 60 million to USD 250 million in two years.

A series of events celebrating Tanzania business relations with Switzerland was recently launched earlier this month by the embassy of Switzerland in Tanzania.

According to a recent report by The Citizen, during the Tanzania-Russia Business Forum, which was recently in Dar es Salaam, it was indicated that the agro-processing and manufacturing sectors of the Tanzania economy are looking to receive increased investments from Russia in an effort to improve both the bilateral trade and the economic ties between the two countries.

According to a report by the Guardian earlier this month, the Tanzania Investment Centre (TIC) has finished streamlining the procedures that are required in order to obtain single licensing in business.

According to a recent report by The Guardian, the executive director for the Tanzania Investment Centre (TIC), Emmanuel Naiko, has indicated that the authorities throughout the country have requested that each of the regions put in place competitive structures to help facilitate the flow of investment, while at the same time allowing for the even distribution of Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) in the country.

A call for improvements to the Arusha slaughterhouse in the Tanzania industry sector was recently made by the Deputy Minister for Livestock and Fisheries Development, Dr. James Wanyancha, who spoke during the official opening of the Nane Nane Agriculture Show for the Northern Zone.

The interest in listing at the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange (DSE) has grown for local Tanzania business enterprises as a result of the recently planned Entrepreneurship Growth Market (EGM) mad following a recent awareness campaign that was carried out by the Capital Markets and Securities Authority (CMSA) as well as the bourse management.