THE ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WESTERN AFRICA STATES (ECOWAS)

ECOWAS is an organization of western African states which once were ruled by France and Britain.  The ECOWAS came into being in 1975 after signing Lagos treaty on 28th May, 1975. Members included Benin Liberia, Burkina Faso, Mali, Carper Verde, Togo, Guinea Bissau, Nigeria, Togo, Ghana, Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Mauritania, Gambia, Niger and Ivory … Read more

THE COMMON MARKET FOR EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA (COMESA)

What is COMESA? COMESA means Common Market for Eastern and Southern African States. It was established in December 1994 to replace the former PTA. COMESA is an organization which promotes cooperation on human resources, promotes peace and improve economic status of the member states. The history of COMESA began in December 1994 when it was … Read more

THE SOUTHERN AFRICA DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY (SADC)

THE SOUTHERN AFRICA DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY (SADC) SADC is an intergovernmental organization which constitutes some states from Eastern Central and Southern Africa. Previously the community was known as Southern Africa development coordination conference (SADCC) which came into account as the result of declaration put at Lusaka in 1980. At the time, composed some countries from central, … Read more

THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY (E.A.C)

THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY (E.A.C) As other regional co operations, the East African Cooperation came into existence several decades in the past.  Its root can be traced as back as 1920’s.  At this conjuncture the East African Governors Conference was officially started in1923.  The governors’ aim was to coordinate matters of common interest in their … Read more

FOREIGN POLICY IN TANZANIA                             

THE CONCEPT OF FOREIGN POLICY                                          Foreign Policy is the system established or formulated by a country in order to maintain its regular political, social and economic interaction with other states in the world. The interaction is made by diplomatic who represents their representative country. The main task for diplomats or ambassadors is to make sure … Read more

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Introduction International affair refers to the interactions between countries, which consist of self-interest strategies chosen by the states to safeguard their national interests both economically, socially, politically and technologically, so as to achieve goals within their international relations. The relations can be based on political, economic, diplomatic and culture relation among the nations. It encompasses issues … Read more

ISSUES RELATED TO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN TANZANIA

ISSUES RELATED TO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN TANZANIA Tanzania has been engaging in development of science and technology. Some policies on science and technology have developed, which consequently led the formation of Tanzania Commission of Science and Technology. This subtopic is designed to cross check if science and technology has been   developed in Tanzania, besides,  … Read more

TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY 

Globally science and technology is uneven distributed. Others countries posses advanced science and technology, but other have rudimentary science and technology. Those countries with advanced science and technology are considered as an industrialized countries or developed countries (DC’s) but those with rudimentary technology are referred to as non- industrialized countries or lowest developed countries (LDC’s). … Read more

THE ROLE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN DEVELOPMENT

Science and technology is an engine for socio-economic development. It is science and technology which aid in utilization of resources, improvement of quality of goods and services produced and aid a lot in the distribution of the utilized resources to the consumers. This subtopic wills asses the role of science and technology in improvement of … Read more